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Short-term rentals in Whitley Bay

Whitley Bay has 345 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 197 on Airbnb and 148 on Booking.com. That ranks it 506th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 57% of its listings on Airbnb. 42% of supply is run by professional operators, in line with the median market's 41%, led by Raymond @ Luxe Holiday Stays (38 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
345
Market rank
#506 / 597
National share
under 0.1%
Named professional operators
16

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Whitley Bay

In Whitley Bay, Airbnb leads with 197 listings (57%), versus 148 on Booking.com (43%).

Where the listings are in Whitley Bay

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.

Airbnb Booking.com 250 sampled locations from 345 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Whitley Bay

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 51% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 35% on Airbnb. The 16 named professional operators run 129 local listings between them, and the three largest — Raymond @ Luxe Holiday Stays, Vacant Nests and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 60% of that. The other 15 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
42%
Median market
41%
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.

  • Single listing 101
  • 2–5 listings 62
  • 6–25 listings 38
  • 26+ (professional) 144

Listings by property type

Apartments & flats make up 35% of Whitley Bay's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (34%).

  • Apartments & flats 121
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 117
  • Unique & outdoor 41
  • Hotels & hostels 32
  • B&Bs & guest houses 18
  • Private & shared rooms 16

Largest operators in Whitley Bay

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 Whitley Bay, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Raymond @ Luxe Holiday Stays 38 4.88 / 5 9.1 / 10 2,211
2 Vacant Nests 28 4.62 / 5 7.9 / 10 2,198
3 Sykes Holiday Cottages 11 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
4 holidaycottages.co.uk 10 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
5 Pass the Keys 10 4.75 / 5 8.1 / 10 63,230
6 Cottages.com 8 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
7 Host & Stay 6 4.57 / 5 8.3 / 10 59,959
8 North East Escapes 6 4.76 / 5 9.0 / 10 1,805
9 Explaura Property Ltd 3 4.80 / 5 9.0 / 10 302
10 stayful.co.uk 2 4.69 / 5 7.8 / 10 1,704

The other 6 professional operators in Whitley Bay

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

How Whitley Bay compares

Whitley Bay ranks 506th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with under 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Whitley Bay market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Whitley Bay?

Whitley Bay has 345 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 197 on Airbnb and 148 on Booking.com.

Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Whitley Bay?

The largest professional operator in Whitley Bay is Raymond @ Luxe Holiday Stays, with 38 local listings.

How professionalised is the Whitley Bay short-term rental market?

42% of Whitley Bay's listings (144 of 345) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, in line with the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (41%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 51% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 35% on Airbnb. The 16 named professional operators run 129 local listings between them, and the three largest — Raymond @ Luxe Holiday Stays, Vacant Nests and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 60% of that. The other 15 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Whitley Bay?

In Whitley Bay, Airbnb leads with 197 listings (57%), versus 148 on Booking.com (43%).

How many professional operators run listings in Whitley Bay?

16 named professional operators run listings in Whitley Bay. 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 345 public short-term rental listings in Whitley Bay, 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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