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About Vrbo Vacation Rentals
Beach house? Condo? Cabin? Your perfect vacation home awaits. Travel better together with Vrbo.
• SEARCH from over 2 million unique places to stay in 190+ countries
• PLAN and collaborate with friends and family using Trip Boards and group chat
• BOOK securely from your phone or tablet
• TRAVEL anywhere and share trip details with your group
With the Vrbo app, you can:
SEARCH
• Browse vacation homes with pools, backyards, and all the room you need.
• Find vacation homes you won’t find on many other travel sites.
• Filter by what’s important to you and your group: price, location, amenities, and more.
• See property photos and reviews at a glance.
• Have questions about a property? Get quick answers from our virtual assistant.
PLAN
• Tap the heart to easily save and compare places you love.
• Invite friends and family to join your Trip Board and help you plan.
• Leave comments and vote for your favorite properties.
• Keep your trip conversations in one place and chat with your group in real time from anywhere.
BOOK
• Have questions? Message the owner or manager to ask about the property.
• Book and pay securely on the Vrbo app with your credit card.
TRAVEL
• Quickly access important booking details like check-in instructions, WiFi passwords, and arrival information -- even when you’re offline.
• Share important trip details with friends and family by adding them to your trip.
• Access your conversations and message homeowners from your device anytime.
Note: currency is displayed as USD in the property listings unless otherwise noted. Please visit www.vrbo.com/mobile for more information about the Vrbo app.
• SEARCH from over 2 million unique places to stay in 190+ countries
• PLAN and collaborate with friends and family using Trip Boards and group chat
• BOOK securely from your phone or tablet
• TRAVEL anywhere and share trip details with your group
With the Vrbo app, you can:
SEARCH
• Browse vacation homes with pools, backyards, and all the room you need.
• Find vacation homes you won’t find on many other travel sites.
• Filter by what’s important to you and your group: price, location, amenities, and more.
• See property photos and reviews at a glance.
• Have questions about a property? Get quick answers from our virtual assistant.
PLAN
• Tap the heart to easily save and compare places you love.
• Invite friends and family to join your Trip Board and help you plan.
• Leave comments and vote for your favorite properties.
• Keep your trip conversations in one place and chat with your group in real time from anywhere.
BOOK
• Have questions? Message the owner or manager to ask about the property.
• Book and pay securely on the Vrbo app with your credit card.
TRAVEL
• Quickly access important booking details like check-in instructions, WiFi passwords, and arrival information -- even when you’re offline.
• Share important trip details with friends and family by adding them to your trip.
• Access your conversations and message homeowners from your device anytime.
Note: currency is displayed as USD in the property listings unless otherwise noted. Please visit www.vrbo.com/mobile for more information about the Vrbo app.
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Cool Features
Sep 13, 2019 So I am writing my review on the app and my experience while staying at our Vrbo cabin! Our family decided to stay a couple nights in a charming cabin just outside of Chattanooga, Tennessee. We booked through the app and it seemed really easy to make all the arrangements. The owner of the property was quick to respond via email about some questions my husband had and send the information we needed to unlock the door to get in! I would say it’s pretty cool that you can make these kind of reservations through an app on your phone! So neat! We get to our cabin, park, get our two little kids out of the car and head inside our cabin! Get inside and find that the place hadn’t been cleaned from the last guests who had stayed there......We were in awhhh....So we tried to reach out to the property owner ASAP and let her know that the place was not ready for new guests! We waited a short time and still no reply. So we decided to contact Vrbo instead. They were very nice about it. They reached out to the property owner who then contacted us shortly after. Long story short, the property owner refunded our two night stay. We still had to pay taxes on that and was charged a cleaning deposit still of $100. Anyways. Vrbo doesn’t take financial responsibility for refunds etc. Its not their fault at all this happened. Anyways.more -
Sep 16, 2020 I really appreciate the user friendly experience i have things that had been dropped on my record and have been an outstanding, economic driven citizen for awhile now. i noticed air bnb does not seperate arrest record from actual criminal history convictions and has tooken money from me then closed my account saying i couldn't use them. COULDNT GET OVER $1K MONEY FROM AIRBNB FOR 1 MONTH. UNINTENTIONALLY GIVING THEM LOANS. VRBO has exceeded its expectations by preapproval and REAL CSRS!!! ❤more -
REFUNDS NOT ALWAYS PROMISED
