VacationRentals.com Review — Vacation Home Listings Comparison (2012)

If you are looking for a vacation rental you may want to check out VacationRentals.com. This company has been in business since 1997 and it was acquired by HomeAway, Inc in 2007. VacationRentals.com provides tens of thousands of listings of rental properties categorized by price, location or whatever order you want them sorted in. You are able to read reviews written by actual people who actually rented the properties. VacationRentals.com website also provides hundreds and hundreds of “Deals”. Everyone deserves a deal if they’re available. The rental listings aren’t confined to the continental US either. There are rentals listed in Mexico, the Caribbean, Canada and the World.

Reasons to consider VacationRentals.com: 

• It is affiliated with HomeAway, Inc. A gigantic network of websites dedicated to beautiful vacation rental homes.
• It promotes competitive pricing by allowing owners to set their fees.
• Rental owners can join and list properties here too.

The top advantages of VacationRentals.com are:

• The website is easy to view with large enough photos and maps.
• It is also easy to use. It isn’t all crowded together.
• You are put in contact with the owner so payment can be arranged.
• Rental property owners set prices so there are plenty of deals.
• Customer reviews and owner responses are linked to from the preview page.
• Many great photos let prospective customers get real sense of a rental.

Vacation Home Rentals could definitely compete against VacationRentals.com for business. Vacation Home Rentals boasts a list of over 15,000 rental properties to choose from. VacationRentals.com lists over 35,000 rentals. Another competitor, www.perfectplaces.com, lists more than 50,000 rentals in ninety-eight countries. It might appear that Vacation Home Rentals is runner up to perfectplaces.com until you consider HomeAway.com, the parent company of Vacation Home Rentals, which lists more than 230,000 rentals around the world. Each of these companies has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Why choose VacationRentals.com? They have links to:

• Find a Rental
• Deals
• My Travel Profile
• Travel Resources
• Advertise With Us
• Buy/Sell

There are also links to:

• rentals by state
• world rentals
• favorite beaches
• pet friendly
• amusement park picks

With all of these choices you could spend weeks looking for a rental but with the built in search functions you’ll be able to find a rental in seconds. The reviews can be detailed and may take a few minutes to read through. When you find a rental you are interested in, you’ll be able to check availability quickly with the three month calendar on the same page. A Google Map of the location is on the same page too. You will also be able to view photos of the property so you get a better feel for what the rental has to offer.

One customer wrote the following review about a Gulf Shores rental:

Great week at the beach!!

TERRI A. PEAKS (Oakland)
Review submitted: June 18, 2010   Date of arrival: June 12, 2010

We really enojyed The Southern Surprse. We take this trip every year and with this being our first stay in the house we were especially pleased with the house and surrounding area...The only negative was the yard was uncut when we got here and the grass was about knee high around the house...but on Thursday of our week they yard men came and cut it and made it so much better...