Short-term rentals in Rye
Rye is the 70th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 1,099 listings, 64% on Airbnb. 32% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by holidaycottages.co.uk (126 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 1,099
- Market rank
- #70 / 597
- National share
- 0.2%
- Named professional operators
- 11
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Rye
In Rye, Airbnb leads with 703 listings (64%), versus 396 on Booking.com (36%).
Where the listings are in Rye
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 Rye
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 46% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 24% on Airbnb. The 11 named professional operators run 329 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Cottages.com and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 71% of that. The other 25 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 32%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 37%
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 65% of Rye's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (12%).
Largest operators in Rye
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 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 126 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 2 | Cottages.com | 73 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 3 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 33 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 4 | Bloom Stays | 32 | 4.87 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 3,218 |
| 5 | Pass the Keys | 28 | 4.75 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 62,567 |
| 6 | UK Getaways Ltd | 23 | 4.65 / 5 | 8.2 / 10 | 1,305 |
| 7 | Finest Retreats | 6 | 4.64 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 13,960 |
| 8 | Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd | 3 | 4.88 / 5 | 9.3 / 10 | 1,962 |
| 9 | Travelnest Ltd | 3 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
| 10 | Cumbrian Cottage Holidays | 1 | 4.87 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 78,520 |
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Rye among their markets. See the full interactive Rye market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Rye compares
Rye ranks 70th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.2% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Maidstone 1,107 listings
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Salcombe 1,104 listings
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Harrogate 1,101 listings
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Stratford-upon-Avon 1,099 listings
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Chatham 1,097 listings
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Sutton 1,080 listings
Photo credits
- Maidstone: Photo: River Medway at Maidstone, Kent - geograph.org.uk - 187940 by Rodney Burton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Salcombe: Photo: Salcombechurch by Rodw · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Harrogate: Photo: HarrogateCenotaph(DSPugh)Aug2005 by DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Stratford-upon-Avon: Photo: Shakespeare's Birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon - Sept 2012 by Diliff · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Chatham: Photo: Old Town Hall, The Brook, Chatham, Kent - geograph.org.uk - 891430 by Oast House Archive · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sutton: Photo: Sutton, Surrey London Sutton High Street - by A P Monblat · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Rye market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Rye?
Rye has 1,099 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 703 on Airbnb and 396 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Rye?
The largest professional operator in Rye is holidaycottages.co.uk, with 126 local listings.
How professionalised is the Rye short-term rental market?
32% of Rye's listings (354 of 1,099) 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: 46% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 24% on Airbnb. The 11 named professional operators run 329 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Cottages.com and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 71% of that. The other 25 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Rye?
In Rye, Airbnb leads with 703 listings (64%), versus 396 on Booking.com (36%).
How many professional operators run listings in Rye?
11 named professional operators run listings in Rye. 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 1,099 public short-term rental listings in Rye, 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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