Shops and restaurants in the mining region are short-staffed, hotels and flights are fully booked, and car-hire agencies have no vehicles to spare.

ECONOMIST: Mining

Her cuisine was seasonal, ingredients-based Mediterranean dishes that appealed to the affluent residents of this exclusive London suburb, especially at weekends, when the 90-seat restaurant was fully booked for weeks in advance.

WSJ: Bruce Palling on Food: Petersham Nurseries' New Bloom

During the convention, his fully booked property will command slightly higher rates, and visitors were required to commit to four-day stays.

WSJ: With Republican Convention, It's a Green State

Rents and home prices have skyrocketed, hotels are fully booked out for years and folks without digs have been sleeping in their cars at the local Wal-Marts.

FORBES: North Dakota Leads List Of America's Fastest-Growing States