Short-term rentals in The Mumbles
The Mumbles is the 91st-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 990 listings, 65% on Airbnb. 47% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 39%, led by holidaycottages.co.uk (232 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 990
- Market rank
- #91 / 597
- National share
- 0.2%
- Named professional operators
- 14
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.
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 35% on Airbnb. The 14 named professional operators run 436 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Stay Gower and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 80% of that. The other 30 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
- 29%
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 69% of The Mumbles' classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (20%).
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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| # | Operator | Listings | Airbnb score | Booking.com score | Portfolio reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 232 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 2 | Stay Gower | 90 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 3,623 |
| 3 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 25 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 4 | Cottages.com | 22 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 5 | Luxury Cottages | 22 | 4.89 / 5 | 9.3 / 10 | 2,454 |
| 6 | Pass the Keys | 16 | 4.75 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 62,567 |
| 7 | Home From Home | 9 | 4.57 / 5 | 7.9 / 10 | 267 |
| 8 | Travelnest Ltd | 5 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
| 9 | CoHost Partners | 4 | 4.42 / 5 | 7.6 / 10 | 2,614 |
| 10 | Cumbrian Cottage Holidays | 3 | 4.87 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 78,520 |
The other 4 professional operators in The Mumbles
Local listings
- Port Isaac Bay Holidays 3 listings
- 53 Degrees Property 2 listings
- Wales Cottage Holidays 2 listings
- StayRight 1 listing
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 91st 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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Guildford 1,006 listings
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Margate 998 listings
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Newcastle 994 listings
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Warrington 989 listings
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Crantock 982 listings
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Swindon 978 listings
Photo credits
- Guildford: Photo: Guildford & Cathedral of Surrey by Himar Santana Hernández · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Margate: Photo: The Parade, Margate by Poliphilo · CC0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Newcastle: Photo: Tyne Bridge - Newcastle Upon Tyne - England - 2004-08-14 by Tagishsimon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Warrington: Photo: Warrington Town Hall by michael ely · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Crantock: Photo: Crantock Sand Dunes by Partonez · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Swindon: Photo: Swindon-view crop by Dickbauch · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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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 August 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 232 local listings.
How professionalised is the The Mumbles short-term rental market?
47% of The Mumbles' listings (466 of 990) 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: 70% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 35% on Airbnb. The 14 named professional operators run 436 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Stay Gower and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 80% of that. The other 30 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?
14 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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