Short-term rentals in Dolgellau
Dolgellau has 547 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 330 on Airbnb and 217 on Booking.com. That ranks it 309th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 60% of its listings on Airbnb. 43% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 41%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (75 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
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Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 547
- Market rank
- #309 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 8
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Dolgellau
In Dolgellau, Airbnb leads with 330 listings (60%), versus 217 on Booking.com (40%).
Where the listings are in Dolgellau
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 Dolgellau
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 58% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 34% on Airbnb. The 8 named professional operators run 194 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, holidaycottages.co.uk and Cottages.com — account for 82% of that. The other 42 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 43%
- 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.
Listings by property type
Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 67% of Dolgellau's classified listings, followed by B&Bs & guest houses (11%).
Largest operators in Dolgellau
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 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 75 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 184,961 |
| 2 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 59 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 82,888 |
| 3 | Cottages.com | 26 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 221,687 |
| 4 | Lounge Holidays in Tywyn | 19 | 4.64 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 1,593 |
| 5 | Finest Retreats | 10 | 4.65 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 14,946 |
| 6 | Salt & City Stays | 3 | 4.85 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 5,465 |
| 7 | Port Isaac Bay Holidays | 1 | 4.84 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 138,199 |
| 8 | Unique Holiday Stays | 1 | 4.89 / 5 | — | 2,001 |
Browse the full United Kingdom operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Dolgellau among their markets. See the full interactive Dolgellau market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Dolgellau compares
Dolgellau ranks 309th 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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Shanklin 553 listings
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Boston 550 listings
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Carnforth 548 listings
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Dulverton 547 listings
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Leek 545 listings
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Llandysul 544 listings
Photo credits
- Shanklin: Photo: Shanklin Old Village - geograph.org.uk - 13237 by Steven Muster · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Boston: Photo: BostonStump by BardofL · CC BY 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Carnforth: Photo: Carnforth Station - geograph.org.uk - 463829 by Tom Pennington · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dulverton: Photo: Dulverton church by ChurchCrawler · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Leek: Photo: Leek 4 by Charlesdrakew · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Llandysul: Photo: Llandysul by Breckenheimer · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Dolgellau market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Dolgellau?
Dolgellau has 547 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 330 on Airbnb and 217 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Dolgellau?
The largest professional operator in Dolgellau is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 75 local listings.
How professionalised is the Dolgellau short-term rental market?
43% of Dolgellau's listings (236 of 547) 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: 58% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 34% on Airbnb. The 8 named professional operators run 194 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, holidaycottages.co.uk and Cottages.com — account for 82% of that. The other 42 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Dolgellau?
In Dolgellau, Airbnb leads with 330 listings (60%), versus 217 on Booking.com (40%).
How many professional operators run listings in Dolgellau?
8 named professional operators run listings in Dolgellau. 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 547 public short-term rental listings in Dolgellau, 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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