Short-term rentals in Carbis Bay
Carbis Bay is the 19th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 2,585 listings, 60% on Airbnb. 55% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 39%, led by holidaycottages.co.uk (292 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 2,585
- Market rank
- #19 / 597
- National share
- 0.4%
- Named professional operators
- 15
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Carbis Bay
In Carbis Bay, Airbnb leads with 1,546 listings (60%), versus 1,039 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.
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 48% on Airbnb. The 15 named professional operators run 1,150 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Cornish Escapes — account for 68% of that. The other 280 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 55%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 20%
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 55% of Carbis Bay's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (35%).
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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| # | Operator | Listings | Airbnb score | Booking.com score | Portfolio reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 292 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 2 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 285 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 3 | Cornish Escapes | 203 | 4.75 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 2,338 |
| 4 | Cornish Riviera Holidays Ltd | 129 | 4.68 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 936 |
| 5 | Luxury Coastal | 121 | 4.78 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 8,877 |
| 6 | Cottages.com | 55 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 7 | Cornwall Hideaways | 21 | 4.71 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 2,942 |
| 8 | Finest Retreats | 19 | 4.64 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 13,960 |
| 9 | Guesthoo | 6 | 4.82 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 16,142 |
| 10 | Interhome | 6 | 4.71 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 4,242 |
The other 5 professional operators in Carbis Bay
Local listings
- Travelnest Ltd 6 listings
- Beach Retreats 2 listings
- Forever Cornwall 2 listings
- Port Isaac Bay Holidays 2 listings
- Luxury Cottages 1 listing
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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Oxford 2,871 listings
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Inverness 2,822 listings
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Bath 2,818 listings
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Southampton 2,493 listings
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Cambridge 2,420 listings
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Bournemouth 2,391 listings
Photo credits
- Oxford: Photo: Oxford from Boars Hill by Andrew Gray · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Inverness: Photo: Invernessmixed by Northlimitation · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bath: Photo: Bath Somerset 2023 -City- by-RaBoe 055 by Raboe001 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Southampton: Photo: Southampton2 by Garlicbatten · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge: Photo: KingsCollegeChapelWest by Andrew Dunn · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bournemouth: Photo: Bournemouth, The Square - geograph.org.uk - 509151 by Chris Downer · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Carbis Bay market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Carbis Bay?
Carbis Bay has 2,585 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 1,546 on Airbnb and 1,039 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 292 local listings.
How professionalised is the Carbis Bay short-term rental market?
55% of Carbis Bay's listings (1,430 of 2,585) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (39%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 66% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 48% on Airbnb. The 15 named professional operators run 1,150 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Cornish Escapes — account for 68% of that. The other 280 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 1,039 on Booking.com (40%).
How many professional operators run listings in Carbis Bay?
15 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 2,585 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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