5 New Travel Startups Showing Vacation Rentals How to Navigate Online Bookings
Skift Take
Expedia's acquisition of HomeAway shows that desire is strong with online booking players for bringing more vacation rentals online. When offline properties get online they'll need help finding their way around their new universe.
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Vacation rentals are portrayed as the alternative to hotel stays, but some travelers view them as their first choice — all while increasingly expecting more and more amenities that hotels offer.
Millions of property owners have rented their homes, cottages, and condos for decades through offline methods and are skeptical of the online push or afraid to abandon older online methods that have always worked. Many offline properties continue to show strong bookings even as the online world surrounds them, and it's the job of onl
