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Carmel By The Sea, California short-term rental listings & supply

Updated By The AirDNA Data Team

Carmel By The Sea, California has 274 active short-term rental listings, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.

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Total active listings
274
+7.5% YoY
Most popular size
2BR
32.1% of all active listings
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Carmel By The Sea, California short-term rental listings

Carmel By The Sea has 274 active short-term rental listings as of July 2026, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com. Active supply is up 7.5% from July 2025 to July 2026. Here's how the market breaks down:

  • By property type: 90.5% entire homes, 7.7% private rooms and 1.8% shared rooms.
  • By size: 32.1% 2-bedroom, 30.7% 3-bedroom, 27.4% 1-bedroom, 8.4% 4-bedroom, and 1.5% 5+ bedroom.
  • By channel: 56.9% cross-listed, 28.8% Airbnb-only and 14.2% Vrbo-only.
  • By availability: 41.2% full-time (271–365), 26.6% most of year (181–270), 21.5% part-time (91–180 nights), and 10.6% seasonal (1–90 nights).
  • By minimum stay: 69.3% 30+ nights, 9.9% 3 nights, 9.1% 7–29 nights, 6.2% 2 nights, 4.7% 4–6 nights, and 0.7% 1 night.
  • By cancellation policy: 62.7% strict, 23.6% moderate, 6.8% flexible, and 6.8% super strict.
90
Rental demand score
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Carmel By The Sea's Rental Demand score: 90 out of 100.

Carmel By The Sea's Rental Demand subscore is 90 out of 100, one of five inputs to its overall Market Score of 60.

Rental Demand combines two inputs: annual occupancy (69% in Carmel By The Sea) and year-over-year listing growth (active supply up 7.5% from July 2025 to July 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
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How Carmel By The Sea's active short-term rental supply has trended over the past year.

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Listing mix

Four ways to slice Carmel By The Sea's 274 listings

Property type

Entire home leads at 90.5%

  • Entire home90.5%
  • Private room7.7%
  • Shared room1.8%

Bedrooms

2BR leads at 32.1%

  • 1BR27.4%
  • 2BR32.1%
  • 3BR30.7%
  • 4BR8.4%
  • 5BR+1.5%

Channel

Multi-platform leads at 56.9%

  • Airbnb only28.8%
  • Vrbo only14.2%
  • Multi-platform56.9%

Availability

Full-time (271–365) leads at 41.2%

  • Seasonal (1–90 nights)10.6%
  • Part-time (91–180 nights)21.5%
  • Most of year (181–270)26.6%
  • Full-time (271–365)41.2%

Listings by minimum stay

Share of Carmel By The Sea active supply by host-set minimum stay

1 night
0.7%
2 nights
6.2%
3 nights
9.9%
4–6 nights
4.7%
7–29 nights
9.1%
30+ nights
69.3%

Listings by cancellation policy

Share of Carmel By The Sea active supply by host cancellation policy

Flexible
6.8%
Moderate
23.6%
Strict
62.7%
Super strict
6.8%

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Carmel By The Sea market overview

The full Carmel By The Sea market: 274 listings, $55.6K average revenue, 69% occupancy, $493 ADR. Topline metrics and the AirDNA Market Score.

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Revenue

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Seasonality

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

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Property Managers

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