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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Well equipped modern chalet in a beautiful location. Bbq and fire pit for exterior gatherings. Spacious interior if the weather is bad. Hosts respond quickly to questions. We stayed here a week with... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Perched on a hilltop overlooking the Mountains. Upon arrival we were greeted by a friendly, somewhat curious deer who came to see us every morning along with a couple of his friends. House itself is i... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

booked a property through Vrbo, but I was scammed—the house turned out to be completely fake. When I contacted customer service for assistance, they offered zero help and just kept talking in circles... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The unit was exactly as pictured, cosy, clean, simple. Everything worked, no issues. We did have an obstacle at the beginning but Host and VRBO were readily accessible and helpful. It is cosy so not f... See more

Company details

  1. Vacation Rental
  2. Tour Operator
  3. Travel Aggregator
  4. Vacation Home Rental Agency

About Vrbo

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Vrbo is a vacation rental platform for booking entire homes, and only entire homes. No shared spaces. No shared hosts. Just one place for you and your group to stay together.

Founded in 1995, Vrbo now offers more than 2 million vacation rentals across 190+ countries. From beach houses and cabins to condos and city apartments, Vrbo helps travelers find the right space for trips where privacy, comfort, and connection matter most.

What is Vrbo?
Vrbo is focused exclusively on entire-home stays, so you book the whole place to yourselves, not a shared room, shared space, or host-occupied home. That matters for travelers who want more privacy, more room, and one home base for family vacations, reunions, and group travel. Vrbo started as Vacation Rentals By Owner and still focuses on helping travelers book entire homes for trips that are better together.

Why travelers choose Vrbo
Not every trip is best served by a hotel room or a stay with shared spaces. Vrbo is for travelers who want an entire home where they can stay together more comfortably. With a Vrbo vacation rental, travelers can:

* stay together under one roof
* enjoy privacy with no shared spaces
* cook, relax, and connect comfortably
* choose a home that fits the way their group wants to travel
* spend less time coordinating separate rooms and more time being together

That focus is what makes Vrbo different. Unlike platforms that mix shared and private stays, Vrbo is centered on entire homes only. For families and groups, that can mean more privacy, fewer compromises, and more time together.

How does Vrbo work?
Booking on Vrbo is simple:

1. Search where and when you want to travel
2. Compare vacation rentals, prices, amenities, and reviews
3. Book the entire home that fits your trip

Vrbo makes booking feel straightforward, so travelers can spend less time second-guessing and more time looking forward to the trip.

Book with confidence
Vrbo helps travelers book with confidence through clearer information upfront. Listings can include:

* verified guest reviews
* real traveler photos
* detailed amenities and property highlights
* Q&A from past guests
* review summaries that help set expectations

Vrbo also highlights homes with a strong track record of great stays, giving travelers more confidence in the vacation rental they choose and fewer surprises when they arrive.

Support you can trust
Every booking is automatically backed by VrboCare. If a significant issue affects a covered stay, Vrbo will help travelers find a similar place or receive a refund when eligible. Vrbo also offers customer support 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with help available through chat and phone. And because trust also means privacy, interior cameras, shared homes, and unannounced visits from hosts are not allowed on the platform. Together, these protections help travelers book with more confidence and fewer surprises.

Rewards through One Key
Vrbo is part of One Key, a free travel rewards program that lets you earn and use rewards across Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo. Members can earn up to 2% in OneKeyCash on vacation rentals and use rewards across eligible bookings on all three brands. Members also get instant Member Prices on hotels through Expedia and Hotels.com:

* Blue members save 10% or more
* Silver members save 15% or more
* Gold members save 20% or more
* Platinum members save 20% or more

The more you stay, the more you save*.

*Terms apply. OneKeyCash is earned on eligible bookings, and redemption is limited to eligible bookings and participating vacation rentals.

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Experience was good

Experience was good. There was just a little hiccup with the time lines. I had to reapply for my stay but you took the money out of the first reservation. The owners had to help. But was all goid in the end.

