Short-term rentals in Hythe
Hythe is the 450th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 397 listings, 66% on Airbnb. 23% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by Cottages.com (30 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 397
- Market rank
- #450 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 10
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Hythe
In Hythe, Airbnb leads with 261 listings (66%), versus 136 on Booking.com (34%).
Where the listings are in Hythe
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 Hythe
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 38% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 16% on Airbnb. The 10 named professional operators run 80 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Bloom Stays and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 76% of that. The other 13 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 23%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 35%
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 54% of Hythe's classified listings, followed by Private & shared rooms (15%).
Largest operators in Hythe
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 | Cottages.com | 30 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 2 | Bloom Stays | 21 | 4.87 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 3,218 |
| 3 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 10 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 4 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 8 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 5 | Keepers Cottages | 4 | 4.82 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 3,582 |
| 6 | Finest Retreats | 2 | 4.64 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 13,960 |
| 7 | Staybridge Suites | 2 | 4.58 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 1,020,187 |
| 8 | Best Western The Dartmouth Golf, Hotel and Spa | 1 | 4.73 / 5 | 7.9 / 10 | 285,489 |
| 9 | Cumbrian Cottage Holidays | 1 | 4.87 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 78,520 |
| 10 | Travelnest Ltd | 1 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
Browse the full United Kingdom operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Hythe among their markets. See the full interactive Hythe market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Hythe compares
Hythe ranks 450th 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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Yarmouth 399 listings
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Charmouth 398 listings
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Torpoint 398 listings
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Bassenthwaite 395 listings
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Hawick 395 listings
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Crieff 393 listings
Photo credits
- Yarmouth: Photo: Great Yarmouth collage2 by Wikimedia Commons contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Charmouth: Photo: Charmouth - shoreline west of river mouth - geograph.org.uk - 284875 by Maurice D Budden · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Torpoint: Photo: Torpoint , Torpoint Coastline - geograph.org.uk - 1151506 by Lewis Clarke · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bassenthwaite: Photo: The Narrows, Bassenthwaite - geograph.org.uk - 576760 by Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hawick: Photo: Hawick from the top of the Motte - geograph.org.uk - 767662 by Walter Baxter · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Crieff: Photo: Heading east on Crieff's High Street - geograph.org.uk - 3152513 by jim and liz denham · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Hythe market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Hythe?
Hythe has 397 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 261 on Airbnb and 136 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Hythe?
The largest professional operator in Hythe is Cottages.com, with 30 local listings.
How professionalised is the Hythe short-term rental market?
23% of Hythe's listings (93 of 397) 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: 38% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 16% on Airbnb. The 10 named professional operators run 80 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Bloom Stays and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 76% of that. The other 13 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Hythe?
In Hythe, Airbnb leads with 261 listings (66%), versus 136 on Booking.com (34%).
How many professional operators run listings in Hythe?
10 named professional operators run listings in Hythe. 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 397 public short-term rental listings in Hythe, 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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