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Short-term rentals in Sandown

Sandown is the 380th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 470 listings, split almost evenly between Airbnb (53%) and Booking.com (47%). 47% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 39%, led by Cottages.com (45 listings).

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Tracked listings
470
Market rank
#380 / 597
National share
under 0.1%
Named professional operators
10

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Sandown

In Sandown, supply is split almost evenly: 251 listings on Airbnb (53%) and 219 on Booking.com (47%).

Where the listings are in Sandown

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 470 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Sandown

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 53% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 41% on Airbnb. The 10 named professional operators run 197 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, The Island Holiday Company Ltd and Isle of Wight Vacations — account for 61% of that. The other 23 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
47%
Median market
39%
Single-listing hosts
27%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 127
  • 2–5 listings 83
  • 6–25 listings 40
  • 26+ (professional) 220

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 61% of Sandown's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (21%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 286
  • Apartments & flats 99
  • B&Bs & guest houses 32
  • Unique & outdoor 21
  • Hotels & hostels 19
  • Private & shared rooms 13

Largest operators in Sandown

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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Largest operators in Sandown, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Cottages.com 45 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 217,587
2 The Island Holiday Company Ltd 38 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 1,697
3 Isle of Wight Vacations 37 4.60 / 5 8.2 / 10 711
4 holidaycottages.co.uk 30 4.73 / 5 8.9 / 10 73,474
5 Sykes Holiday Cottages 20 4.70 / 5 8.9 / 10 179,990
6 Island Holiday Homes, Isle of Wight 16 4.71 / 5 8.5 / 10 1,274
7 ALSENED LTD 6 3.45 / 5 6.4 / 10 152,134
8 Travelnest Ltd 3 4.56 / 5 8.0 / 10 95,073
9 2cHolidays LTD 1 4.43 / 5 8.0 / 10 12,325
10 Port Isaac Bay Holidays 1 4.85 / 5 9.1 / 10 138,189

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

How Sandown compares

Sandown ranks 380th 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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Sandown market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Sandown?

Sandown has 470 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 251 on Airbnb and 219 on Booking.com.

Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Sandown?

The largest professional operator in Sandown is Cottages.com, with 45 local listings.

How professionalised is the Sandown short-term rental market?

47% of Sandown's listings (220 of 470) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (39%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 53% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 41% on Airbnb. The 10 named professional operators run 197 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, The Island Holiday Company Ltd and Isle of Wight Vacations — account for 61% of that. The other 23 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Sandown?

In Sandown, supply is split almost evenly: 251 listings on Airbnb (53%) and 219 on Booking.com (47%).

How many professional operators run listings in Sandown?

10 named professional operators run listings in Sandown. 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 470 public short-term rental listings in Sandown, 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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