31 August 2026
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Reply from Vrbo

Hi,

Thank you for sharing your feedback. We’re glad to hear your experience was good overall. We understand your concerns about the reservation timing and the charge on the first booking.

Please contact us through our Help Center at help.vrbo.com/contact so our team can assist you further.

Thanks,
Vrbo Customer Support Team

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Apartment was not great

Apartment was not great. Carpet was filthy. Give more towels. Loud train or streetcar noises. Locations switched, twice. Irritating. Will not use VRBO again if I can avoid it.

13 September 2026
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Reply from Vrbo

Hello,

Thank you for sharing your feedback. We understand your concern about the apartment condition, the noise, and the location changes during your stay.

Please contact us through our Help Center at help.vrbo.com/contact so our team can better understand the details of your experience.

Thanks,
Vrbo Customer Support Team

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Was overall great experience

Was overall great experience. But I missed the email that the 2 part payment i had to make thought it would be automatic. Poor owner emailed me after the trip advising he never got paid. My 2nd part.

7 September 2026
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Reply from Vrbo

Hi Kevin,

Thank you for sharing your feedback. We’re glad to hear your experience was great overall. We understand your concerns about the payment process and the second payment details.

Please contact us through our Help Center at help.vrbo.com/contact so our team can assist you further.

Thanks,
Vrbo Customer Support Team

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Everything was great except they could…

Everything was great except they could not find our reservation. It took then several hours before they got back to us saying that they had found the deposit that we paid .

9 September 2026
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Reply from Vrbo

Hi Robert,

Thank you for sharing your feedback. We’re glad to hear everything else went well. We understand your concerns about the delay in locating your reservation and deposit.

Please contact us through our Help Center at help.vrbo.com/contact so our team can assist you further.

Thanks,
Vrbo Customer Support Team

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

I I dislike the fact that it was not… advertised in Canadian dollars

I I dislike the fact that it was not apparent that I was booking in US dollars. I was a resident of Ontario Canada booking a location in Ontario, Canada, and after I booked it and paid for it, I then realized that the quoted price was in US dollars. Therefore, I ended up paying more than I was originally led to believe

14 September 2026
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Reply from Vrbo

Hi Jason,

Thank you for sharing your feedback. We understand your concerns about the currency shown during booking and the total amount charged.

Please contact us through our Help Center at help.vrbo.com/contact so our team can assist you further.

Thanks,
Vrbo Customer Support Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Lovely stay!

Clean, fully stocked, beautiful setting, quiet. Comfy beds…quick access to town yet private and peaceful.
We’d definitely stay again👍

15 September 2026
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The booking process was easy

The booking process was easy. Communication was timely. Facilities were a bit worn, but comfortable and suited our group well. Location was good, especially is you are a ski enthusiast.

16 September 2026
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The host accepted and immediately…

The host accepted and immediately messaged asking me to cancel because they couldn’t accommodate. Eventually the host canceled on their own (which is good, since I wouldn’t have received refund and that seems extremely unprofessional.)

I then saw that the refund would take up to 15 days to process, leaving me without money or a place to stay. Calling customer support left me with no real options and needing to pay more money out of pocket to find a place on short notice. Horrible experience, won’t book with this host and am unlikely to utilize VRBO again in the future.

16 September 2026
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Reply from Vrbo

Hi Reuben,

Thank you for sharing your feedback. We understand your concern about the host canceling after accepting the booking, the refund timeframe, and the added cost of finding another place to stay on short notice.

Please contact us through our Help Center at help.vrbo.com/contact so our team can go over the details of your booking with you.

