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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 85 listings locally.

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Tracked listings
1,190
Market rank
#72 / 598
National share
0.2%
Professional operators
16

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, 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 1,190 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 749
  • Apartments & flats 127
  • B&Bs & guest houses 127
  • Unique & outdoor 122
  • Private & shared rooms 34
  • Hotels & hostels 30
  • Other 1

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 423
  • 2–5 listings 264
  • 6–25 listings 178
  • 26+ (professional) 325

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 85 4.73 / 5 8.9 / 10 35,230
2 Cottages.com 73 4.76 / 5 9.0 / 10 184,368
3 Original Cottages Kent & Sussex 41 4.74 / 5 918
4 Sykes Holiday Cottages 38 4.67 / 5 8.9 / 10 131,996
5 Bloom Stays 37 4.87 / 5 9.0 / 10 2,512
6 UK Getaways Ltd 22 4.59 / 5 8.4 / 10 1,104
7 Pass the Keys 15 8.1 / 10 6,530
8 Finest Retreats 6 4.60 / 5 8.6 / 10 9,583
9 Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd 5 4.88 / 5 9.3 / 10 1,711
10 Prestige Holiday 4 8.5 / 10 37,856

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

How Rye compares

Rye ranks 72nd of 598 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.2% of national supply. Markets of similar size:

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Rye market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Rye?

Rye has 1,190 tracked short-term rental listings as of 2026-06-07: 796 on Airbnb and 394 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Rye is Holidaycottages.Co.Uk, with 85 local listings.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Rye?

Airbnb is bigger in Rye, with 796 listings against 394 on Booking.com.

How many professional operators run listings in Rye?

16 professional operators (26+ listings nationally) 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 1,190 public short-term rental listings in Rye, 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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