Short-term rentals in Crail
Crail is the 565th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 237 listings, 59% on Airbnb. 49% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 39%, led by Short Stay St Andrews (47 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 237
- Market rank
- #565 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 8
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Crail
In Crail, Airbnb leads with 141 listings (59%), versus 96 on Booking.com (41%).
Where the listings are in Crail
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 Crail
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 65% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 39% on Airbnb. The 8 named professional operators run 92 local listings between them, and the three largest — Short Stay St Andrews, Pittenweem Properties and Cottages.com — account for 85% of that. The other 25 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 49%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 24%
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 69% of Crail's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (22%).
Largest operators in Crail
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. 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 | Short Stay St Andrews | 47 | 4.72 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 11,814 |
| 2 | Pittenweem Properties | 21 | 4.89 / 5 | 9.2 / 10 | 3,573 |
| 3 | Cottages.com | 10 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 4 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 4 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 5 | Premier Stays Fife | 4 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 584 |
| 6 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 3 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 7 | Clark Anderson Properties | 2 | 4.82 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 4,290 |
| 8 | Hoseasons | 1 | 4.66 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 11,713 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Crail among their markets. See the full interactive Crail market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Crail compares
Crail ranks 565th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with under 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Portpatrick 249 listings
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Flamborough 247 listings
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Pembrokeshire 246 listings
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Crawley 237 listings
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Tywyn 237 listings
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Newlyn 236 listings
Photo credits
- Portpatrick: Photo: Portpatrick-04-Hafen von oben-1989-gje by Gerd Eichmann · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Flamborough: Photo: Flamborough IMG 1317 - panoramio by Paul Lakin · CC BY 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Pembrokeshire: Photo: St Davids village and Cathedral South Wales by Manfred Heyde · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Crawley: Photo: Goff's Park House, Crawley, Winter Scene by Recent Runes · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Tywyn: Photo: Tywyn, Gwynedd - Eglwys Sant Cadfan (St Cadfan's Church), Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales 09 by Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Newlyn: Photo: Newlyn Harbour by Marktee1 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Crail market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Crail?
Crail has 237 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 141 on Airbnb and 96 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Crail?
The largest professional operator in Crail is Short Stay St Andrews, with 47 local listings.
How professionalised is the Crail short-term rental market?
49% of Crail's listings (117 of 237) 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: 65% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 39% on Airbnb. The 8 named professional operators run 92 local listings between them, and the three largest — Short Stay St Andrews, Pittenweem Properties and Cottages.com — account for 85% of that. The other 25 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Crail?
In Crail, Airbnb leads with 141 listings (59%), versus 96 on Booking.com (41%).
How many professional operators run listings in Crail?
8 named professional operators run listings in Crail. 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 237 public short-term rental listings in Crail, 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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