Thanks,
Vrbo Customer Support Team

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Modern Home in Great Neighborhood Needs More Personal Touches

The home is modern, clean, spacious with a lot of amenities and located in a quiet neighborhood. Lots of options for dining within the area. Area where home is located is very clean, and there is a lot of new construction of homes. The booking process was simple and the host replied in a timely fashion to our needs. However, there are some things that the home lacks that would have definitely provided a more enjoyable experience. For one, the home lacks personalization. As beautiful as it is, there were copied pictures on the wall that could have been framed to add more character; skimpy bath mats; soap dispensers that still had the name of the store- IKEA- left on them; the mattress in the primary bedroom was as hard as a rock and the pillows were flat. We went out and purchased a mattress topper and new pillows ( which we left there) just to provide us with a more comfortable night's rest. Additionally, Although the host said there were enough towels to accomodate 10 guest, we had 5 people, there actually wasn't. There were 2 large bath towels for each person, no face cloths or hand towels. We also purchased face cloths which we left there also. Furthermore, the way things are stored and labeled in the kitchen is not only confusing (there's the main kitchen and then a butler's pantry that serves as another mini prep area with a stove and sink area) but there are minimal pots, pans, dishes, spices, etc. Overall, our stay was a good one, just hope that in providing this constructive review that some of these areas of concern will be addressed for the next guests.

3 September 2026
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Reply from Vrbo

Hi,

Thank you for sharing your feedback. We’re glad to hear the home, location, and booking experience made a positive impression. We understand your concerns about the comfort, amenities, and overall setup during your stay.

Please contact us through our Help Center at help.vrbo.com/contact so our team can assist you further.

Thanks,
Vrbo Customer Support Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

First time using Vrbo

First time using Vrbo.The experience was great 👍 emails were received and verifications were made promptly. Thank you for a stress free vacation!

2 September 2026
Rated 3 out of 5 stars

We don’t have the address or way to…

We don’t have the address or way to obtain the keys

16 September 2026
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Reply from Vrbo

Hi Harry,

Thank you for sharing your feedback. We understand your concerns about not receiving the address and key access details for your booking.

Please contact us through our Help Center at help.vrbo.com/contact so our team can assist you further.

Thanks,
Vrbo Customer Support Team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Bait and switch

Opened the key credit card and was approved then could not book using the card. What was the point

30 August 2026
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Reply from Vrbo

Hi Andre,

Thank you for sharing your feedback. We understand your concern about being approved for the Key credit card but not being able to use it for your booking.

Please contact us through our Help Center at help.vrbo.com/contact so our team can provide more information about what happened.

Thanks,
Vrbo Customer Support Team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Very misleading pricing

Very misleading pricing. The initial price looked attractive and was what drew me to book, but additional fees—including a length-based service fee and $50 cleaning fee—made the final price significantly higher than what initially appeared.

Compared with Airbnb, I find the pricing much more transparent and the overall experience better, including 24/7 customer support without feeling like you’re being charged extra for it. I found VRBO’s pricing and fee structure lacking transparency and would never book again.

5 September 2026
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Reply from Vrbo

Hello,

Thank you for sharing your feedback. We understand your concern about the pricing shown at the start of the booking and the additional fees added before checkout.

Please contact us through our Help Center at help.vrbo.com/contact so our team can provide more information about the charges on your booking.

Thanks,
Vrbo Customer Support Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very nice

Very nice, very tidy, was exactly what we were looking for for a weekend away. Wasn’t too far away from anything or anywhere we needed to go

11 September 2026
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

I could not not get the site to accept…

I could not not get the site to accept my card and I had checked with bank and nothing was wrong with card or bank. I contacted vrbo by phone and they couldn't figure it out. Ive not had a problem with vrbo before.

15 September 2026
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Reply from Vrbo

Hi Rachael,

Thank you for sharing your feedback. We understand your concern about your card not being accepted even after confirming there was no issue with your bank.

Please contact us through our Help Center at help.vrbo.com/contact so our team can take another look at the payment issue with you.

Thanks,
Vrbo Customer Support Team

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

It was good except I kept getting…

It was good except I kept getting emails from Vrbo and then from the host Paula and the numbers were not the same so a bit confusing but we got it worked out!

4 September 2026
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Reply from Vrbo

Hi Joanne,

Thank you for sharing your feedback. We’re glad to hear your experience was good overall. We understand your concerns about the communication details during your booking.

Please contact us through our Help Center at help.vrbo.com/contact so our team can assist you further.

Thanks,
Vrbo Customer Support Team

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