Short-term rentals in Hastings
Hastings is the 174th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 750 listings, 67% on Airbnb. 13% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by Cottages.com (24 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 750
- Market rank
- #174 / 597
- National share
- 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 13
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Hastings
In Hastings, Airbnb leads with 501 listings (67%), 2× the 249 on Booking.com (33%).
Where the listings are in Hastings
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 Hastings
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 21% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 9% on Airbnb. The 13 named professional operators run 81 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, holidaycottages.co.uk and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 56% of that. The other 14 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 13%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 39%
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 37% of Hastings' classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (34%).
Largest operators in Hastings
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 | 24 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 2 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 12 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 3 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 9 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 4 | My Property Host | 8 | 4.29 / 5 | 7.4 / 10 | 15,689 |
| 5 | Bloom Stays | 6 | 4.87 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 3,218 |
| 6 | UK Getaways Ltd | 6 | 4.65 / 5 | 8.2 / 10 | 1,305 |
| 7 | Hoseasons | 4 | 4.66 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 11,713 |
| 8 | Finest Retreats | 2 | 4.64 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 13,960 |
| 9 | Host & Stay | 2 | 4.57 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 59,134 |
| 10 | Interhome | 2 | 4.71 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 4,242 |
The other 3 professional operators in Hastings
Local listings
- Pass the Keys 2 listings
- Travelnest Ltd 2 listings
- Your.Rentals 2 listings
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Hastings among their markets. See the full interactive Hastings market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Hastings compares
Hastings ranks 174th 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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Pembroke 763 listings
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Holt 760 listings
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Dunoon 759 listings
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Doncaster 746 listings
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Perranporth 745 listings
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Chipping Campden 743 listings
Photo credits
- 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
- Doncaster: Photo: Doncaster Skyline by Harleyamber ( talk ) · CC BY 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Perranporth: Photo: Droskyn Point - geograph.org.uk - 23562 by Joe Pritchard · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Chipping Campden: Photo: Chipping CampdenHighSt by Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Hastings market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Hastings?
Hastings has 750 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 501 on Airbnb and 249 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Hastings?
The largest professional operator in Hastings is Cottages.com, with 24 local listings.
How professionalised is the Hastings short-term rental market?
13% of Hastings' listings (95 of 750) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (39%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 21% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 9% on Airbnb. The 13 named professional operators run 81 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, holidaycottages.co.uk and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 56% of that. The other 14 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Hastings?
In Hastings, Airbnb leads with 501 listings (67%), 2× the 249 on Booking.com (33%).
How many professional operators run listings in Hastings?
13 named professional operators run listings in Hastings. 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 750 public short-term rental listings in Hastings, 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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