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One contract with VacayHome Connect grants you access to all of our global distribution channels. Expand your reach and connect with more qualified travelers — all while maintaining flawless listings and enjoying 24/7 support.
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Grow your vacation rental business on today’s best online distribution channels, including Booking.Com, Airbnb, Hopper, and Expedia Group including Hotels.com, Orbitz, Travelocity, Vrbo, and HomeAway.
We also connect you with travelers who use exclusive membership and loyalty rewards programs that aren’t available through any other provider.
We constantly integrate new distribution channels into our full-service platform and Channel Manager Plus product, automatically increasing visibility for your vacation properties. That means whenever we partner with a new distribution channel, you can, too.
Top Vacation Rental Distribution Channels
Expedia Group is one of the world’s largest travel platforms, and its massive affiliate network includes a bevy of other household travel companies including Hotels.com, Orbitz, and Travelocity. With more than 3 million accommodation listings across its network, Expedia packs massive global brand awareness and has earned the trust of tens of millions of loyal travelers across the world. VacayHome Connect is the only non-hotel vendor with an API to the Expedia Partner Solutions/Affiliate Network, meaning property managers can leverage Egencia Corporate Travel, Amex Travel, Expedia Loyalty Programs (with 145+ million travelers), and Expedia Collect packages, which allows property managers to bundle accommodations with 500+ airlines, 175+ car rentals, and more than 35,000 activities. Learn more about Expedia packages.
Booking.com is a part of Booking Holdings, Inc., which also features other major brands such as Priceline, Agoda, and Kayak. In 2022, Booking Holdings, Inc. tallied 900 million room nights booked—on its own, Booking.com is responsible for more than 28 million accommodation listings and more than 6.6 million listings of homes, apartments, and other unique places to visit. It’s available in more than 40 languages and boasts more than 230 million verified reviews. What’s more, Booking.com continues to protect property managers and hosts with services like Payments by Booking.com, which alleviates the operational workload and headaches of processing cancellations, no-shows, invalid credit cards, and fraudulent payments and chargebacks that cause revenue loss. More than 1.2 million users already rely on Payments by Booking.com; you can read more about this service by clicking here.
Now a part of Expedia Group, Vrbo has grown into a major global vacation brand and a trusted platform for property managers, hosts, and travelers around the world. Vrbo was founded in 1995 as a simple service pairing homeowners with families searching for places to stay. Today, it features a truly unique selection of more than 2 million homes around the globe and a network of trusted brands that includes Abritel and FeWo-Direkt. Vrbo’s “Premier Host” program also rewards the platform’s top performers with special distinctions. Click here to learn more about how to become a Premier Host on Vrbo.
Founded in 2007, Airbnb quickly grew into a household name and has since become an undeniable behemoth in the travel space. More than 1 billion travelers have found getaways in 220+ countries and destinations using Airbnb—in 2022 alone, Airbnb reported $8.4 billion in revenue. Today, the platform boasts more than 100,000 cities and towns with active listings and more than 4 million hosts, who have earned a combined $180 billion since Airbnb’s founding. Like Vrbo, Airbnb showcases its top performers with a “Superhost” distinction, which property managers and hosts can earn by being elite partners. Click here to learn more about how to become a Superhost on Airbnb.
Agoda is the leading Asian Travel Agency with 40 million monthly members and is part of Booking Holdings. They specialize in helping travelers around the globe find accommodations and started selling vacation rentals in 2022. They will perform well in any areas that have a large international travel base
Hopper Homes has 120+ Million App users that booked over 200 Million Trips last year. Hoppers innovative app and search tools helping travelers book flights at great prices with innovative flight search. Hopper also powers bank and credit card programs such as NuBank and Capital One Travel. They’re also known for their search and fintech products that allow consumers to watch the price of travel and freeze prices in their planning stages.
American Express is a pioneer in travel. They handle millions of bookings per year for cardholders and power billions in corporate travel through Amex Global Business Travel and Carlson Wagonlit. They have travel concierge that also help their card holders and tend to have a very high income customer and corporate traveller.
Capital One is a leader in online banking and travel rewards. Iconic advertising have made their brand a household name. 106 Million card members have picked them for What’s in their wallet. Their customers spend over $40 Billion a year on travel and $4 billion on rentals with $8 billion of points sitting in wallets. They have an innovative travel app that is very popular with younger and older demographics and has 30 million unique monthly visitors.
Hyatt Homes and Hideaways now offers vacation rental porperties to their loyalty members to be able to book Vacation Rentals through their loyalty program. Hyatt has over 48 million loyalty members in their program that can now book vacation rentals with their loyalty points. Hyatt has over 1,300 properties today and plenty of high spending corporate travelers. They also have plenty of leisure travelers through Hyatt Vacation Club and their acquisition of Apple Leisure Group.
