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Short-term rentals in Caernarfon

Caernarfon has 870 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 514 on Airbnb and 356 on Booking.com. That ranks it 133rd of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 59% of its listings on Airbnb. 49% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 41%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (152 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
870
Market rank
#133 / 597
National share
0.1%
Named professional operators
13

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Caernarfon

In Caernarfon, Airbnb leads with 514 listings (59%), versus 356 on Booking.com (41%).

Where the listings are in Caernarfon

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.

Airbnb Booking.com 250 sampled locations from 870 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Caernarfon

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 62% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 39% on Airbnb. The 13 named professional operators run 366 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 84% of that. The other 59 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
49%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
26%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 227
  • 2–5 listings 179
  • 6–25 listings 39
  • 26+ (professional) 425

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 79% of Caernarfon's classified listings, followed by Unique & outdoor (8%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 685
  • Unique & outdoor 71
  • Apartments & flats 59
  • B&Bs & guest houses 36
  • Hotels & hostels 12
  • Private & shared rooms 7

Largest operators in Caernarfon

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 Caernarfon, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Sykes Holiday Cottages 152 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
2 Cottages.com 123 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
3 holidaycottages.co.uk 33 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
4 Finest Retreats 12 4.65 / 5 8.5 / 10 14,946
5 Coastal Holidays 9 4.81 / 5 8.7 / 10 1,693
6 Boltholes & Hideaways Ltd 7 4.84 / 5 9.1 / 10 4,373
7 Port Isaac Bay Holidays 6 4.84 / 5 9.1 / 10 138,199
8 The Travel Fox 6 4.61 / 5 8.1 / 10 5,170
9 Oyster Holiday Cottages 5 4.72 / 5 8.7 / 10 1,514
10 Pass the Keys 5 4.75 / 5 8.1 / 10 63,230

The other 3 professional operators in Caernarfon

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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Caernarfon among their markets. See the full interactive Caernarfon market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.

How Caernarfon compares

Caernarfon ranks 133rd of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Caernarfon market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Caernarfon?

Caernarfon has 870 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 514 on Airbnb and 356 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Caernarfon is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 152 local listings.

How professionalised is the Caernarfon short-term rental market?

49% of Caernarfon's listings (425 of 870) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (41%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 62% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 39% on Airbnb. The 13 named professional operators run 366 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 84% of that. The other 59 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Caernarfon?

In Caernarfon, Airbnb leads with 514 listings (59%), versus 356 on Booking.com (41%).

How many professional operators run listings in Caernarfon?

13 named professional operators run listings in Caernarfon. 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 870 public short-term rental listings in Caernarfon, 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 the United Kingdom. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .

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