Jan 10, 2020 If I could zero stars I would. I Booked a property through VRBO and had to cancel because it was not the right property for us. Before canceling I looked into VRBO’s return policy. I cancelled my booking 2 days before the full refund deadline passed. We are now on the 13th business day since I’ve cancelled, and i have not received 1 penny from this company. We’ve called numerous times and the responses we get are flat out ridiculous. All they tell us is “Keep checking your bank account” or “your refund is pending for some reason” nobody that I talk to can tell me why or put me on the phone with someone that can help me. To make matters worse I am taking my family on vacation in 2 weeks and I really need this money. We all know how expensive it gets when you travel with a family. This experience with this company has been a HUGE inconvenience, and has already RUINED our chance of doing things on vacation that we had been planning on doing for quite some time now. I am beyond disappointed in this company for treating its customers like this. I for one will be thinking twice before booking with VRBO in the future.more -
VRBO
Mar 31, 2020 I love VRBO, I’m such uncertain times like the world is going through right now with the Coronavirus so many things are unclear and not reliable so it is a great comfort that VRBO is what it has always been. A sure thing, a safe, easy, secure website allowing so many displaced people to find shelter a home or room to be safe and warm. Where u can cook your own meals, warm up by a fire. Bring your loved ones together to be with each other as well as provide income to family and home owners that is so needed right now due to the current job market. Everywhere people are getting laid off and businesses are closing but I can say with confidence that VRBO is up and running and provide safe 24 customer care and knowledgeable People who are there to help everyone and go the extra mile to help with bookings and cancellations in case u are not able to make your trip to your vacation rental. In my case I’m not able to go home or travel because the state I’m in is on lockdown and VRBO and home owner carylon in Eugene Oregon are the best and have my sincere appreciation and warmest regards Mahalo Nui Loa L.K.Umore -
Sep 5, 2020 Sucks (!!!) with large contact lists. Wow. So bad. Can't add friends without going to a browser.more
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Sep 2, 2020 I loved this app and got a few rentals through them. I updated my app and now when i filter the price it doesnt work. I can put in $0 - $200/night and it shows me places that are any price. So thats not helpful at all. Fee's are also getting out of control.more -
Sep 7, 2020 I can't select the dates I want on the calendar. The check in date can be selected but not the check out date. Basic functions not working properly... get it together....more -
Sep 10, 2020 I'm extremely unhappy that the option to search for a king bed is gone. It was the reason for me using Home Away instead of Air Bnb!more -
Unacceptable customer service experiences
Oct 8, 2018 The app is okay at finding rentals. However, my first experience with VRBO was so terrible that it will certainly be my last unless they improve their customer service support and fix their cancellation policies to protect renters who get ignored by the rental owner/manager. We unfortunately got a rental that was manage by someone who did not respond for days. I VRBO directly first through the website online chat support, which seemed to be positive, but then I was told to call the corporate customer service hotline number to speak with an agent to “escalate” my grievance about the lack of communication from the rental owner/manager. Because of the lack of contact from the manager and a negative review on the property I was confused about how to proceed and whether or not this rental was legit or a scam. I requested to cancel, and the manager finally responded by cancelling the rental and keeping the $1,700+ for 4 nights. So now we are out $1,700+ and have no rental! The agent from VRBO kept referencing policies and sounded cold and unable to make any changes or even partial refunds. At times, the agent could barely be understood. The customer service was abysmal at best. Apparently, VRBO does not do a good job at quality control and keeping property owners/managers in check to ensure customer satisfaction and good communication.more -
Bad Service
Aug 8, 2020 I booked a room with this company. My card was charge twice. I immediately file a report about a duplicated transaction. I was told the refund will take three weeks because of COVID. I was already disappointed, but I understood COVID makes everything more difficult. I waited the three weeks and decided to called. I was told they need to call the hotel to confirm my transactions. I kept going back and forth between this app and the hotel for two weeks with no answers and no refund. After the 5th week I was told Vrbo will not be responsible for the refund because it was Expedia who was in charge. I never made no deal with Expedia, but I was stock with them. Once again, I spent hours calling and asking for answers every call was at least 1- 2 hours with no answers. At the end this company blame the hotel and they blame Expedia. The hotel blame Expedia and Expedia blame the hotel. Bottom line I am still stuck with out a refund and no one wanting to take responsibility for the transaction. This is the first and last time I would ever use this app. Their customer service is horrible and I wasted at least 20 hours trying to fix something that it was not even my fault. Bottom line I paid twice for my same room. Saving a little money cost me twice as much the money I was planning to spent. This is so disappointing 😒.more
- Don’t deal with impersonal management companies! Communicate directly with homeowners and take out the middleman
- Freehand Drawing feature lets you search only the locations you want, so you can find the perfect rental home for you
- The Favorite Feature saves the houses you like best so you can share them with others or book at a later date
