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Short-term rentals in Dover

Local supply skews to Airbnb, with 2× the Booking.com inventory. Its largest professional operator, Sykes Holiday Cottages, runs 15 listings locally.

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Tracked listings
344
Market rank
#509 / 598
National share
under 0.1%
Professional operators
11

Listing mix by platform in Dover

Where the listings are in Dover

The dots are a representative sample of tracked short-term rentals — Airbnb in red, Booking.com in blue. Zoom and pan here, or open the full report for filters, operator overlays, and the listing-level view.

Airbnb Booking.com 250 sampled locations from 344 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

What the Dover short-term rental supply looks like

Listings by property type

How Dover's tracked listings split across property types on each platform.

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 132
  • Apartments & flats 73
  • Private & shared rooms 66
  • Unique & outdoor 31
  • B&Bs & guest houses 28
  • Hotels & hostels 14

Listings by operator portfolio size

Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.

  • Single listing 137
  • 2–5 listings 93
  • 6–25 listings 55
  • 26+ (professional) 59

Largest operators in Dover

Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked United Kingdom listings. Together, the table and directory cover every professional operator we track in this market.

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Largest operators in Dover, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Sykes Holiday Cottages 15 4.67 / 5 8.9 / 10 131,996
2 Cottages.com 14 4.76 / 5 9.0 / 10 184,368
3 Keepers Cottages 8 4.81 / 5 8.9 / 10 2,130
4 Travelnest Ltd 7 4.38 / 5 8.1 / 10 47,351
5 Holidaycottages.Co.Uk 3 4.73 / 5 8.9 / 10 35,230
6 Bloom Stays 2 4.87 / 5 9.0 / 10 2,512
7 Original Cottages Kent & Sussex 2 4.74 / 5 918
8 The Holiday Cottage Collection 2 4.72 / 5 8.6 / 10 769
9 Broughton Sanctuary 1 9.1 / 10 34,317
10 HelloGuest Limited 1 8.1 / 10 2,817

Operators are indexed when they run at least 26 listings nationally and count Dover among their markets. See the full interactive Dover market report for the map, charts, and operator comparison.

How Dover compares

Dover ranks 509th of 598 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with under 0.1% of national supply. Markets of similar size:

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Dover market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Dover?

Dover has 344 tracked short-term rental listings as of 2026-06-07: 231 on Airbnb and 113 on Booking.com.

Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Dover?

The largest professional operator in Dover is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 15 local listings.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Dover?

Airbnb is bigger in Dover, with 231 listings against 113 on Booking.com.

How many professional operators run listings in Dover?

11 professional operators (26+ listings nationally) have a tracked presence in Dover. 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 344 public short-term rental listings in Dover, matching Airbnb and Booking.com supply to the operators who run it. Operators shown have at least 26 listings on Airbnb or Booking.com nationally. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .

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