Short term rental statistics and data: South Africa - Eastern Cape
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Properties

There are 4124 short term rentals properties in Eastern Cape
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Hosts

In this area there are 2318 unique hosts and 1011 Superhosts
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Instant Booking

1491 listings in Eastern Cape have Instant Booking turned on.
short term rental listing rating
Reviews

All Eastern Cape listings received 125.135 reviews.

MonthAvailabilityMedium Price
September 202557.61%€ 69.62
October 202572.33%€ 70.64
November 202582.06%€ 71.01
December 202555.04%€ 71.85
January 202677.81%€ 73.96
February 202691.65%€ 75.65
March 202688.59%€ 74.59
April 202694.44%€ 76.78
May 202695.19%€ 76.52
June 202686.34%€ 73.79
July 202696.36%€ 77.84


In the next year, in Eastern Cape, the short term rental higher medium price is € 77.84, and the higher medium price looking only at available listings is € 77.4. Instead the lowest medium price is € 69.62 and the lowest medium price of available listings is € 69.32.
Availability of short term rental available properties in Eastern Cape from September 2025 to July 2026 varies between 55.04% and 96.36%.
Consider that many short term rental hosts do not open their booking calendars too far in the future. Opening your calendar for 12 months or more could be a great business opportunity.
Note: we collect and update data every day and short term rentals prices and availabilities may vary on every data update.

Properties and rooms

In the "Eastern Cape" area 17.2% of short term rental properties are classified as Entire home, 11.8% are classified as Entire cottage, 10% are classified as Entire rental unit, 9.6% are classified as Private room in guesthouse, 7% are classified as Entire guest suite, 5% are classified as Private room in bed and breakfast, 4.2% are classified as Private room in home, 3.6% are classified as Farm stay, 3.2% are classified as Private room in rental unit, 2.6% are classified as Entire guesthouse, 2.4% are classified as Entire cabin, 2.2% are classified as Entire vacation home, and 21.2% of short term rental properties are classified in minors categories.

Rooms in non exclusive use properties are divided according to the following types: 100% are "Private rooms", 0% are "Hotel rooms" and 0% are "Shared rooms"
Bedrooms and beds

Of those properties 46% have 1 bedroom, 18.8% have 2 bedrooms, 12.8% have 3 bedrooms, 11.6% have 4 bedrooms, 3.8% have bedrooms, 3.6% have 5 bedrooms, and properties having a different number of bedrooms are 3.4%.

Also, the number of beds in each property varies as follows: 4.8% have 0 beds, 42.4% have 1 bed, 20.2% have 2 beds, 13% have 3 beds, 11.8% have 4 beds, 3.8% have 5 beds, and all other properties are about 4%.

99.4% have beds, 0.6% have Others,
Bathrooms

The number of bathrooms for property is distributed as follows: 18.8% have bathrooms, 37.2% have 1.00 bathroom, 14.2% have 2.00 bathrooms, 5.4% have 3.00 bathrooms, 20.2% have 5.00 bathrooms, and properties having a different number of bathrooms are 4.2%.

Note: A half bath value means it is just a toilet and sink. There isn't a shower or tub in it, so a house with 1.5 baths has one full bathroom and one-half bath.
Max guests capacity

Regarding the number of people that the accommodation facilities are able to accommodate, in the "Eastern Cape" area's, we have the following segments: 5% can accomodate up to 10 guests guests, 41.8% can accomodate up to 2 guests guests, 5.2% can accomodate up to 3 guests guests, 18% can accomodate up to 4 guests guests, 11% can accomodate up to 6 guests guests, 10.8% can accomodate up to 8 guests guests, and 8.2% can accomodate a different number of guests.
Cancellation policies

"Eastern Cape" area's hosts apply cancellation policies for their properties as follows: 32.2% apply Flexible policy, 26.6% apply Firm policy, 14.2% apply Moderate policy, 12.4% apply Non-refundable policy, 10% apply Refundable policy, and hosts applying different policies are 4.6%.