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Stay updated on all things Vrbo, from hosting requirements and brand strategy analysis to booking trends and platform developments like One Key. This category offers vacation rental managers and short-term rental managers insights into Vrbo’s ad campaigns, new features, and comparisons like Airbnb vs. Vrbo to help you make the most of this platform.

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Should I list my vacation rental on Expedia?

Thibault Masson

As vacation rentals become increasingly popular in the lodging market, vacation rental owners are looking to advertise their properties on ...

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Vrbo commercials reveal its clear focus on family vacation rentals

Thibault Masson

(Updated on December 12, 2021) Vrbo‘s mission is to help its guests find the best family vacation rentals. Vrbo commercials ...

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How the COVID-19 crisis helped Expedia Group turn a much-criticized HomeAway into a positively perceived Vrbo

Thibault Masson

In early 2019, property managers were using very harsh words when talking about HomeAway. They felt that the company had ...

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How To Sync Your Airbnb Calendar With Vrbo And Booking.Com With ICal

Adrienne Fors

If you’re considering listing your vacation rental on more than one site, you may be wondering how you can prevent ...

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Vrbo as the key engine to Expedia Group’s results in Q2 2020. Vrbo brand off to a good start with a lot of direct traffic coming in. Supply may increase as homeowners need to generate money during the COVID recession.

Thibault Masson

On July 30, the Expedia Group, owner of Vrbo, among other brands, published its quarterly report for the second quarter ...

Goodbye, HomeAway: The Vrbo brand expands globally, while HomeAway disappears from the US

Thibault Masson

Goodbye, HomeAway. Adiós, TopRural. Adeus, AlugueTemporada. The Expedia Group has been busy streamlining its portfolio of vacation rental website brands. ...

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8 ways Vrbo has adapted to post-COVID traveler needs

Adrienne Fors

Vrbo has not sat idle when the COVID-19 crisis hit the vacation rental industry. For instance, it tried to balance ...

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Airbnb, Booking, Expedia, and Trip endorse WTTC’s Safe Travels protocols for Short-Term Rentals

Thibault Masson

This is no small feat: Getting arch-rivals Airbnb, Booking, Expedia, Trip to agree to have a common stance on something. ...

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Property managers found Vrbo’s response to COVID-19 crisis the best, while trust in Airbnb collapses, Survey finds

Adrienne Fors

This survey is a snapshot taken in late March, at the peak of the havoc created by the coronavirus COVID-19 ...

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Vrbo and HomeAway enforce Mandatory Price Consistency for All Property Managers

Thibault Masson

If you are listing your properties on Vrbo and its sister sites (e.g., HomeAway US, HomeAway UK, Abritel in France, ...

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How to add key Vrbo cleaning practices to your listings

Thibault Masson

If you are listing properties on Vrbo.com or one of its sister brand websites (e.g., HomeAway, Abritel, FeWo-Direkt, Stayz, Homelidays, ...

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Jeff Hurst: vrbo coronavirus policy helped maintain a balanced Marketplace; Dramatic increase in booking volume

Thibault Masson

Vrbo’s Jeff Hurst sent an optimistic message to Vrbo and HomeAway partners: He said that Vrbo had trusted its partners ...

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Vrbo and HomeAway Cleaning Checklist Enhanced to face COVID-19 coronavirus (vacation rental cleanliness)

Thibault Masson

The vacation rental cleanliness topic is a hot one, as travel bans get lifted across the world. We have already ...

Steal these 5 PDFs from HomeAway + More Rental Advice

Thibault Masson

This is the online version of my weekly RentalPreneurs newsletter. You can subscribe to it for here by clicking here. ...