Short-term rentals in Tralee
Airbnb dominates local supply with 77% of tracked listings, 3.4× the Booking.com inventory. Sykes Holiday Cottages is the largest professional operator in Tralee, with 7 local listings.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 372
- Market rank
- #19 / 83
- National share
- 1.1%
- Professional operators
- 4
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Tralee
In Tralee, Airbnb leads with 287 tracked listings (77%), 3.4× the 85 on Booking.com (23%).
Where the listings are in Tralee
The dots are a representative sample of tracked short-term rentals — Airbnb in red and Booking.com in blue. Zoom and pan to explore the market, or open the full report for filters, operator overlays, and the listing-level view.
Market structure in Tralee
8% of Tralee's tracked listings (29 of 372) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, in line with the median of 83 tracked markets across Ireland (7%). Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 7% of Airbnb listings and 11% of Booking.com listings. The 4 indexed professional operators run 14 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Shamrock Cottages and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 86% of that.
- Professional share
- 8%
- Median market
- 7%
- Single-listing hosts
- 61%
Listings by operator portfolio size
Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.
Listings by property type
Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 52% of Tralee's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (14%).
Largest operators in Tralee
Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked Ireland listings. Together, the table and directory cover every professional operator we track in this market.
Scroll sideways to see all columns.
| # | Operator | Listings | Airbnb score | Booking.com score | Portfolio reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 7 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,838 |
| 2 | Shamrock Cottages | 3 | 4.52 / 5 | — | 46 |
| 3 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 2 | 4.62 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 411 |
| 4 | Trident Holiday Homes | 2 | 4.47 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 3,887 |
All 4 professional operators in Tralee
Local listings
- Sykes Holiday Cottages 7 listings
- Shamrock Cottages 3 listings
- holidaycottages.co.uk 2 listings
- Trident Holiday Homes 2 listings
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Tralee among their markets. Published profile URLs remain stable across data refreshes. See the full interactive Tralee market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Tralee compares
Tralee ranks 19th of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 1.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
-
Wicklow 417 listings
-
Killorglin 412 listings
-
Cobh 401 listings
-
Kinvara 369 listings
-
Gorey 363 listings
-
Kinsale 362 listings
Photo credits
- Wicklow: Photo: Wicklow - aerial - 2026-01-01 03 by 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Killorglin: Photo: Killorglin Main Street - geograph.org.uk - 16036 by Pam Brophy · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cobh: Photo: Cobh waterfront by J.Pollock · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kinvara: Photo: Dungory Castle - geograph.org.uk - 887251 by Row17 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Gorey: Photo: Gorey - aerial - 2026-04-18 09 by 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kinsale: Photo: Kinsale (4693044621) by Christopher Michel · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
.jpg){kind=link}
Browse the full Ireland city directory or the Ireland market report .
Tralee market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Tralee?
Tralee has 372 tracked short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 287 on Airbnb and 85 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Tralee?
The largest professional operator in Tralee is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 7 local listings.
How professionalised is the Tralee short-term rental market?
8% of Tralee's tracked listings (29 of 372) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, in line with the median of 83 tracked markets across Ireland (7%). Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 7% of Airbnb listings and 11% of Booking.com listings. The 4 indexed professional operators run 14 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Shamrock Cottages and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 86% of that.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Tralee?
In Tralee, Airbnb leads with 287 tracked listings (77%), 3.4× the 85 on Booking.com (23%).
How many professional operators run listings in Tralee?
4 indexed professional operators have a tracked presence in Tralee. The full roster is listed on this page, and the interactive market report maps every listing.
About this data
Figures come from myDataValue's cross-platform market snapshot of 372 public short-term rental listings in Tralee, matching Airbnb and Booking.com supply to the operators who run it. Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings on Airbnb or Booking.com across Ireland. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .
Spotted an inconsistency, or want fresher data for Tralee? Report a data issue or request an update — corrections land with the next data refresh.