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Short-term rentals in Rye

Local supply skews to Airbnb, with 2× the Booking.com inventory. Its largest professional operator, holidaycottages.co.uk, runs 115 listings locally.

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Tracked listings
1,183
Market rank
#71 / 598
National share
0.2%
Professional operators
12

Listing mix by platform in Rye

Where the listings are in Rye

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.

Airbnb Booking.com 250 sampled locations from 1,183 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

What the Rye short-term rental supply looks like

Listings by property type

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

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 745
  • B&Bs & guest houses 128
  • Apartments & flats 127
  • Unique & outdoor 118
  • Private & shared rooms 35
  • Hotels & hostels 30

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 440
  • 2–5 listings 259
  • 6–25 listings 151
  • 26+ (professional) 333

Largest operators in Rye

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 Rye, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 holidaycottages.co.uk 115 4.73 / 5 8.9 / 10 75,737
2 Cottages.com 76 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 213,860
3 Bloom Stays 38 4.87 / 5 9.1 / 10 2,757
4 Sykes Holiday Cottages 38 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 163,699
5 Pass the Keys 30 4.75 / 5 8.1 / 10 59,990
6 UK Getaways Ltd 22 4.62 / 5 8.4 / 10 1,116
7 Original Cottages Kent & Sussex 14 4.74 / 5 254
8 Finest Retreats 6 4.64 / 5 8.6 / 10 13,170
9 Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd 5 4.89 / 5 9.4 / 10 1,944
10 Travelnest Ltd 3 4.53 / 5 8.1 / 10 83,730

Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Rye among their markets. Published profile URLs remain stable across data refreshes. See the full interactive Rye market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.

How Rye compares

Rye ranks 71st of 598 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.2% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Rye market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Rye?

Rye has 1,183 tracked short-term rental listings as of 2026-06-07: 793 on Airbnb and 390 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Rye is holidaycottages.co.uk, with 115 local listings.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Rye?

Airbnb is bigger in Rye, with 793 listings against 390 on Booking.com.

How many professional operators run listings in Rye?

12 indexed professional operators have a tracked presence in Rye. 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 1,183 public short-term rental listings in Rye, 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 the United Kingdom. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .

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