UK short-term rentals

This report provides monthly insights on the overall supply of short-term rental properties across the UK, as well as a selection of performance metrics. We are also able to share some learnings about the type of trips taking place.

Released in:

August 2026

Next release:

TBC

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Methodology note

Please note: June’s report has been republished with supply data removed. Changes to Lighthouse’s deduplication methodology have led to some adjustments in trends which are currently being investigated, and we do not recommend using 2026’s supply data in the visualisation below until further notice.

Report highlights

  • June 2026 saw nights reserved and occupancy rates remained stable compared to the previous year.
  • In June, both average daily rates (ADR) and average revenues saw a new June peak, exceeding 2025 and 2024 levels for the same month, with both metrics seeing growth year-on-year.
  • Review trends remained broadly similar month-on-month, with Europe retaining a significantly larger share than APAC and the Americas despite easing slightly from a 12‑month high; domestic reviews maintained stronger year-on-year growth than 2025.

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Short-Term Rentals - June 2026 - supply data removed

Explore the latest trends in the UK short-term rentals industry.

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Use the visualisation to explore trends in the UK short-term rentals industry.

About the report

Lighthouse (formerly Transparent Intelligence) tracks over 35 million vacation rental listings worldwide and maintains a proprietary database of hundreds of thousands of reservations tracked by month. Listings on the four major short-term rental platforms are tracked: Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo and Tripadvisor. Listings data is deduplicated when the same property is advertised on more than one platform. 

The UK Government defines a short-term rental property as ‘a dwelling, or part of a dwelling, provided by a host to a guest, for use as accommodation other than the guest’s only or principal residence, in return for payment, in the course of a trade or business carried on by the host’. 

Historical data is available back to 2019, with future performance also available for up to one year in the future. We have limited future performance data shown in reports to three months in the future in order to ensure reliability, based on guidance from Lighthouse.

For further insights into accommodation in England, explore the results of the England Occupancy Survey (EOS) which measures bedroom and bedspace occupancy across the accommodation sector.