Short-term rentals in Tenby
Tenby has 1,388 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 783 on Airbnb and 605 on Booking.com. That ranks it 43rd of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 56% of its listings on Airbnb. 64% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 41%, led by holidaycottages.co.uk (292 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
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- Tracked listings
- 1,388
- Market rank
- #43 / 597
- National share
- 0.2%
- Named professional operators
- 15
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Tenby
In Tenby, Airbnb leads with 783 listings (56%), versus 605 on Booking.com (44%).
Where the listings are in Tenby
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 Tenby
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 73% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 57% on Airbnb. The 15 named professional operators run 851 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Stay Pembrokeshire and Puffin Cottage Holidays — account for 67% of that. The other 38 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 64%
- Median market
- 41%
- Single-listing hosts
- 20%
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 47% of Tenby's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (44%).
Largest operators in Tenby
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 | 292 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 82,888 |
| 2 | Stay Pembrokeshire | 157 | 4.67 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 11,362 |
| 3 | Puffin Cottage Holidays | 124 | 4.81 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 2,436 |
| 4 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 100 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 184,961 |
| 5 | Cottages.com | 70 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 221,687 |
| 6 | Coastal Cottages of Pembrokeshire | 53 | 4.67 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 660 |
| 7 | West Wales Holiday Cottages | 14 | 4.84 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 4,661 |
| 8 | Great Welsh Escapes | 10 | 4.83 / 5 | 9.2 / 10 | 1,607 |
| 9 | Salt & City Stays | 10 | 4.85 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 5,465 |
| 10 | Travelnest Ltd | 6 | 4.52 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 99,168 |
The other 5 professional operators in Tenby
Local listings
- Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd 5 listings
- ALSENED LTD 3 listings
- Cumbrian Cottage Holidays 3 listings
- Finest Retreats 2 listings
- Port Isaac Bay Holidays 2 listings
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Tenby among their markets. See the full interactive Tenby market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Tenby compares
Tenby ranks 43rd 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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Keswick 1,508 listings
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Colchester 1,507 listings
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Torquay 1,425 listings
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Exeter 1,373 listings
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Dartmouth 1,368 listings
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Lincoln 1,363 listings
Photo credits
- Keswick: Photo: Market Square, Keswick - geograph.org.uk - 387633 by Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Colchester: Photo: Colchester town center by Wikimedia Commons contributors · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Torquay: Photo: Torquay harbour october 2012 by User:ianmacm · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Exeter: Photo: Exeter from Haldon by Nilfanion · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dartmouth: Photo: Dartmouth.town.750pix by Arpingstone · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Lincoln: Photo: Lincoln-BrayfordPool by Chris McKenna ( user:Thryduulf ) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Tenby market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Tenby?
Tenby has 1,388 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 783 on Airbnb and 605 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Tenby?
The largest professional operator in Tenby is holidaycottages.co.uk, with 292 local listings.
How professionalised is the Tenby short-term rental market?
64% of Tenby's listings (889 of 1,388) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (41%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 73% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 57% on Airbnb. The 15 named professional operators run 851 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Stay Pembrokeshire and Puffin Cottage Holidays — account for 67% of that. The other 38 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Tenby?
In Tenby, Airbnb leads with 783 listings (56%), versus 605 on Booking.com (44%).
How many professional operators run listings in Tenby?
15 named professional operators run listings in Tenby. 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 1,388 public short-term rental listings in Tenby, 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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