HomeAway Vacation Rentals Get Broader Exposure With Expedia Launch
Photo Credit: Vacation rental owners and managers who compensate HomeAway by paying commissions for each booking can now optionally list their rentals on Expedia.com in the U.S., as well. Pictu4red, a property that joined the HomeAway family after it acquired Bookabach in New Zealand. HomeAway
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The HomeAway-Expedia partnership is an important milestone for HomeAway, in particular, marking a new era of expanded distribution that starts with Expedia.com in the U.S., but will likely appear in other places, as well.
The long-awaited Expedia Inc. partnership with HomeAway, which had its beginnings in a beta in February, went live today, with HomeAway property managers and owners who use the commission-based pay per booking model opting into the distribution relationship.
However, there is no distinct vacation rental tab on the Expedia.com homepage. Instead, when Expedia.com users search for a stay of a week or so in duration for a particular destination, they will see vacation rental options listed.
And, under accommodation type in the left-side rail on hotel pages, customers can also filter their searches for "private vacation home," and there are 67 such listings in Orlando, for example.
These listings of vacation rentals within the Expedia hotel search/tab is Expedia's answ
