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Is Clegg's Hotel Still Open? Hotel Impossible Update (Ocean Beach, NY)

Hotel Impossible, Season 8 Ocean Beach, New York

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Clegg's Hotel is open — confirmed via Tripadvisor, 2026.

What the source shows: Tripadvisor's and Yelp's 2026-dated pages show the hotel still taking bookings even though its own website content has not been updated since 2013. How we decide a status →

What happened after Hotel Impossible?

Hotel Impossible's Season 8 episode Fire Island Meltdown, which aired 2016-10-31, featured Clegg's Hotel in Ocean Beach on Fire Island, New York. The property's own website, cleggshotel.com, returned an HTTP 200 response on 2026-09-09, but the page's copyright notice and visible text still read 2013, meaning the site itself provides no current-year proof of operation. Tripadvisor's page for the hotel, updated in 2026, and a Yelp listing last updated in April 2026 with 45 reviews, both continue to carry Clegg's Hotel as an active, bookable property at 478 Bayberry Walk.

Booking.com's page for the hotel is likewise marked with updated 2026 pricing. Current listings describe continental breakfast, bicycle loans, beach chairs, and Wi-Fi as included amenities, consistent with the hotel's longstanding seasonal operation; multiple sources describe the property as open roughly from May through September each year, matching its identity as a warm-weather beach hotel on a car-free barrier island reachable only by ferry. Fodor's Travel and the Discover Long Island tourism site both continue to list the hotel among current Fire Island lodging options.

No source reviewed here reported a change in ownership, closure, or renovation since the episode aired. The gap between the outdated content on the hotel's own site and the current activity shown on third-party booking and review platforms suggests the property has not refreshed its own web presence in over a decade even as it continues to take reservations through outside channels.

The episode Hotel Impossible, Season 8

Episode 2
Aired
Title: Fire Island Meltdown · What was featured: A Fire Island hotel in crisis during Hotel Impossible's visit

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Sources we checked 4 references

  1. Tripadvisor https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g48317-d313848-Reviews-Clegg_s_Hotel-Ocean_Beach_Fire_Island_Long_Island_New_York.html
  2. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/cleggs-hotel-ocean-beach
  3. booking.com https://www.booking.com/hotel/us/clegg-39-s.html
  4. cleggshotel.com http://cleggshotel.com/
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