Santa Elena, Default short-term rental listings & supply

Name: Santa Elena, Default short-term rental supply data
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Updated June 9, 2026By The AirDNA Data Team

Santa Elena, Default has 2,849 active short-term rental listings, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.

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Total active listings

2,849

+14.9% YoY

Santa Elena, Default short-term rental listings

Santa Elena has 2,849 active short-term rental listings as of June 2026, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com. Active supply is up 14.9% from June 2025 to June 2026. Here's how the market breaks down:

By property type: 64.5% entire homes, 34.3% private rooms and 1.2% shared rooms.
By size: 46.5% 1-bedroom, 22.3% 3-bedroom, 17% 2-bedroom, 7.2% 4-bedroom, and 7% 5+ bedroom.
By channel: 94.6% Airbnb-only, 4.4% cross-listed and 1.1% Vrbo-only.
By availability: 73.7% full-time (271–365), 10.8% part-time (91–180 nights), 10.8% most of year (181–270), and 4.7% seasonal (1–90 nights).
By minimum stay: 69% 30+ nights, 25.3% 2 nights, 3.5% 3 nights, 1.2% 4–6 nights, 0.6% 7–29 nights, and 0.4% 1 night.
By cancellation policy: 59% flexible, 35.2% moderate, 5.4% strict, 0.2% super strict, and 0.1% no refund.

Rental demand score

Rental demand52
Seasonality71
Revenue growth72
Regulation63

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Analyst's take

Santa Elena's Rental Demand score: 52 out of 100.

Santa Elena's Rental Demand subscore is 52 out of 100, one of five inputs to its overall Market Score of 72.

Rental Demand combines two inputs: annual occupancy (24% in Santa Elena) and year-over-year listing growth (active supply up 14.9% from June 2025 to June 2026).

It is benchmarked against other short-term rental markets in the same country with at least 15 active listings.

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Key definitions

How AirDNA defines these metrics

Active listings: Active listings are the short-term rentals on Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com that were available or booked in the trailing 12 months. AirDNA de-duplicates the same home across channels, and the count refreshes monthly.How AirDNA counts active listings →