Short-term rentals in Portree
Portree has 1,930 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 1,221 on Airbnb and 709 on Booking.com. That ranks it 28th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 63% of its listings on Airbnb. 24% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Islands and Highlands Cottages (117 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
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- Tracked listings
- 1,930
- Market rank
- #28 / 597
- National share
- 0.3%
- Named professional operators
- 10
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Portree
In Portree, Airbnb leads with 1,221 listings (63%), versus 709 on Booking.com (37%).
Where the listings are in Portree
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 Portree
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 36% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 17% on Airbnb. The 10 named professional operators run 387 local listings between them, and the three largest — Islands and Highlands Cottages, Cottages.com and Interhome — account for 73% of that. The other 76 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 24%
- Median market
- 41%
- Single-listing hosts
- 34%
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 59% of Portree's classified listings, followed by B&Bs & guest houses (13%).
Largest operators in Portree
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 | Islands and Highlands Cottages | 117 | 4.80 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 2,920 |
| 2 | Cottages.com | 90 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 221,687 |
| 3 | Interhome | 76 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 4,430 |
| 4 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 46 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 184,961 |
| 5 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 38 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 82,888 |
| 6 | Travelnest Ltd | 12 | 4.52 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 99,168 |
| 7 | Port Isaac Bay Holidays | 3 | 4.84 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 138,199 |
| 8 | Dalmunzie Castle Hotel Limited | 2 | 4.75 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 128,517 |
| 9 | ZiZibreeZi Ltd | 2 | 4.83 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 4,540 |
| 10 | Wigwam Holidays | 1 | 4.83 / 5 | 9.3 / 10 | 9,685 |
Browse the full United Kingdom operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Portree among their markets. See the full interactive Portree market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Portree compares
Portree ranks 28th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.3% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Norwich 2,170 listings
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Scarborough 2,145 listings
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Portsmouth 1,977 listings
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Newquay 1,897 listings
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Chester 1,827 listings
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Plymouth 1,818 listings
Photo credits
- Norwich: Photo: Norwich Town Hall from the Castle by Ashley Dace · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Scarborough: Photo: Town Hall Scarborough - geograph.org.uk - 878003 by Jeff Pearson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Portsmouth: Photo: Portsmouth-from-PortsdownHill by en:User:AlanFord · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Newquay: Photo: Newquayhill by Kicior99 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Chester: Photo: Bridge Street, Chester by Crashlanded · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Plymouth: Photo: Plymouth from Mount Batten - geograph.org.uk - 1580485 by Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Portree market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Portree?
Portree has 1,930 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 1,221 on Airbnb and 709 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Portree?
The largest professional operator in Portree is Islands and Highlands Cottages, with 117 local listings.
How professionalised is the Portree short-term rental market?
24% of Portree's listings (463 of 1,930) 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: 36% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 17% on Airbnb. The 10 named professional operators run 387 local listings between them, and the three largest — Islands and Highlands Cottages, Cottages.com and Interhome — account for 73% of that. The other 76 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Portree?
In Portree, Airbnb leads with 1,221 listings (63%), versus 709 on Booking.com (37%).
How many professional operators run listings in Portree?
10 named professional operators run listings in Portree. 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 1,930 public short-term rental listings in Portree, 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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