Trip.com is a leading international OTA that operates in 24 languages, Across 39 countries, and 35 currencies. They have 60 million users and 45,000 employees offering over 2 million Flight Routes and 1.2 million Hotels and over 6.5 billion in revenue last year. Trip.com has a strong presence in China and throughout Asia but has a growing set of users in Europe and the US with their rebranding to Trip.com from Ctrip. Any markets that have a strong presence of Asian travelers will perform well. Trip.com also handles all translation and customer support in 24 languages to make a smooth service offering.
American AIrlines AAdvantage has 100+ Million members who earn points through their credit card or flight purchases and spend over $6 Billion worth of points on other types of travel. Your Vacation Rental can now appear in the American Airlines booking experience to redeem points on your properties.
United Mileage Plus has 100+ Million members who earn points through their credit card or flight purchases and spend over $5 Billion worth of points on other types of travel. Your Vacation Rental can now appear in the United Milage Plus booking experience to spend their points on a place to stay.
Delta SkyMiles has 100+ Million members who earn points through their credit card or flight purchases and spend over $5 Billion worth of points on other types of travel. Your Vacation Rental can now appear in the Delta Sky Miles booking experience to spend their points on your properties.
Southwest Airlines has become one of the largest airlines in the US for travelers and families serving 137 million flyers last year. They have one of the largest loyalty programs rapid rewards where members accumulate points through their credit card and frequent travel and they can redeem these points for flights or a stay at your vacation rental.
Bnb Finder is run by vacation rental veterans including founders of Turnkey and BedandBreakfast.com and Vrbo. They are focused on a direct booking OTA that has the best prices to guests and avoids the high traveler fees that guests have come to hate providing better value to guests and vacation rental managers with transparent guest policies. They also have a free listing model to get your listings started and you only pay for higher placement.
Sabre GDS is the leading global distribution system in the US and connects your properties to over 400,000 travel agents in 160 countries to book travel around the globe. Your properties will appear within the GDS and can be booked through a variety of Travel Agents and any company that sources inventory from the GDS alongside Flights, Hotels, Rentals Cars, and Activities. Sabre is based in Texas and was originally created within American Airlines.
Amadeus GDS is the leading global distribution system in Europe and connects your properties to over 350,000 travel agents in 198 markets and 5,000 plus travel portals around the globe. Your properties will appear alongside any flight that is booked by a travel agent. Over 450 million flight transactions were made on Amadeus last year. Amadeus was created by the European airlines Air France, Iberia, and Lufthansa.
Travelport GDS is the third largest global distribution system based in the UK and is a combination of Galileo, Worldspan, and Apollo which had roots from US airline companies. They operate in 180 markets and offer over million accomodations options. They have been a leader in Airline NDC and have been powering American Airlines NDC efforts and powering eDreams subscription program
AARP serves 38 million members that are over the age of 50. Travel is a core part of their membership offering. It has become one of the go-to places for older travelers to start their travel planning and book travel with great rewards. You can now have your properties reach these travelers through the AARP Travel Center and tap into the billions of dollars spent by the wealthiest travel segment in the world.
Hawaiian Airlines has been servicing travelers for over 90 years and has 7,000+ team members serving over 10 million flyers every year. They are the largest airline in Hawaii and also serves customers throughout the west coast and Asia. Your rentals can now be booked by their travelers after they book a flight and can earn Hawaiian Airline Miles when they rent one of your properties.
Alaskan Airlines is the sixth largest airline in the US and has been servicing travelers for over 90 years with more than 20,000 workers servicing 41+ million passengers each year. They have a strong presence in most vacation destinations and your rentals can now be booked by their travelers after they book a flight and use their loyalty points to rent one of your properties.
Walmart Plus has expanded to offer their members travel and they can now have access to book your rentals with their Walmart Plus membership. Travelers earn 5% Walmart Cashback on all bookings which is an enticing offer for their 211 million shoppers that spend over $600 billion with them annually online.
Ryan Air is an innovative European airline based in Ireland. They have become the largest low cost carrier in Europe and service millions of travelers on low cost flights around the EU. Your properties can now be booked by travelers after they book a flight or on the Ryan Air website.
Diamond Resorts offers destinations, events, and experiences designed to help its loyal members break from their vacationing routines. From unforgettable getaways to exclusive VIP experiences, Diamond’s curated getaways provide members with chances to recharge, reconnect, and remind each other what matters most. Diamond’s uncompromising commitment to quality resorts, customer service, and flexibility means members can return to a favorite resort, or attend once-in-a-lifetime events with the same level of confidence and excitement.
A division of Panorama brands, RCI is the worldwide leader in membership travel services to the vacation ownership industry with 3.7 million subscribing members. As a supplier to RCI, VacayHome Connect delivers on its mission to provide property managers with a host of inventory distribution channels, along with the ability to reach millions of new, qualified travelers instantly. Click here to learn more about VacayHome Connect’s exclusive private channels.
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