Short-term rentals in Ventnor
Ventnor is the 150th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 819 listings, 61% on Airbnb. 42% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 39%, led by holidaycottages.co.uk (108 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 819
- Market rank
- #150 / 597
- National share
- 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 9
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Ventnor
In Ventnor, Airbnb leads with 497 listings (61%), versus 322 on Booking.com (39%).
Where the listings are in Ventnor
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 Ventnor
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 58% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 32% on Airbnb. The 9 named professional operators run 324 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Cottages.com and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 74% of that. The other 23 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 42%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 24%
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 65% of Ventnor's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (23%).
Largest operators in Ventnor
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 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 108 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 2 | Cottages.com | 73 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 3 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 60 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 4 | Island Holiday Homes, Isle of Wight | 46 | 4.71 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 1,274 |
| 5 | The Island Holiday Company Ltd | 19 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 1,697 |
| 6 | Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd | 8 | 4.88 / 5 | 9.3 / 10 | 1,962 |
| 7 | Dorset Hideaways | 6 | 4.86 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 1,585 |
| 8 | Finest Retreats | 2 | 4.64 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 13,960 |
| 9 | Luxury Cottages | 2 | 4.89 / 5 | 9.3 / 10 | 2,454 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Ventnor among their markets. See the full interactive Ventnor market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Ventnor compares
Ventnor ranks 150th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Bakewell 826 listings
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Porthmadog 826 listings
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Dunfermline 825 listings
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Ilfracombe 817 listings
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South Cerney 816 listings
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Aberaeron 800 listings
Photo credits
- Bakewell: Photo: Floral roundabout, Bakewell - geograph.org.uk - 1407646 by Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Porthmadog: Photo: Y Cob, Porthmadog o'r awyr, Gwynedd, Cymru (Wales) 07 by Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dunfermline: Photo: Dunfermline Pics by Mcwesty ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ilfracombe: Photo: St Nicholas Chapel, Ilfracombe by Nilfanion · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- South Cerney: Photo: All Saints Church South Cerney - geograph.org.uk - 128834 by Peter Watkins · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Aberaeron: Photo: Aberaeron, Ceredigion, Cymru (Wales) - Gorllewin Cymru Forol - SAC Special Areas of Conservation 82 by Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Ventnor market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Ventnor?
Ventnor has 819 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 497 on Airbnb and 322 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Ventnor?
The largest professional operator in Ventnor is holidaycottages.co.uk, with 108 local listings.
How professionalised is the Ventnor short-term rental market?
42% of Ventnor's listings (347 of 819) 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: 58% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 32% on Airbnb. The 9 named professional operators run 324 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Cottages.com and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 74% 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 Ventnor?
In Ventnor, Airbnb leads with 497 listings (61%), versus 322 on Booking.com (39%).
How many professional operators run listings in Ventnor?
9 named professional operators run listings in Ventnor. 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 819 public short-term rental listings in Ventnor, 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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