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Short-term rentals in Wellington

Local supply is split fairly evenly between the two platforms. Its largest professional operator, Holidaycottages.Co.Uk, runs 63 listings locally.

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Tracked listings
988
Market rank
#113 / 598
National share
0.2%
Professional operators
22

Listing mix by platform in Wellington

Where the listings are in Wellington

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 988 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

What the Wellington short-term rental supply looks like

Listings by property type

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

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 520
  • Apartments & flats 193
  • B&Bs & guest houses 92
  • Unique & outdoor 92
  • Private & shared rooms 48
  • Hotels & hostels 42
  • 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 312
  • 2–5 listings 246
  • 6–25 listings 171
  • 26+ (professional) 259

Largest operators in Wellington

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 Wellington, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Holidaycottages.Co.Uk 63 4.73 / 5 8.9 / 10 35,230
2 Cottages.com 44 4.76 / 5 9.0 / 10 184,368
3 Sykes Holiday Cottages 32 4.67 / 5 8.9 / 10 131,996
4 Travelnest Ltd 20 4.38 / 5 8.1 / 10 47,351
5 Cohost Partners 11 4.33 / 5 7.5 / 10 2,050
6 Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd 8 4.88 / 5 9.3 / 10 1,711
7 Bolthole Retreats 6 4.82 / 5 9.0 / 10 7,051
8 Finest Retreats 6 4.60 / 5 8.6 / 10 9,583
9 Original Cottages - Lake District 4 4.74 / 5 885
10 StayRight 4 4.11 / 5 7.6 / 10 657

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

How Wellington compares

Wellington ranks 113th of 598 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.2% of national supply. Markets of similar size:

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Wellington market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Wellington?

Wellington has 988 tracked short-term rental listings as of 2026-06-07: 653 on Airbnb and 335 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Wellington is Holidaycottages.Co.Uk, with 63 local listings.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Wellington?

Supply is fairly balanced: 653 Airbnb and 335 Booking.com listings.

How many professional operators run listings in Wellington?

22 professional operators (26+ listings nationally) have a tracked presence in Wellington. 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 988 public short-term rental listings in Wellington, 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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