Short-term rentals in Waterville
Waterville has 262 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 202 on Airbnb and 60 on Booking.com. That ranks it 49th of 83 short-term rental markets across Ireland, with 77% of its listings on Airbnb. 19% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 7%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (16 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 262
- Market rank
- #49 / 83
- National share
- 0.8%
- Named professional operators
- 6
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Waterville
In Waterville, Airbnb leads with 202 listings (77%), 3.4× the 60 on Booking.com (23%).
Where the listings are in Waterville
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 Waterville
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 43% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 12% on Airbnb. The 6 named professional operators run 47 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Skellig Holiday Homes and Dream Ireland Holiday Homes — account for 72% of that. The other 4 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 19%
- Median market
- 7%
- 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
Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 62% of Waterville's classified listings, followed by B&Bs & guest houses (21%).
Largest operators in Waterville
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 | 16 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,935 |
| 2 | Skellig Holiday Homes | 12 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 746 |
| 3 | Dream Ireland Holiday Homes | 6 | 4.86 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 380 |
| 4 | Trident Holiday Homes | 6 | 4.48 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 3,864 |
| 5 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 5 | 4.57 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 524 |
| 6 | Travelnest | 2 | 4.80 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 6,817 |
Browse the full Ireland operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Waterville among their markets. See the full interactive Waterville market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Waterville compares
Waterville ranks 49th of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 0.8% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Dungarvan 264 listings
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Naas 263 listings
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Roundstone 263 listings
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Sneem 249 listings
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Enniscrone 236 listings
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Athlone 235 listings
Photo credits
- Dungarvan: Photo: Dungarvan ireland harbour by Mik Herman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Naas: Photo: Naas - aerial - 2025-02-22 03 by 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Roundstone: Photo: Cloch na Rón - geograph.org.uk - 12397 by Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sneem: Photo: Sneem-14-Haeuser-2017-gje by Gerd Eichmann · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Enniscrone: Photo: Bathing Terrace at Inishcrone - geograph.org.uk - 1054939 by Owen Doody · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Athlone: Photo: Athlone Ireland and river Shannon by Deadstar · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Waterville market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Waterville?
Waterville has 262 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 202 on Airbnb and 60 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Waterville?
The largest professional operator in Waterville is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 16 local listings.
How professionalised is the Waterville short-term rental market?
19% of Waterville's listings (51 of 262) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 83 markets across Ireland (7%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 43% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 12% on Airbnb. The 6 named professional operators run 47 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Skellig Holiday Homes and Dream Ireland Holiday Homes — account for 72% of that. The other 4 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Waterville?
In Waterville, Airbnb leads with 202 listings (77%), 3.4× the 60 on Booking.com (23%).
How many professional operators run listings in Waterville?
6 named professional operators run listings in Waterville. 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 262 public short-term rental listings in Waterville, 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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