Short-term rentals in Tralee
Tralee has 367 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 286 on Airbnb and 81 on Booking.com. That ranks it 20th of 83 short-term rental markets across Ireland, with 78% of its listings on Airbnb. 8% of supply is run by professional operators, in line with the median market's 7%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (6 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 367
- Market rank
- #20 / 83
- National share
- 1.1%
- Named professional operators
- 3
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Tralee
In Tralee, Airbnb leads with 286 listings (78%), 3.5× the 81 on Booking.com (22%).
Where the listings are in Tralee
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 Tralee
Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 7% of Airbnb listings and 11% of Booking.com listings. The 3 named professional operators — Sykes Holiday Cottages, holidaycottages.co.uk and Trident Holiday Homes — run 12 local listings between them. The other 17 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 8%
- Median market
- 7%
- Single-listing hosts
- 58%
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
Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 53% of Tralee's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (14%).
Largest operators in Tralee
Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked Ireland 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 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 6 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,935 |
| 2 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 4 | 4.57 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 524 |
| 3 | Trident Holiday Homes | 2 | 4.48 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 3,864 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Tralee among their markets. See the full interactive Tralee market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Tralee compares
Tralee ranks 20th of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 1.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Wicklow 408 listings
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Cobh 389 listings
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Kinsale 367 listings
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Kinvara 362 listings
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Gorey 361 listings
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Belmullet 345 listings
Photo credits
- Wicklow: Photo: Wicklow - aerial - 2026-01-01 03 by 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cobh: Photo: Cobh waterfront by J.Pollock · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kinsale: Photo: Kinsale (4693044621) by Christopher Michel · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kinvara: Photo: Dungory Castle - geograph.org.uk - 887251 by Row17 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Gorey: Photo: Gorey - aerial - 2026-04-18 09 by 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Belmullet: Photo: Belmullet festival by Bugfingers · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Tralee market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Tralee?
Tralee has 367 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 286 on Airbnb and 81 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Tralee?
The largest professional operator in Tralee is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 6 local listings.
How professionalised is the Tralee short-term rental market?
8% of Tralee's listings (29 of 367) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, in line with the median of 83 markets across Ireland (7%). Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 7% of Airbnb listings and 11% of Booking.com listings. The 3 named professional operators — Sykes Holiday Cottages, holidaycottages.co.uk and Trident Holiday Homes — run 12 local listings between them. The other 17 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Tralee?
In Tralee, Airbnb leads with 286 listings (78%), 3.5× the 81 on Booking.com (22%).
How many professional operators run listings in Tralee?
3 named professional operators run listings in Tralee. 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 367 public short-term rental listings in Tralee, 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 Ireland. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .
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