Reviewed by Laura S on December 17, 2017
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Sep 16, 2020 I really appreciate the user friendly experience i have things that had been dropped on my record and have been an outstanding, economic driven citizen for awhile now. i noticed air bnb does not seperate arrest record from actual criminal history convictions and has tooken money from me then closed my account saying i couldn't use them. COULDNT GET OVER $1K MONEY FROM AIRBNB FOR 1 MONTH. UNINTENTIONALLY GIVING THEM LOANS. VRBO has exceeded its expectations by preapproval and REAL CSRS!!! ❤more -
REFUNDS NOT ALWAYS PROMISED
Jan 10, 2020 If I could zero stars I would. I Booked a property through VRBO and had to cancel because it was not the right property for us. Before canceling I looked into VRBO’s return policy. I cancelled my booking 2 days before the full refund deadline passed. We are now on the 13th business day since I’ve cancelled, and i have not received 1 penny from this company. We’ve called numerous times and the responses we get are flat out ridiculous. All they tell us is “Keep checking your bank account” or “your refund is pending for some reason” nobody that I talk to can tell me why or put me on the phone with someone that can help me. To make matters worse I am taking my family on vacation in 2 weeks and I really need this money. We all know how expensive it gets when you travel with a family. This experience with this company has been a HUGE inconvenience, and has already RUINED our chance of doing things on vacation that we had been planning on doing for quite some time now. I am beyond disappointed in this company for treating its customers like this. I for one will be thinking twice before booking with VRBO in the future.more -
VRBO
Mar 31, 2020 I love VRBO, I’m such uncertain times like the world is going through right now with the Coronavirus so many things are unclear and not reliable so it is a great comfort that VRBO is what it has always been. A sure thing, a safe, easy, secure website allowing so many displaced people to find shelter a home or room to be safe and warm. Where u can cook your own meals, warm up by a fire. Bring your loved ones together to be with each other as well as provide income to family and home owners that is so needed right now due to the current job market. Everywhere people are getting laid off and businesses are closing but I can say with confidence that VRBO is up and running and provide safe 24 customer care and knowledgeable People who are there to help everyone and go the extra mile to help with bookings and cancellations in case u are not able to make your trip to your vacation rental. In my case I’m not able to go home or travel because the state I’m in is on lockdown and VRBO and home owner carylon in Eugene Oregon are the best and have my sincere appreciation and warmest regards Mahalo Nui Loa L.K.Umore -
Our rental was disgusting, Home Away/VRBO didn’t help us
Jun 24, 2020 We weren’t allowed to check in to our house until 45 minutes after check in time. It was gross. Hair all over the back porch from someone getting a haircut, the floors were filthy, there was vomit in an upstairs bedroom, just to name a few. The boats we were promised were not available, the hot tub that was supposed to be ready wasn’t even filled and there were no chemicals. Homeaway said we needed to work it out with the owner. we tried for two days to work it out with the owner. He was unapologetic. We tried for two days straight to talk to someone at customer service. We were told they don’t have managers??? I should not have been forced to stay with my family in a disgusting rental home. Nevermind during a pandemic. They didn’t do the bare minimum. The house was not ready to rent and hopefully they will pull the listing. NOT impressed with how they didn’t help us when we got stuck in a dirty home for our one and only family vacation this year.more
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Cool Features
Sep 13, 2019 So I am writing my review on the app and my experience while staying at our Vrbo cabin! Our family decided to stay a couple nights in a charming cabin just outside of Chattanooga, Tennessee. We booked through the app and it seemed really easy to make all the arrangements. The owner of the property was quick to respond via email about some questions my husband had and send the information we needed to unlock the door to get in! I would say it’s pretty cool that you can make these kind of reservations through an app on your phone! So neat! We get to our cabin, park, get our two little kids out of the car and head inside our cabin! Get inside and find that the place hadn’t been cleaned from the last guests who had stayed there......We were in awhhh....So we tried to reach out to the property owner ASAP and let her know that the place was not ready for new guests! We waited a short time and still no reply. So we decided to contact Vrbo instead. They were very nice about it. They reached out to the property owner who then contacted us shortly after. Long story short, the property owner refunded our two night stay. We still had to pay taxes on that and was charged a cleaning deposit still of $100. Anyways. Vrbo doesn’t take financial responsibility for refunds etc. Its not their fault at all this happened. Anyways.more -
Sep 9, 2020 This app kind sometimes tell me one price but when I use a different phone in the same area looking tells me a different prices.more -
Not available when stating otherwise
