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Short-term rentals in Carbis Bay

Carbis Bay has 2,586 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 1,546 on Airbnb and 1,040 on Booking.com. That ranks it 19th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 60% of its listings on Airbnb. 57% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 41%, led by holidaycottages.co.uk (293 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
2,586
Market rank
#19 / 597
National share
0.4%
Named professional operators
19

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Carbis Bay

In Carbis Bay, Airbnb leads with 1,546 listings (60%), versus 1,040 on Booking.com (40%).

Where the listings are in Carbis Bay

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 2,586 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Carbis Bay

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 66% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 50% on Airbnb. The 19 named professional operators run 1,203 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Cornish Escapes — account for 65% of that. The other 261 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
57%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
19%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 494
  • 2–5 listings 401
  • 6–25 listings 227
  • 26+ (professional) 1,464

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 55% of Carbis Bay's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (35%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 1,419
  • Apartments & flats 902
  • B&Bs & guest houses 116
  • Private & shared rooms 74
  • Unique & outdoor 50
  • Hotels & hostels 24
  • Other 1

Largest operators in Carbis Bay

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 Carbis Bay, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 holidaycottages.co.uk 293 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
2 Sykes Holiday Cottages 285 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
3 Cornish Escapes 204 4.75 / 5 8.7 / 10 2,327
4 Cornish Riviera Holidays Ltd 128 4.68 / 5 8.7 / 10 818
5 Cottages.com 56 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
6 oceanholidaysconrwall.co.uk 53 4.85 / 5 9.2 / 10 1,308
7 Lisa - Sandy Toes Stays 49 4.91 / 5 — 3,138
8 The Cottage Boutique 40 4.83 / 5 — 264
9 Cornish Secrets Ltd 25 4.84 / 5 8.8 / 10 267
10 Cornwall Hideaways 21 4.72 / 5 8.7 / 10 2,551

The other 9 professional operators in Carbis Bay

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

How Carbis Bay compares

Carbis Bay ranks 19th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.4% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Carbis Bay market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Carbis Bay?

Carbis Bay has 2,586 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 1,546 on Airbnb and 1,040 on Booking.com.

Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Carbis Bay?

The largest professional operator in Carbis Bay is holidaycottages.co.uk, with 293 local listings.

How professionalised is the Carbis Bay short-term rental market?

57% of Carbis Bay's listings (1,464 of 2,586) 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: 66% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 50% on Airbnb. The 19 named professional operators run 1,203 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Cornish Escapes — account for 65% of that. The other 261 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Carbis Bay?

In Carbis Bay, Airbnb leads with 1,546 listings (60%), versus 1,040 on Booking.com (40%).

How many professional operators run listings in Carbis Bay?

19 named professional operators run listings in Carbis Bay. 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 2,586 public short-term rental listings in Carbis Bay, 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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