Short-term rentals in Bad Elster
Bad Elster has 420 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 209 on Airbnb and 211 on Booking.com. That ranks it 379th of 618 short-term rental markets across Germany, with listings split almost evenly between Booking.com (50%) and Airbnb (50%). 20% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 29%, led by Belvilla by OYO (5 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 420
- Market rank
- #379 / 618
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 4
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Bad Elster
In Bad Elster, supply is split almost evenly: 211 listings on Booking.com (50%) and 209 on Airbnb (50%).
Where the listings are in Bad Elster
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 Bad Elster
Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 21% of Airbnb listings and 18% of Booking.com listings. The 4 named professional operators run 12 local listings between them, and the three largest — Belvilla by OYO, NOVASOL AS and BWC GmbH — account for 83% of that. The other 71 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 20%
- Median market
- 29%
- Single-listing hosts
- 45%
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
Apartments & flats make up 61% of Bad Elster's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (18%).
Largest operators in Bad Elster
Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked Germany listings. The table covers every professional operator we track in this market.
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| # | Operator | Listings | Airbnb score | Booking.com score | Portfolio reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belvilla by OYO | 5 | 4.66 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 45,425 |
| 2 | NOVASOL AS | 3 | 4.39 / 5 | 7.8 / 10 | 16,645 |
| 3 | BWC GmbH | 2 | 4.18 / 5 | 7.3 / 10 | 5,444 |
| 4 | Villa for You | 2 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 562 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Germany and count Bad Elster among their markets. See the full interactive Bad Elster market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Bad Elster compares
Bad Elster ranks 379th of 618 tracked markets in Germany, with under 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Kurort Oberwiesenthal 423 listings
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Troisdorf 423 listings
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Zwiesel 423 listings
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Meerbusch 420 listings
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Waldbrunn 418 listings
- Rheinsberg 416 listings
Photo credits
- Kurort Oberwiesenthal: Photo: Oberwiesenthal-Blick by Hejkal · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Troisdorf: Photo: Sonnenuntergang - panoramio (38) by aachim3 · CC BY 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Zwiesel: Photo: Zwiesel 003 by Jüppsche~commonswiki · CC BY-SA 2.5 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Meerbusch: Photo: Haus Meer Vorderansicht1 by Lyzzy · CC BY 2.5 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Waldbrunn: Photo: Katholische Kirche Struempfelbrunn 06 by Immanuel Giel · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Bad Elster market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Bad Elster?
Bad Elster has 420 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 209 on Airbnb and 211 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Bad Elster?
The largest professional operator in Bad Elster is Belvilla by OYO, with 5 local listings.
How professionalised is the Bad Elster short-term rental market?
20% of Bad Elster's listings (83 of 420) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 618 markets across Germany (29%). Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 21% of Airbnb listings and 18% of Booking.com listings. The 4 named professional operators run 12 local listings between them, and the three largest — Belvilla by OYO, NOVASOL AS and BWC GmbH — account for 83% of that. The other 71 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Bad Elster?
In Bad Elster, supply is split almost evenly: 211 listings on Booking.com (50%) and 209 on Airbnb (50%).
How many professional operators run listings in Bad Elster?
4 named professional operators run listings in Bad Elster. 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 420 public short-term rental listings in Bad Elster, 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 Germany. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .
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