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Thursday, March 10. 2016

A free ad for VRBO


That is Vacation Rentals By Owner.


Check out some of their 1 million listings. A friend told me that his Maine lakeside cabin has never gone unrented since he began using VBRO. In fact, it has permitted him to raise the weekly rent.

Posted by Bird Dog in Travelogues and Travel Ideas at 16:22 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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I have used VRBO a half-dozen times and have been happy with it. Only one problem when an electronic combination lock reset 4 hours early and locked us out while packing the car. In 7 degree weather.
#1 Knucklehead (Link) on 2016-03-10 17:25 (Reply)
I've used VRBO, at least to locate properties, for over 15 years.

But I've learned something that is important to enjoying your vacation: Find the house on VRBO because the search functions are great, but then check to see if there is a local property management company that you can book through instead of the owner.

We took a vacation to St. George Island, FL a few years ago. The house was great. We rented directly from an off site homeowner. The A/C broke in an area of the house and the owner was unresponsive. This was really aggravating as you could watch the service vans of the two property management companies that dominated the local market drive past the house every few minutes.

Here is where I'm going this summer: Headquarters, White Sound, Elbow Cay, The Abacos
#2 Mike (Link) on 2016-03-10 23:05 (Reply)
I use VRBO frequently, almost every time we do a trip, we look for a VRBO. Way better than a hotel.
#3 Jerry on 2016-03-11 07:08 (Reply)
We've been very happy using VRBO.

Usually get far more for much less compared to a hotel.
#4 DrTorch on 2016-03-11 09:06 (Reply)

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