Short-term rentals in Saint Albans
Saint Albans is the 206th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 683 listings, 72% on Airbnb. 13% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by Pass the Keys (12 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 683
- Market rank
- #206 / 597
- National share
- 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 6
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Saint Albans
In Saint Albans, Airbnb leads with 492 listings (72%), 2.6× the 191 on Booking.com (28%).
Where the listings are in Saint Albans
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 Saint Albans
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 19% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 11% on Airbnb. The 6 named professional operators run 27 local listings between them, and the three largest — Pass the Keys, Travelnest Ltd and K Suites — account for 85% of that. The other 64 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
- 38%
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
Apartments & flats make up 49% of Saint Albans' classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (24%).
Largest operators in Saint Albans
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 | Pass the Keys | 12 | 4.75 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 62,567 |
| 2 | Travelnest Ltd | 9 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
| 3 | K Suites | 2 | 4.24 / 5 | 7.2 / 10 | 579 |
| 4 | Your.Rentals | 2 | 4.62 / 5 | 7.4 / 10 | 11,822 |
| 5 | Best Western The Dartmouth Golf, Hotel and Spa | 1 | 4.73 / 5 | 7.9 / 10 | 285,489 |
| 6 | Staybridge Suites | 1 | 4.58 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 1,020,187 |
Browse the full United Kingdom operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Saint Albans among their markets. See the full interactive Saint Albans market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Saint Albans compares
Saint Albans ranks 206th 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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Criccieth 685 listings
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Henley on Thames 685 listings
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Taunton 684 listings
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Reighton 678 listings
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Tiverton 677 listings
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Dartford 676 listings
Photo credits
- Criccieth: Photo: Criccieth beach by James@hopgrove at English Wikipedia · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Henley on Thames: Photo: Town Hall, Henley - geograph.org.uk - 36320 by Colin Bates · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Taunton: Photo: Taunton.somerset.750pix by Taken by Adrian Pingstone · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Reighton: Photo: Reighton St Peters November 2008 (Nigel Coates) by Nigel Coates ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Tiverton: Photo: River Exe by en:User:Lew747 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dartford: Photo: Dartford3799 by Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Saint Albans market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Saint Albans?
Saint Albans has 683 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 492 on Airbnb and 191 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Saint Albans?
The largest professional operator in Saint Albans is Pass the Keys, with 12 local listings.
How professionalised is the Saint Albans short-term rental market?
13% of Saint Albans' listings (91 of 683) 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: 19% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 11% on Airbnb. The 6 named professional operators run 27 local listings between them, and the three largest — Pass the Keys, Travelnest Ltd and K Suites — account for 85% of that. The other 64 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Saint Albans?
In Saint Albans, Airbnb leads with 492 listings (72%), 2.6× the 191 on Booking.com (28%).
How many professional operators run listings in Saint Albans?
6 named professional operators run listings in Saint Albans. 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 683 public short-term rental listings in Saint Albans, 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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