Short term rental statistics and data: New Zealand - Otago
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Properties

There are 1749 short term rentals properties in Otago
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Hosts

In this area there are 1219 unique hosts and 1151 Superhosts
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Instant Booking

851 listings in Otago have Instant Booking turned on.
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Reviews

All Otago listings received 295.212 reviews.

MonthAvailabilityMedium Price
July 202536.72%€ 168.04
August 202549.96%€ 169.34
September 202563.65%€ 159.95
October 202568.86%€ 154.71
November 202568.84%€ 164.22
December 202563.13%€ 188.01
January 202665.62%€ 188.18
February 202677.63%€ 178.53
March 202677.45%€ 163.15
April 202683.23%€ 175.21
May 202694.76%€ 156.82


In the next year, in Otago, the short term rental higher medium price is € 188.18, and the higher medium price looking only at available listings is € 192.08. Instead the lowest medium price is € 154.71 and the lowest medium price of available listings is € 141.07.
Availability of short term rental available properties in Otago from July 2025 to May 2026 varies between 36.72% and 94.76%.
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 "Otago" area 19% of short term rental properties are classified as Entire home, 13.8% are classified as Entire rental unit, 8.8% are classified as Entire guesthouse, 8.6% are classified as Entire cottage, 8.6% are classified as Private room in home, 8.4% are classified as Entire guest suite, 6.2% are classified as Private room in bed and breakfast, 2.6% are classified as Entire townhouse, 2.4% are classified as Farm stay, 2.4% are classified as Private room in guest suite, 2.2% are classified as Private room in rental unit, and 17% of short term rental properties are classified in minors categories.

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

Of those properties 47.2% have 1 bedroom, 25.4% have 2 bedrooms, 14.4% have 3 bedrooms, 5.6% have 4 bedrooms, 5% have bedrooms, and properties having a different number of bedrooms are 2.4%.

Also, the number of beds in each property varies as follows: 10.6% have 0 beds, 38% have 1 bed, 28% have 2 beds, 15.4% have 3 beds, 5.6% have 4 beds, and all other properties are about 2.4%.

99.2% have beds, 0.8% have Others,
Bathrooms

The number of bathrooms for property is distributed as follows: 23% have bathrooms, 57% have 1.00 bathroom, 10.2% have 2.00 bathrooms, 7.6% have 5.00 bathrooms, and properties having a different number of bathrooms are 2.2%.

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 "Otago" area's, we have the following segments: 41% can accomodate up to 2 guests guests, 6% can accomodate up to 3 guests guests, 24% can accomodate up to 4 guests guests, 5.8% can accomodate up to 5 guests guests, 10.4% can accomodate up to 6 guests guests, 3.4% can accomodate up to 7 guests guests, 3.8% can accomodate up to 8 guests guests, and 5.6% can accomodate a different number of guests.
Cancellation policies

"Otago" area's hosts apply cancellation policies for their properties as follows: 35.4% apply Moderate policy, 35.2% apply Flexible policy, 15.2% apply Strict policy, 13.4% apply Firm policy, and hosts applying different policies are 0.8%.