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Sunday, November 5, 2017

Did you know that Airbnb has 9 Competitors That You Should Know About?

Did you know that in the U.S. alone, day-trippers and getaway-seekers alike spent nearly $23 billion on vacation rentals in 2012, amounting to nearly one-fifth of the U.S. lodging market?


Did you know that Airbnb has 9 Competitors?


1. Did you know that Tripping.com is Airbnb competitor?

Did you know that Tripping.com is a leading search engine for vacation rentals?

Did you know that Tripping.com has over eight million properties in 150,000 destinations, offering travelers with more than wide variety of unique accommodations especially for the long-term?

Did you know that Tripping.com was founded in 2009 by former StubHub employees, Nate Weisiger and Jen O’Neal?

Did you know that Tripping.com is a San Francisco-based company which boasts a partnership with AARP and since teaming up with Booking.com in 2015, was the first vacation rental metasearch website to debut on-site booking?

Did you know that Tripping.com has established a friendly relations with major sites from HomeAway, VRBO, FlipKey, Housetrip, Homestay, and Roomorama, to Wimdu, ZenRentals, Bedycasa, and WayToStay, as well as numerous others, it’s the perfect spot for users to browse by price range, ratings, locations, and a lengthy list of other features and amenities?

2. FlipKey

Did you know that FlipKey is one of Airbnb main competitors was acquired by TripAdvisor in 2008?

Did you know that FlipKey provides adventure seekers with both domestic and international offerings, with each property profile detailing everything from the number of bed/bathrooms, amenities available, and detailed descriptions of the space, to management information, photographs, and weekly availability?

Did you know that FlipKey “vacation rental marketplace,” as it so lovingly calls itself, has got a growing inventory of over 300,000 properties with exposure to over 160 countries?

Did you know that since FlipKey introduced their Free-to-List option, it’s become even more of an ultimate fave, as it often receives enough targeted visibility to provide an average of 72 inquiries per listing per year?

Did you know that when you team up with FlipKey, your vacay-rentals will be equally distributed to a dozen other popular sites, including good old TripAdvisor, which you’ll be exposing your property to just over 340 million travelers per month—with no extra charge?

3. HomeAway

Did you know that HomeAway property profiles provide travelers with all the basics—i.e. info on number of bedrooms/bathrooms, minimum stay requirements, images, property descriptions, reviews, owner/management information, amenities, as well as availability—just as long as you sign a rental agreement and pay 10-50% upfront in order to completely book the reservation?

Did you know that HomeAway is a true VR giant that’s been dominating the vacation rental industry for many years now, continuing to top the list of Google searches for most popular rental sites?

Did you know that HomeAway also continues to mother an array of other very successful sites like VRBO and VacationRentals.com?

Did you know that HomeAway according to the company, they claim that on average, owners can earn approximately $12k per year on their site (though average earnings do also include extremely luxurious properties that rent out for $10k per week)?



4. VRBO

Did you know that Vacation Rental By Owner a.k.a. VRBO offers worldwide accommodations from people willing to rent out their space—similar to Airbnb?

 Did you know that VRBO was acquired by HomeAway Corporation in 2006, they’ve been one of the leading vacation rental market spaces since their inception way back in 1995?

Did you know that with a proven track record of success, VRBO seems to be a pioneer in the VR industry, claiming that their members receive an average of 127 inquiries per vacation rental property listing per year?

Did you know that VRBO despite having only half the amount of property listings than HomeAway, they carry roughly as many travelers as their parent site does on a monthly basis (if not more)?


Did you know that with VRBO, top owners, according to the company, can earn upwards of $60K on the site so this one’s definitely a good choice for top notch results and great performance?

5. HouseTrip

Did you know that House Trip hasn’t been around for as long as some of the others, this one’s definitely an up-and-comer to watch?

Did you know that House Trip headquartered in Lausanne, it’s know as “the AirBnb of Europe” --but without the 3% commission?

Did you know while AirBnb is popular for travelers in North America, House Trip is equally popular with European getaway seekers are going wild for this “online holiday rental marketplace?”


6. VayStays

Did you know that Vaystays Half vacation rental marketplace and half property management tool, this one services quality properties in highly coveted destinations all across the globe?

Did you know that Vaystays offers a super safe way to book your rentals instantly via credit card, as all listing are professionally managed and fully verified so that there’s nothing travelers need to worry about?

Did you know that Vaystays is based in Chi-town, the site specializes in luxury properties in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and the U.S, and as a company, vows to bring a new level of quality and standardization to the VR marketplace?

7. VacayHero

Did you know that Vaycayhero was previously named Zaranga?

Did you know that Vaycayhero got more than 13,000 vacation rentals all across the United States, with a bountiful inventory of professionally managed properties in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, South Carolina, Utah and Wyoming?

Did you know that all payment and booking processes occur straight from the VaycayHero site, and all cleaning and service fees are paid for at the time of booking?

Did you know that Vaycayhero was Founded in 2011 and the San Francisco headquartered company offers “a happy medium between renting home properties and ensuring that customer service is on par with hotel chains,” says VentureBeat?

 Did you know that Vaycayhero only lists professionally managed vacation properties that are fully vetted ahead of time, “which means there's typically a team of people around to make sure your trip is pretty hassle-free?"

8. Roomorama

Did you know that Roomorama was originally based out of Singapore?

Did you know that Roomorama has successfully grown to over 60,000 properties in over 4,000 locations across the world since opening in 2009?

Did you know that Roomorama according to site stats, it continues generating some 50,000 visitors a day, making it one of the fastest growing VR websites in the world?

Did you know that Roomorama doesn’t cost you thing to list your property and there are no processing fees or commissions whatsoever?

Did you know that Roomorama charge the travelers a booking fee?

Did you know that Roomorama is extremely popular in Europe and has quite a significant presence amongst business travelers, offering goodies such as a concierge service?


9. Wimdu

Did you know that Wimdu has over one million registered users and about 300,000 properties in over a hundred countries?

Did you know that Wimdu is a fierce Airbnb competitor that’s doing an impressive job in getting a slice of the private-rental pie, especially in Europe-- since unlike the North American VR giant, Wimdu seems to focus more on rental market spaces across the pond (while Airbnb has its sights set on global domination!)?



 


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