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Vrbo Account Connection Issue with Hospitable – Anyone else experiencing this?

  • August 31, 2026
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Is anyone else having major issues getting a Vrbo account connected to Hospitable? I’m trying to connect my new property management client's Vrbo account, but the process has been stuck for weeks.

I’ve been stuck on the "Complete VRBO Setup" / “Account Creation - This user account is already taken” step since early August. Every time I attempt the setup, Vrbo prompts to create a new account instead of recognizing the existing credentials, or gives an error stating the user account is already taken.

I’ve been back and forth with Hospitable support, sending multiple screen recordings and following all suggested troubleshooting steps—including using incognito windows, logging out of traveler accounts, and attempting the "create new account" SSO flow. Support mentioned they escalated it directly to Vrbo Partner Support, but the ticket has been open for nearly a month with no resolution in sight.

Has anyone run into this exact onboarding loop recently? If so, did you find a workaround to get past the setup screen, or is Vrbo support currently blocking new connections across the board?

Any insights or advice would be greatly appreciated!

Best answer by Sara

If anyone is facing the same issue, I'd suggest ignoring the Hospitable integration process for now—it didn't work for me at all. I ended up having to onboard the property directly on Vrbo first. Once I did that, the sync with Hospitable finally happened. After that the 2nd propery i was able to push directly from Hospitable to VRBO.

Hope this helps anyone stuck in the same loop!

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Jason Elder
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  • September 1, 2026

Not the exact message, but I have also been stuck for months without meaningful support.  Posted about it last week and got no response.  Currently 173 in the queue waiting for assistance.  Lots of emails without real clarity on why this is not available.

“Upgrading to the Vrbo Partner connection is not available yet for Hospitable accounts with Vrbo properties created before July 2020.”  This makes no sense as I never had a rental property before 2025, so my property was certainly not on Vrbo before 2020.

I don’t really understand why they made the big announcement in June if this was not actually available as advertised.


Petra Podobnik
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  • September 1, 2026

Hi both! 

@Sara, I can see you managed to create an account in the meantime. I hope you’re all set now.

@Jason Elder, hi! Unfortunately, your post fell through the cracks, but I spotted it yesterday and asked an engineer to take a look. I believe this should be available to you, but I don’t want to give you the wrong information. The engineer is back from vacation today, so I’ll follow up with you on your post as soon as I hear back.


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  • September 12, 2026

If anyone is facing the same issue, I'd suggest ignoring the Hospitable integration process for now—it didn't work for me at all. I ended up having to onboard the property directly on Vrbo first. Once I did that, the sync with Hospitable finally happened. After that the 2nd propery i was able to push directly from Hospitable to VRBO.

Hope this helps anyone stuck in the same loop!


anthonyrallo
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  • September 13, 2026

@Sara Thanks for clarifying this step to resolve!