Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Vrbo

The 20 closest vacation rental marketplace alternatives to Vrbo, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 18 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Vrbo? The closest matches are Airbnb, Houfy and expedia.com. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About Vrbo

Vrbo vrbo.com

Bot or Not?

Wikidata: American vacation rental online marketplace

Top 10K · #3,133 18 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Vrbo

Summary by Claude

Online marketplace where property owners list vacation homes, cabins, condos and beach houses for short-term rental, and travelers search, compare and book stays. Owned by Expedia Group.

Who it’s for
Travelers, families and vacation property owners
Business model
Booking service fees and host commissions

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Vrbo’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

ZillowTripadvisorRedfinViatorbooking.comApartments.comHotels.comexpedia.comHoufyAirbnb

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Vrbo

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Vrbo, thumbs down if it isn’t.

We can’t read vrbo.com’s homepage (HTTP 429), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.

  1. 01
    Airbnb airbnb.com Top 1K English

    Airbnb: Vacation Rentals, Cabins, Beach Houses, Unique Homes & Experiences

    Get an Airbnb for every kind of trip → 8 million vacation rentals → 2 million Guest Favorites → 220+ countries and regions worldwide

  2. 02
    Houfy houfy.com English

    Book Direct Vacation Rentals – Houfy

    Book direct with verified hosts. Message the host, agree to the terms, and pay the host directly on Houfy.

  3. 03
    expedia.com Top 10K

    Bot or Not?

    travel website

  4. 04
    Hotels.com hotels.com Top 10K

    Online travel platform for booking hotels, vacation rentals, and other accommodation worldwide

  5. 05
    Apartments.com apartments.com Top 10K

    With over 1 million rental listings, Apartments.com is the place to find a place.

  6. 06
    booking.com Top 1K English

    website and mobile apps for booking accommodation

  7. 07
    Viator viator.com Top 10K English

    viator.com

    online travel marketplace

  8. 08
    Redfin redfin.com Top 10K English

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    American real estate brokerage

  9. 09
    Tripadvisor tripadvisor.com Top 1K English

    tripadvisor.com

    American travel website company

  10. 10
    Rentalcars.com rentalcars.com Top 10K English

    Cheap Car Rental, Price Match Guarantee - Rentalcars.com

    Find the best rental prices on luxury, economy, and family rental cars with FREE amendments in over 60,000 locations worldwide, reserve online today!

  11. 11
    Zillow zillow.com Top 1K English

    Zillow: Real Estate, Apartments, Mortgages & Home Values

    The leading real estate marketplace. Search millions of for-sale and rental listings, compare Zestimate® home values and connect with local professionals.

  12. 12
    FINN.no finn.no Top 10K Norwegian Bokmål

    FINN.no – mulighetenes marked

    Skal du kjøpe eller selge, stort eller smått, så er FINN.no stedet. Vi er der for deg når du skal selge hytta di, finne en pent brukt sofa, fly billigst mulig til Praha eller finne drømmebilen.

  13. 13
    ImmobilienScout24 immobilienscout24.de Top 10K

    Ich bin kein Roboter - ImmobilienScout24

    an online service/website that offers search for real estate (houses, apartments, etc.) purchase or rental in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

  14. 14
    priceline.com Top 10K English

    Priceline.com - The Best Deals on Hotels, Flights and Rental Cars.

    Deep Discounts on Hotels, Flights and Rental Cars. Get Exclusive Savings with Priceline.com.

  15. 15
    OnTheMarket onthemarket.com Top 10K English

    OnTheMarket | Property, Houses & Flats for Sale & to Rent

    The most uncluttered, user-friendly property portal. Find hundreds of 1000s of properties for sale & to rent from leading UK estate agents | OnTheMarket

  16. 16
    Eventbrite eventbrite.com Top 1K English

    Eventbrite - Discover the Best Local Events & Things to Do

    Eventbrite - Discover the Best Local Events & Things to Do

  17. 17
    GetYourGuide getyourguide.com Top 10K

    GetYourGuide – Error

    website where tourists can book activities

  18. 18
    idealista idealista.it Top 10K Italian

    idealista.it

    Spanish company with real estate portal services

  19. 19
    Rightmove rightmove.co.uk Top 10K English

    Rightmove - UK's number one property website for properties for sale and to rent

    UK's number one property website for properties for sale and to rent

  20. 20
    Trip.com trip.com Top 10K English

    Trip.com Official Site‎‎ | Travel Deals and Promotions

    Choose from over 1.2 million hotels in more than 200 countries, 30 million real guest reviews. Book flights to over 5,000 destinations worldwide. 24/7 Customer Service.

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to vrbo.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Vrbo uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Vrbo is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

Marketing automation
  • Mailchimp TXT v=spf1 a:zgateway.zuora.com include:_netblocks.google.com include:spf…
  • Marketo TXT v=spf1 a:zgateway.zuora.com include:_netblocks.google.com include:spf…
Security
CDN
  • Akamai header x-akamai-transformed: 0 - 0 -
Email hosting
Email delivery
DNS hosting
  • NS1 NS dns3.p09.nsone.net
  • UltraDNS NS pdns5.ultradns.info
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=b41c23aaa74626ffffc55a59a6acf723e991ccd66…
  • Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=nBx_zynGhN20XhjOhYF49B7BD5JbZAuW2gbPVDPrVVk
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=BoDCBNyHJzHh97Myx/Z4n3grU8sMEGR10Mi8Cdp…
  • DocuSign TXT docusign=3d8fbf3d-d176-4b88-b961-e2743b9c9161
  • Dropbox TXT dropbox-domain-verification=nfxk5s331hym
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=2OCAEpwy7Vv5-nn1RtZi9G_Rke-cjJQDlxE5SCzcT30
  • Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=kj7l4cwqftpopbeord2swqwepbsp4o
  • Miro TXT miro-verification=d36744c01c72c4c0e036eacc18ffe55264b3bf81
  • Salesforce TXT v=spf1 a:zgateway.zuora.com include:_netblocks.google.com include:spf…
  • Slack TXT slack-domain-verification=7yM0PM3dCrAA1eDe4Q2iRnE8xEDQiAdjBXtszZbA

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