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Short-term rentals in Herne Bay

Herne Bay has 337 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 201 on Airbnb and 136 on Booking.com. That ranks it 516th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 60% of its listings on Airbnb. 23% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (15 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
337
Market rank
#516 / 597
National share
under 0.1%
Named professional operators
12

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Herne Bay

In Herne Bay, Airbnb leads with 201 listings (60%), versus 136 on Booking.com (40%).

Where the listings are in Herne Bay

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 337 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Herne Bay

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 32% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 17% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 66 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Pass the Keys and Cottages.com — account for 61% of that. The other 11 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
23%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
42%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 142
  • 2–5 listings 53
  • 6–25 listings 65
  • 26+ (professional) 77

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 43% of Herne Bay's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (34%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 144
  • Apartments & flats 115
  • B&Bs & guest houses 41
  • Unique & outdoor 21
  • Private & shared rooms 14
  • Other 2

Largest operators in Herne Bay

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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Largest operators in Herne Bay, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Sykes Holiday Cottages 15 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
2 Pass the Keys 13 4.75 / 5 8.1 / 10 63,230
3 Cottages.com 12 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
4 Cumbrian Cottage Holidays 6 4.87 / 5 9.1 / 10 77,518
5 Keepers Cottages 4 4.82 / 5 8.9 / 10 3,824
6 2cHolidays LTD 3 4.43 / 5 8.0 / 10 12,723
7 holidaycottages.co.uk 3 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
8 Travelnest Ltd 3 4.52 / 5 8.0 / 10 99,168
9 Blaxland Breaks 2 4.90 / 5 9.2 / 10 1,188
10 Prohost Estates LTD 2 3.89 / 5 4.8 / 10 697

The other 2 professional operators in Herne Bay

Local listings

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

How Herne Bay compares

Herne Bay ranks 516th 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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Herne Bay market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Herne Bay?

Herne Bay has 337 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 201 on Airbnb and 136 on Booking.com.

Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Herne Bay?

The largest professional operator in Herne Bay is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 15 local listings.

How professionalised is the Herne Bay short-term rental market?

23% of Herne Bay's listings (77 of 337) 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: 32% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 17% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 66 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Pass the Keys and Cottages.com — account for 61% of that. The other 11 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Herne Bay?

In Herne Bay, Airbnb leads with 201 listings (60%), versus 136 on Booking.com (40%).

How many professional operators run listings in Herne Bay?

12 named professional operators run listings in Herne Bay. 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 337 public short-term rental listings in Herne Bay, 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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