Short-term rentals in Skegness
Skegness has 118 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 51 on Airbnb and 67 on Booking.com. That ranks it 591st of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 57% of its listings on Booking.com. That is the inverse of the pattern across the United Kingdom, where Airbnb carries most of the supply. 44% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 41%, led by Cottages.com (33 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 118
- Market rank
- #591 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 5
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Skegness
In Skegness, Booking.com leads with 67 listings (57%), versus 51 on Airbnb (43%).
Where the listings are in Skegness
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 Skegness
Airbnb supply is more professionalised than Booking.com's: 55% of Airbnb listings sit with operators of that size, against 36% on Booking.com. The 5 named professional operators run 49 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Coastal Caravan Breaks and Travelnest Ltd — account for 96% of that. The other 3 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 44%
- Median market
- 41%
- Single-listing hosts
- 25%
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 50% of Skegness' classified listings, followed by Unique & outdoor (37%).
Largest operators in Skegness
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 | 33 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 221,687 |
| 2 | Coastal Caravan Breaks | 7 | 4.70 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 784 |
| 3 | Travelnest Ltd | 7 | 4.52 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 99,168 |
| 4 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 1 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 82,888 |
| 5 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 1 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 184,961 |
Browse the full United Kingdom operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Skegness among their markets. See the full interactive Skegness market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Skegness compares
Skegness ranks 591st of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with under 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
- Douglas 147 listings
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Embleton 141 listings
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Saint Helens 136 listings
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Godshill 112 listings
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Rotherham 108 listings
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Farnborough 107 listings
Photo credits
- Embleton: Photo: Church of the Holy Trinity, Embleton - geograph.org.uk - 455995 by Lisa Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Helens: Photo: St Helens Photo Montage by Cathie Garner, Galatas & Sue Adair · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Godshill: Photo: Thatched cottages, Godshill, Isle of Wight, England by ITookSomePhotos · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Rotherham: Photo: Norfolk Street, Rotherham - geograph.org.uk - 58389 by Christopher Thomas · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Farnborough: Photo: Clock Tower, Farnborough, Hampshire - geograph.org.uk - 1232783 by don cload · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Skegness market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Skegness?
Skegness has 118 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 51 on Airbnb and 67 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Skegness?
The largest professional operator in Skegness is Cottages.com, with 33 local listings.
How professionalised is the Skegness short-term rental market?
44% of Skegness' listings (52 of 118) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (41%). Airbnb supply is more professionalised than Booking.com's: 55% of Airbnb listings sit with operators of that size, against 36% on Booking.com. The 5 named professional operators run 49 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Coastal Caravan Breaks and Travelnest Ltd — account for 96% of that. The other 3 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Skegness?
In Skegness, Booking.com leads with 67 listings (57%), versus 51 on Airbnb (43%).
How many professional operators run listings in Skegness?
5 named professional operators run listings in Skegness. 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 118 public short-term rental listings in Skegness, 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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