|
Summary |
Industry Leader |
VRBO.com is one of the largest and best known vacation
rentals
sites around. VRBO popularized the term "vacation rentals by
owner" ! VRBO was purchased by the
WVR Group which also owns
Homeaway and many
other vacation rentals sites |
|
Listings |
100,000 plus |
VRBO.com is a very large vacation rentals site
with more than 100,000 listings, making it the largest
vacation rentals by owner web site. |
|
Category |
US with lots of International |
VRBO.com is a US based "vacation rentals by owner" site,
although it is so large
that it has extensive listings in 90 countries. The only
continent that VRBO does not have listings on is
Antarctica ! |
|
Visitor Traffic |
High |
VRBO.com report that they get 2.5 million visitors per
month. As with any vacation rental by owner site, the amount of visitors to
any particular listing will vary depending on location,
price, property type etc. See the above chart for
VRBO's latest Alexa traffic ranking.
Many owners report that they get most of their bookings
from their VRBO listing. |
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Ease of Use for Advertisers |
Not Reviewed |
We have not reviewed this aspect of VRBO |
|
Ease of use for Renters |
Medium |
Possibly because VRBO is one of the older vacation
rentals sites, the user interface lacks some of the
glossy features of some of the other sites. Search facilities
on VRBO
are mostly by geography, without the "advanced search"
feature found on most other "vacation rentals by owner"
sites. However, the "text
search" on VRBO allows you to enter a number of keywords to
find suitable "vacation rentals by owner" properties.
Renters visiting VRBO can see how often each property has
been viewed using a page counter which is useful
for determining the popularity of particular
properties. |
|
Cost |
$229/year |
VRBO.com is not the cheapest option, but as one of the market
leaders in the vacation rentals market, VRBO is
reasonably priced for the services offered. VRBO also no
longer charge for updating photos. |
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Owner Comments |
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Renter Comments |
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comments on VRBO |
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Other Comments |
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VRBO.com is the largest vacation
rental by owner site |
