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Homeaway own many of the big "rent from owner" sites like homeaway.com, vrbo.com, ownersdirect.co.uk and others. But there are still other websites in this game, and more being added every day it seems.
HolidayLettings is part of Trip Advisor.
AirBnB seemed to come out of nowhere and has vacation rentals as well as rooms.
Pure Holiday Homes started a few years ago and was bought out by the Leisure Group who own on of the large vacation rental agency databases.
Holiday Velvet started small and is growing.
Roomorama has been around for awhile.
I tend to use homeaway.com because I can create an account and keep a list of favorites. But, I have two complaints with them: 1. They have too many listings. It is very time consuming going through them all. 2. Many lists do not have complete information.
I tend to be captivated by photos - if a listing has lovely photos and a good description and some info about the owner and some reviews!, then I feel I can make a decision. I know I miss many good ones because I give up when I see blurry photos.
What Rent from Owner sites do you use? How do you use them?
And I should not forget to mention the vacation rental reviews on SlowTrav - I use them frequently.
HolidayLettings is part of Trip Advisor.
AirBnB seemed to come out of nowhere and has vacation rentals as well as rooms.
Pure Holiday Homes started a few years ago and was bought out by the Leisure Group who own on of the large vacation rental agency databases.
Holiday Velvet started small and is growing.
Roomorama has been around for awhile.
I tend to use homeaway.com because I can create an account and keep a list of favorites. But, I have two complaints with them: 1. They have too many listings. It is very time consuming going through them all. 2. Many lists do not have complete information.
I tend to be captivated by photos - if a listing has lovely photos and a good description and some info about the owner and some reviews!, then I feel I can make a decision. I know I miss many good ones because I give up when I see blurry photos.
What Rent from Owner sites do you use? How do you use them?
And I should not forget to mention the vacation rental reviews on SlowTrav - I use them frequently.