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Lao Cai, Default short-term rental listings & supply

Updated By The AirDNA Data Team

Lao Cai, Default has 777 active short-term rental listings, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.

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Total active listings
777
-35.7% YoY
Most popular size
1BR
69.6% of all active listings
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Lao Cai, Default short-term rental listings

Lao Cai has 777 active short-term rental listings as of August 2026, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com. Active supply is down 35.7% from August 2025 to August 2026. Here's how the market breaks down:

  • By property type: 57.1% private rooms, 40.3% entire homes and 2.5% shared rooms.
  • By size: 69.6% 1-bedroom, 13.6% 2-bedroom, 8.4% 5+ bedroom, 5.3% 3-bedroom, and 3.2% 4-bedroom.
  • By channel: 98.1% Airbnb-only, 1.5% cross-listed and 0.4% Vrbo-only.
  • By availability: 67.6% full-time (271–365), 15.4% part-time (91–180 nights), 11.1% most of year (181–270), and 5.9% seasonal (1–90 nights).
  • By minimum stay: 94.6% 30+ nights, 4.1% 2 nights, 1% 1 night, and 0.2% 7–29 nights.
  • By cancellation policy: 72.7% flexible, 24.3% moderate and 3% strict.
60
Rental demand score
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Analyst's take

Lao Cai's Rental Demand score: 60 out of 100.

Lao Cai's Rental Demand subscore is 60 out of 100, one of five inputs to its overall Market Score of 98.

Rental Demand combines two inputs: annual occupancy (36% in Lao Cai) and year-over-year listing growth (active supply down 35.7% 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 Lao Cai's active short-term rental supply has trended over the past year.

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Listing mix

Four ways to slice Lao Cai's 777 listings

Property type

Private room leads at 57.1%

  • Entire home40.3%
  • Private room57.1%
  • Shared room2.5%

Bedrooms

1BR leads at 69.6%

  • 1BR69.6%
  • 2BR13.6%
  • 3BR5.3%
  • 4BR3.2%
  • 5BR+8.4%

Channel

Airbnb only leads at 98.1%

  • Airbnb only98.1%
  • Vrbo only0.4%
  • Multi-platform1.5%

Availability

Full-time (271–365) leads at 67.6%

  • Seasonal (1–90 nights)5.9%
  • Part-time (91–180 nights)15.4%
  • Most of year (181–270)11.1%
  • Full-time (271–365)67.6%

Listings by minimum stay

Share of Lao Cai active supply by host-set minimum stay

1 night
1%
2 nights
4.1%
7–29 nights
0.2%
30+ nights
94.6%

Listings by cancellation policy

Share of Lao Cai active supply by host cancellation policy

Flexible
72.7%
Moderate
24.3%
Strict
3%

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Lao Cai market overview

The full Lao Cai market: 777 listings, $5.2K average revenue, 36% occupancy, $42 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

The largest property managers operating in Lao Cai.

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