I am looking at my bookings since December 1st and I have 1 VRBO and 41 Airbnb bookings. I have called VRBO twice this week and today spoke to a supervisor (still overseas), and she said my listings are all perfect and no changes are needed. I kept asking her why Airbnb is way out performing them and she had no answer. It sure would be nice to have the booking we were getting on VRBO before Dec 2025. Just curious if anyone else is noticing this or does this have something to do with the Hospitable/VRBO battle that seems to be going on?
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Are your VRBO bookings down?
Hi Kimberley, I’ve been experiencing the same. Very few bookings from VRBO Vs Airbnb. Actually none right now. Last year was like 10% I’d say comparing to Airbnb. We own properties in Austin.
VRBO has never been a contender in Galveston. That tradition continues..😕
I am in San Antonio and still relatively new to the STR game but VRBO was consistently around 1/4 of my bookings...airbnb being the other 3/4. But since December I have only had one vrbo booking. I accept all of their recommended price changes thinking that will help but it has not.
+2We operate in the Poconos, Smokies, Catskills & Fire Island. VRBO has been down in all but Fire Island over the last year for sure.
I’ve been with VRBO for months now and I have yet to get even one booking in spite of VRBO helping me run specials several times. I’m in Galveston TX.
I’m in the Dallas market and I may have only like 3 VRBO bookings. The rest either Airbnb or direct bookings.
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