Sep 25, 2018 I would give five stars, but there categorization of properties being available is misleading. Tried to book a villa at Hilton Head in September which is basically off-season , in the middle of the week on One day notice. Property showed up as available and then the reservation was confirmed, after I selected it and paid with my CC on file, only to get Email the next morning from the property manager Stephanie saying we had no reservation because they will not accept them with less than 24 hours notice. They blamed HomeAway software for showing their property as available the next day when in fact it apparently was not.. somebody should fix this. Claymore -
Like to see a filter added in search mode
Apr 19, 2019 On my phone app I don’t see a place to filter by minimum number of days that a Vrbo unit can be rented. I am looking for a couple of places to stay for one night each on a trip this summer to a coastal city destination. Makes it really difficult to sift through all the properties that show up in an area and only a very few will allow a one-night stay (I am not complaining that folks don’t want to rent for a single night). I also noticed some properties are listed twice, one with a different rate and another that had indicated it would allow one night’s rental, but then when I went to book it, it required a 3-night minimum.more -
Great but needs true Allergy Search
May 23, 2020 I’ve been using VRBO for years and turn to it again and again to book condos. Owners put lots of photos and some do videos. These are so helpful to get a better idea of what you’re buying. My major issue with it is it doesn’t have a good way to filter for leather couch and hardwood floors. I’m severely allergic to dust mites and a number of other allergens, so I spend hours poring through photos looking for leather couches. It used to have a non-allergenic option but it is no longer there. Probably because it was so inaccurate. I preferred the previous version that had a free-form search option. They should bring that back.more
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Sep 5, 2020 Sucks (!!!) with large contact lists. Wow. So bad. Can't add friends without going to a browser.more -
Very limited features
May 28, 2020 The basics of the app work well enough, but searching is waaaaaay more difficult than it needs to be. There are several filters you can apply, but they have no persistence. If you do a filtered search, switch to map view, and accidentally hit “search in this area” (because it isn’t automatic) twice, all your filter selections disappear. If you create a “board” to save your favorites, don’t assume it’s saving your filters too (other than date, although click around a couple times and that disappears too....) So if you add properties to a board over a couple days and then want to compare them, you’ll need to re enter your filters, and look up each property again separately. If you don’t, you are looking at the price for a single adult, no pets, which can be hundreds of dollars less than say, four adults, one kid, plus dogs. I know they think I’m more likely to book if they present me with more options, but if I’m planning to travel with my family, I’m planning to travel with my family. Period. I’m ACTUALLY more likely to book if their app is easier to use than Airbnb, but this app is not.more -
Works pretty good, but needs improved features
Jul 3, 2018 Not buggy at all, but functionality could be improved. The map feature is pretty limited - would be nice to be able to switch to satellite view, get directions, see what else is nearby, etc. The rate display is not great either - even though you enter in the date range when you search, you still have to select an entry and then select again to see what the total will be. And even though it shows the nightly rate when scrolling through the search results, just because one entry has a lower per night rate doesn’t mean the overall stay is cheaper, because taxes and fees are not factored in. So you could see one place for $200/night, and another for $215, but the total for the latter could end up being less overall. And lastly, when you share a property with someone, that person has to get the app to see it, instead of opening the website. P.S. While writing this review, I tried to select a word and “Look up…”, and then was locked out of the keyboard. I could select text but not type anymore. Not sure if that’s iOS or the app…more -
Missing some key search features
May 15, 2019 This is a pretty good travel app overall. I’m frustrated about a few things, however, and want to pass them on to the developers. (1) Add a button next to the heart (favorite) symbol to allow us to remove a property from a list if we’ve already ruled it out. I would suggest an “X”. I can’t remember which properties I’ve already considered, especially if I cant return to my search for several days. (2) Add the dates for travelers reviews. I take recent reviews more seriously than reviews that are a year old, for example. I think the property managers would like this as well since it allows them to recover from a bad review. (3) Break down “washer dryer” into two pieces - in unit and shared. I won’t stay someplace without a w/d in the unit and there is currently no way to find this out without contacting the property managers. (4) Break down the “free parking” filter into free onsite, on street, and valet. Again, it is nearly impossible to know the parking specifics without contacting the manager. Hope this helps. I love VRBO and have been an owner and traveler for 20 years.more -
