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Big Sur, California short-term rental listings & supply

Updated By The AirDNA Data Team

Big Sur, California has 7 active short-term rental listings, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.

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Total active listings
7
-65.0% YoY
Most popular size
1BR
35.7% of all active listings
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Big Sur, California short-term rental listings

Big Sur has 7 active short-term rental listings as of August 2026, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com. Active supply is down 65.0% from August 2025 to August 2026. Here's how the market breaks down:

  • By property type: 100% entire homes.
  • By size: 35.7% 1-bedroom, 28.6% 2-bedroom, 28.6% 3-bedroom, and 7.1% 4-bedroom.
  • By channel: 71.4% cross-listed, 21.4% Airbnb-only and 7.1% Vrbo-only.
  • By availability: 35.7% most of year (181–270), 28.6% part-time (91–180 nights), 21.4% full-time (271–365), and 14.3% seasonal (1–90 nights).
  • By minimum stay: 78.6% 30+ nights, 21.4% 2 nights.
  • By cancellation policy: 37.5% flexible, 37.5% strict and 25% moderate.
43
Rental demand score
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Analyst's take

Big Sur's Rental Demand score: 43 out of 100.

Big Sur's Rental Demand subscore is 43 out of 100, one of five inputs to its overall Market Score of 0.

Rental Demand combines two inputs: annual occupancy (34% in Big Sur) and year-over-year listing growth (active supply down 65.0% from August 2025 to August 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

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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 →
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How Big Sur's active short-term rental supply has trended over the past year.

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Listing mix

Four ways to slice Big Sur's 7 listings

Property type

Entire home leads at 100%

  • Entire home100%

Bedrooms

1BR leads at 35.7%

  • 1BR35.7%
  • 2BR28.6%
  • 3BR28.6%
  • 4BR7.1%

Channel

Multi-platform leads at 71.4%

  • Airbnb only21.4%
  • Vrbo only7.1%
  • Multi-platform71.4%

Availability

Most of year (181–270) leads at 35.7%

  • Seasonal (1–90 nights)14.3%
  • Part-time (91–180 nights)28.6%
  • Most of year (181–270)35.7%
  • Full-time (271–365)21.4%

Listings by minimum stay

Share of Big Sur active supply by host-set minimum stay

2 nights
21.4%
30+ nights
78.6%

Listings by cancellation policy

Share of Big Sur active supply by host cancellation policy

Flexible
37.5%
Moderate
25%
Strict
37.5%

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Big Sur market overview

The full Big Sur market: 7 listings, $31.4K average revenue, 34% occupancy, $344 ADR. Topline metrics and the AirDNA Market Score.

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Revenue

Annual earnings, revenue by property type, and daily rates by segment.

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Seasonality

Occupancy, RevPAR, peak and trough months, seasonality score.

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Property Managers

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