Short-term rentals in Cardigan
Cardigan is the 170th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 768 listings, 62% on Airbnb. 46% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 39%, led by Cottages.com (88 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 768
- Market rank
- #170 / 597
- National share
- 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 12
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Cardigan
In Cardigan, Airbnb leads with 478 listings (62%), versus 290 on Booking.com (38%).
Where the listings are in Cardigan
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 Cardigan
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 63% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 35% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 283 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Sykes Holiday Cottages and West Wales Holiday Cottages — account for 70% of that. The other 67 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 46%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 23%
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 77% of Cardigan's classified listings, followed by Unique & outdoor (9%).
Largest operators in Cardigan
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 | Cottages.com | 88 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 2 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 70 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 3 | West Wales Holiday Cottages | 41 | 4.84 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 4,718 |
| 4 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 25 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 5 | Dioni | 22 | 4.93 / 5 | 9.5 / 10 | 1,388 |
| 6 | Coastal Cottages of Pembrokeshire | 15 | 4.68 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 1,062 |
| 7 | Port Isaac Bay Holidays | 5 | 4.85 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 138,189 |
| 8 | Megan & Emma | 4 | 4.75 / 5 | — | 413 |
| 9 | Your.Rentals | 4 | 4.62 / 5 | 7.4 / 10 | 11,822 |
| 10 | Hoseasons | 3 | 4.66 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 11,713 |
The other 2 professional operators in Cardigan
Local listings
- Travelnest Ltd 3 listings
- Wales Cottage Holidays 3 listings
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Cardigan among their markets. See the full interactive Cardigan market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Cardigan compares
Cardigan ranks 170th 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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Deal 774 listings
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Yeovil 772 listings
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Abergavenny 768 listings
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Pembroke 763 listings
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Holt 760 listings
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Dunoon 759 listings
Photo credits
- Deal: Photo: Buildings on the S side of South Street - geograph.org.uk - 967133 by Nick Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Yeovil: Photo: Market Street, Yeovil - geograph.org.uk - 928364 by Sarah Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Abergavenny: Photo: Abergavenny panorama by Cornishstrongbitter at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Pembroke: Photo: Pembroke Main Street from the castle by Chris Gunns · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Holt: Photo: War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 1269172 by Craig Tuck · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dunoon: Photo: Dunoon Pier by Scanbus at English Wikipedia ( Original text: Scanbus ) · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Cardigan market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Cardigan?
Cardigan has 768 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 478 on Airbnb and 290 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Cardigan?
The largest professional operator in Cardigan is Cottages.com, with 88 local listings.
How professionalised is the Cardigan short-term rental market?
46% of Cardigan's listings (350 of 768) 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: 63% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 35% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 283 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Sykes Holiday Cottages and West Wales Holiday Cottages — account for 70% of that. The other 67 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Cardigan?
In Cardigan, Airbnb leads with 478 listings (62%), versus 290 on Booking.com (38%).
How many professional operators run listings in Cardigan?
12 named professional operators run listings in Cardigan. 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 768 public short-term rental listings in Cardigan, 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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