Website Stats · Original research

Holiday Lets Website Statistics 2026

We ran automated homepage audits on 6 UK holiday lets websites — checking page speed, mobile UX, on-page SEO, structured data, contact conversion and more. Here's what we found.

Avg score

47/100

Avg page speed

676ms

Sites analysed

6

Score distribution

Good (80–100)0 sites (0%)
Okay (60–79)3 sites (50%)
Poor (0–59)3 sites (50%)

How many pass the basics

HTTPS enabled83%
Mobile viewport83%
Structured data (schema)50%
Contact form on homepage33%
Open Graph share image17%
Analytics installed50%

Most common mistakes

  • No theme-color meta — plain browser chrome on mobile100% of sites
  • No Open Graph image — links look blank on WhatsApp/Facebook83% of sites
  • No contact form found on homepage67% of sites
  • No cookie consent banner detected — UK GDPR risk67% of sites
  • No structured data (schema.org)50% of sites
  • No analytics detected — flying blind on visitor data50% of sites
  • No obvious call-to-action (book, quote, contact) on the home50% of sites
  • Only N% of images have alt text50% of sites
  • No meta description — Google writes its own33% of sites
  • No HN heading33% of sites

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Methodology: automated homepage audits by RIOT London, July 2026.

Ashley Scott
Studio Lead
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