What is a short-term rental? Leading advocacy group isn't quite sure
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Short-term apartment rentals and vacation-home rentals are two different animals, but the poll done for Airbnb, HomeAway, and TripAdvisor seeks to obfuscate the differences.
A poll commissioned by Airbnb, HomeAway, TripAdvisor, and Flipkey makes it appear that short-term rentals are going mainstream, and that hordes of American families are getting ready to vacation this summer in someone else's urban apartment.
The three companies (Flipkey is a vacation rental arm of TripAdvisor) are members of the Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, the Short Term Rental Advocacy Center, and their online poll found that "one in five American families plan to rent short-term this summer."
The announcement that accompanied the poll findings read: "Poll finds Americans strongly support sho
