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Short-term rentals in Eastbourne

Eastbourne has 890 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 576 on Airbnb and 314 on Booking.com. That ranks it 125th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 65% of its listings on Airbnb. 18% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by holidaycottages.co.uk (34 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
890
Market rank
#125 / 597
National share
0.1%
Named professional operators
10

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Eastbourne

In Eastbourne, Airbnb leads with 576 listings (65%), versus 314 on Booking.com (35%).

Where the listings are in Eastbourne

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 890 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Eastbourne

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 25% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 14% on Airbnb. The 10 named professional operators run 92 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, ALSENED LTD and Cottages.com — account for 87% of that. The other 70 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
18%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
28%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 249
  • 2–5 listings 226
  • 6–25 listings 253
  • 26+ (professional) 162

Listings by property type

Apartments & flats make up 38% of Eastbourne's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (27%).

  • Apartments & flats 339
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 241
  • B&Bs & guest houses 117
  • Hotels & hostels 111
  • Private & shared rooms 78
  • Unique & outdoor 4

Largest operators in Eastbourne

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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Largest operators in Eastbourne, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 holidaycottages.co.uk 34 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
2 ALSENED LTD 26 3.38 / 5 6.4 / 10 153,888
3 Cottages.com 20 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
4 Sykes Holiday Cottages 4 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
5 Travelnest Ltd 3 4.52 / 5 8.0 / 10 99,168
6 Best Western The Dartmouth Golf, Hotel and Spa 1 4.82 / 5 8.0 / 10 302,031
7 Bravo Property 1 4.49 / 5 4.6 / 10 817
8 HelloGuest Limited 1 4.71 / 5 8.1 / 10 8,648
9 Market My Property Ltd 1 4.77 / 5 7.9 / 10 1,432
10 Pass the Property 1 4.59 / 5 7.7 / 10 4,643

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

How Eastbourne compares

Eastbourne ranks 125th 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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Eastbourne market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Eastbourne?

Eastbourne has 890 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 576 on Airbnb and 314 on Booking.com.

Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Eastbourne?

The largest professional operator in Eastbourne is holidaycottages.co.uk, with 34 local listings.

How professionalised is the Eastbourne short-term rental market?

18% of Eastbourne's listings (162 of 890) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (41%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 25% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 14% on Airbnb. The 10 named professional operators run 92 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, ALSENED LTD and Cottages.com — account for 87% of that. The other 70 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Eastbourne?

In Eastbourne, Airbnb leads with 576 listings (65%), versus 314 on Booking.com (35%).

How many professional operators run listings in Eastbourne?

10 named professional operators run listings in Eastbourne. 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 890 public short-term rental listings in Eastbourne, 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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