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Short-term rentals in The Mumbles

The Mumbles has 990 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 642 on Airbnb and 348 on Booking.com. That ranks it 92nd of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 65% of its listings on Airbnb. 49% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 41%, led by holidaycottages.co.uk (243 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
990
Market rank
#92 / 597
National share
0.2%
Named professional operators
12

Airbnb vs Booking.com in The Mumbles

In The Mumbles, Airbnb leads with 642 listings (65%), versus 348 on Booking.com (35%).

Where the listings are in The Mumbles

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.

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Market structure in The Mumbles

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 70% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 38% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 437 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Stay GowerLtd and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 82% of that. The other 47 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
49%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
28%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 276
  • 2–5 listings 182
  • 6–25 listings 48
  • 26+ (professional) 484

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 69% of The Mumbles' classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (20%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 682
  • Apartments & flats 199
  • B&Bs & guest houses 41
  • Private & shared rooms 36
  • Unique & outdoor 20
  • Hotels & hostels 12

Largest operators in The Mumbles

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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Largest operators in The Mumbles, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 holidaycottages.co.uk 243 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
2 Stay GowerLtd 91 4.71 / 5 8.6 / 10 3,717
3 Sykes Holiday Cottages 25 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
4 Cottages.com 22 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
5 Luxury Cottages 22 4.89 / 5 9.3 / 10 2,274
6 Pass the Keys 16 4.75 / 5 8.1 / 10 63,230
7 Travelnest Ltd 7 4.52 / 5 8.0 / 10 99,168
8 Birch Stays Ltd 3 4.87 / 5 9.2 / 10 1,310
9 Cumbrian Cottage Holidays 3 4.87 / 5 9.1 / 10 77,518
10 53 Degrees Property 2 4.67 / 5 8.0 / 10 4,232

The other 2 professional operators in The Mumbles

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

How The Mumbles compares

The Mumbles ranks 92nd 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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The Mumbles market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in The Mumbles?

The Mumbles has 990 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 642 on Airbnb and 348 on Booking.com.

Who is the largest short-term rental operator in The Mumbles?

The largest professional operator in The Mumbles is holidaycottages.co.uk, with 243 local listings.

How professionalised is the The Mumbles short-term rental market?

49% of The Mumbles' listings (484 of 990) 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: 70% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 38% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 437 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Stay GowerLtd and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 82% of that. The other 47 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in The Mumbles?

In The Mumbles, Airbnb leads with 642 listings (65%), versus 348 on Booking.com (35%).

How many professional operators run listings in The Mumbles?

12 named professional operators run listings in The Mumbles. 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 990 public short-term rental listings in The Mumbles, 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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