Chances are you've seen some TV ads for this one of late. Vrbo has long been the main competitor of Airbnb and easily one of the world's best rental sites. They're been in the home-rental game for nearly three decades! Unlike Airbnb, which has a range of options, such as just renting rooms in private homes, Vrbo is strictly a home rental site. And it's got around two million of these homes located all over the world. Many of these places are large and well-suited for families and groups.
Have you only used TripAdvisor to check out reviews? That is the site's main function, but they've also gotten into the rental game; TripAdvisor offers more than 800,000 listings that are located all across the globe. In conjunction with their rental subsidiary Flipkey, TripAdvisor offers rentals that function more or less like a traditional hotel booking site.
Perhaps the site that most resembles Airbnb, Agoda has lots of listings of private homes and you get in touch with the owners of these places to book the homes or apartments. While the homes range greatly - they've got over a million to choose from worldwide — you are apt to find luxury stays here, with lots of high-end villas and the like that are available to rent.
Another site that does some serious advertising on TV, Booking.com is where the masses turn when they want to find hotels. But they're not just about hotels; Booking.com also specializes in renting out homes and apartments, though the process of booking a private home is still similar to that of booking a hotel. You use a reservation system with check-in and check-out just as you would if you were reserving a hotel room.
If the Kid part in Kid and Coe made you guess that this is a family-friendly rental site, you're right. They specialize in listings that are tailormade for trips with kids. So you'll find rentals that are stocked with toys, and have lots of the things parents need, such as strollers, cribs, and high chairs. And when you're ready for an evening out with no kids, you can take advantage of Kid and Coe babysitting services.
OneFineStay, which is managed and owned by AccorHotels, is where lots of luxury travelers turn to find high-end accommodations. With around 10,000 listings that are located all across the globe, OneFineStay has a huge collection of high-end properties, mostly in popular cities such as Paris, Rome, London, and New York. There are some budget offerings in there, but you will likely play a significant price for your fine stay.
Sonder works somewhat differently than other home rental sites; all the properties are owned by the company rather than allowing individual owners to list their properties. So things are kept more uniform according to Sonder's standards, and you'll find the homes are equipped much in the way hotel rooms are with towels, bedding, coffee and the like. Most of Sonder's properties are in major cities in the United States.
Are you looking for a "plum" rental? And by "plum" they mean awesome, not the fruit. If so, then you might want to check out the listings on the Plum Guide. They're exclusive, only accepting a few the owners who apply. So the selection you get here is pretty plum, with loads of luxury homes to choose from. But they do also appeal to more moderate budgets. In this case, plum could mean really clean, or well-located, or just plain cool.
If you took a wild guess that Home Exchange is all about exchanging homes, points to you. This platform is mostly about individual owners looking to swap homes for their mutual stays. But you can still book a place without a recip[ricol deal here. And there is a buy-in to consider here: Home Exchange charges members $150 a year for the privilege of access to their listings.
While Airbnb is now the place to find all-to-yourself rentals, it started out as a way to rent rooms in people's homes. While Airbnb still offers that, Homestay has staked a claim in this area. Every listing with Homestay is just that, a rental in someone's home. So you get a true hosted experience, which can be good or bad depending on the kind of trip you're looking to take.
Are you ready to download some of the apps like Airbnb? You very well might find your dream vacation home rental with an Airbnb competitor.
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