Top 10 Vacation Rental Companies

Top 10 Vacation Rental Companies - Vacation rental industry is very varied between a simple list of sites for more vacation rental reservation service is strong, this list is intended to provide a quick view into this rapidly growing industry and to give the reader a basis for future research in this industry. Please note that this list in no particular order and are intended only as a guide. 

1) VacationRentals  
One more popular than the semi-HomeAway, VacationRentals.com is usually the first places in most major search engines for keyword terms the Holy Grail, "vacation". Basically the same premise as Vacation Rentals By Owner, this site is a powerful advertising sites for individual property owners and property managers. 

2) Vacation Rentals 
By Owner Perhaps one of the originators know best from a list of online vacation rental industry, Vacation Rentals By Owner has a large database of private owners rental list. Now the company's debt by mega-giant, HomeAway.com, this is one of many brands of their rental property sites. While the most famous and very popular, the website is not without fault. Constant criticism of security and legitimacy of the list of properties is a major complaint against the leader of this industry. 

3) HomeAway
We can not mention some of the most popular vacation rental site without mentioning the holding company that has them now can we? Based on their information listed in Crunch Base, "including sites HomeAway.com HomeAway portfolio, Vacation Rentals By Owner and VacationRentals.com in the United States; HomeAway.co.uk and OwnersDirect.co.uk in England; HomeAway de in Germany;. Abritel . fr and Homelidays.com in France; HomeAway.es in Spain;. AlugueTemporada.com.br in Brazil and the company's portfolio also includes HomeAwayRealEstate.com, which offers a unique real real information that highlights the potential of a vacation home rental income and specific characteristics of the destination. In addition, HomeAway operates BedandBreakfast.com, a global site that is dedicated to finding a bed-and-breakfast properties, which provides travelers with another source for the unique lodging alternative to chain hotels. "Whatever may be said about the future of the industry holiday was a safe bet that HomeAway will be in the middle. 

4) CyberRentals 
 Why stop now? Yes you are right, yet another spinoff HomeAway. Again the same premise as both CyberRentals Vacation Rentals By Owner and, CyberRentals provide yet another way for rental owners to list their properties and manage inventory. A clean web site that follows the same pattern and guidelines as their predecessors. 

5) AlwaysOnVacation
AlwaysOnVacation is a list of services that offers a click-thru payments for rental. They offer insurance owners the ad states that "if you do not accept returns 10 times your investment during the first 12 months of your initial subscription, we'll extend your subscription an additional 6 months free!" Although not a list of other sites among the thousands of sites list, AlwaysOnVacation not have a large enough database of property listings. 

6) VacationRentals411
One of the few larger sites that are not currently owned by HomeAway, VacationRentals411 other advertising sites that offer vacations all over the world. Not quite as visually appealing as some other sites mentioned still offer decent online support, and the owner of an extensive inventory. This website is a good place to look for quality holiday list. 

7) Zonder
Zonder is an interesting twist on the vacation rental industry. Currently a partner with Orbitz, serving the old hotel and airline reservation website, Zonder seems to be a solid choice for vacation renters. Visitors can book online and contact the owners who do not offer online booking. It will be interesting to see how long the business two-level approach will work, since many argue that it would only cause confusion as the industry gains popularity, but for now the Zonder is looking strong. 

8) FlipKey 
 One of the newer sites that have hit the vacation rental web, FlipKey offers a great user interface and the power of being part of Trip Advisor engine marketing. Perhaps one the cleanest and most visually interesting ads sites, FlipKey has hit the ground running and seems to get some serious influence on the industry. 

9) Holiday-tenant, Inc.
We call this little engine that could. Very outside shot at almost all levels, Holiday-tenant, Inc. has chosen to guerrilla-style approach when trying to attack the vacation rental market. They do this by offering the market a specific website that aims to achieve a high Google ranking and international markets. Although they do not have nearly the capital stock or operate behind them as the others, they do offer online booking and live telephone support with specific reservations market their Web sites and seems to have grown steadily over the last 5 years. They also offer the industry index is only available to people in the vacation rental industry. Here's rooting for the little guy! 

10) Rentalo  
Rentalo.com is a popular site list based system of pay-per-ad listing. Just like family HomeAway sites, Rentalo is a simple advertising site. They have a good reputation and currently offers a list of the world. Although this list can not do justice throughout the vacation rental industry is complete, it does provide an interesting mix of sizes and types of companies currently active in the market today. While it does appear that certain companies who clearly hold an advantage when it comes to investment dollars and the sheer size, there are some quality sites that offer different approaches to marketing short-term lease. Wherever you decide to travel, try to do some initial research on some of these sites and see for yourself.