Aug 16, 2020 Good app, nice houses but needs better filters. Sometime you don't have specific dates but you can't afford to stay at houses that have a 30 day minimum stay. Haven't made a single rental because of this been looking for place for a wedding, for a honeymoon and currently looking for a birthday. But never get any luck.more
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Sep 2, 2020 I loved this app and got a few rentals through them. I updated my app and now when i filter the price it doesnt work. I can put in $0 - $200/night and it shows me places that are any price. So thats not helpful at all. Fee's are also getting out of control.more -
Unacceptable customer service experiences
Oct 8, 2018 The app is okay at finding rentals. However, my first experience with VRBO was so terrible that it will certainly be my last unless they improve their customer service support and fix their cancellation policies to protect renters who get ignored by the rental owner/manager. We unfortunately got a rental that was manage by someone who did not respond for days. I VRBO directly first through the website online chat support, which seemed to be positive, but then I was told to call the corporate customer service hotline number to speak with an agent to “escalate” my grievance about the lack of communication from the rental owner/manager. Because of the lack of contact from the manager and a negative review on the property I was confused about how to proceed and whether or not this rental was legit or a scam. I requested to cancel, and the manager finally responded by cancelling the rental and keeping the $1,700+ for 4 nights. So now we are out $1,700+ and have no rental! The agent from VRBO kept referencing policies and sounded cold and unable to make any changes or even partial refunds. At times, the agent could barely be understood. The customer service was abysmal at best. Apparently, VRBO does not do a good job at quality control and keeping property owners/managers in check to ensure customer satisfaction and good communication.more -
Stick with AirBnB
May 19, 2020 We had a few different places rented in Dahlonega GA for our wedding in April, some on VRBO and some on AirBnB. When the quarantine began in March I cancelled all of my bookings. AirBnB immediately processed my full refunds and had an excellent response to the changing needs of their customers. VRBO on the other hand has really dropped the ball. It took them weeks to process my refund and I had to get the owner to actively help and make sure that I got my money back. VRBO only has chat support and the operators have no idea what is going on. Even worse, my father also had rented a property through VRBO. He wasn’t lucky enough to rent through and honest owner like I was. The owner took advantage of the lack of communication between the company, the owner, and the renter and told my dad he would have to book a new date before the original date could be refunded at 75%. So my dad rebooked first the end of May and the original date was never cancelled or refunded. Now that the quarantine is going to last through the summer he is stuck with a second booking that the owner and VRBO refuse to cancel and refund. Save yourself a the headache of poor customer service. Don’t use VRBO. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. Stick with AirBnB.more -
Jul 7, 2020 Absolutely terrible service. Showed me the wrong total on the bill and there was no way to reach the company to get it corrected. The only number on their website is buried in the terms and conditions and no one picked up. Otherwise you're stuck with a virtual agent that is completely useless. App also does a terrible job presenting info I need. Why is my upcoming trip buried in a menu instead of being the first thing when I open the app?more -
Jul 30, 2020 Its annoying when the map moves and zooms in on its own, it does that, then i loose track of the area I was looking at. I can do the zoom in and out, I dont need the app to do it for me, would be nice if it worked more like trulia or realtor apps, obviously just for vacation rentals though.more
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Sep 7, 2020 I can't select the dates I want on the calendar. The check in date can be selected but not the check out date. Basic functions not working properly... get it together....more -
Sep 10, 2020 I'm extremely unhappy that the option to search for a king bed is gone. It was the reason for me using Home Away instead of Air Bnb!more -
Bad Service
Aug 8, 2020 I booked a room with this company. My card was charge twice. I immediately file a report about a duplicated transaction. I was told the refund will take three weeks because of COVID. I was already disappointed, but I understood COVID makes everything more difficult. I waited the three weeks and decided to called. I was told they need to call the hotel to confirm my transactions. I kept going back and forth between this app and the hotel for two weeks with no answers and no refund. After the 5th week I was told Vrbo will not be responsible for the refund because it was Expedia who was in charge. I never made no deal with Expedia, but I was stock with them. Once again, I spent hours calling and asking for answers every call was at least 1- 2 hours with no answers. At the end this company blame the hotel and they blame Expedia. The hotel blame Expedia and Expedia blame the hotel. Bottom line I am still stuck with out a refund and no one wanting to take responsibility for the transaction. This is the first and last time I would ever use this app. Their customer service is horrible and I wasted at least 20 hours trying to fix something that it was not even my fault. Bottom line I paid twice for my same room. Saving a little money cost me twice as much the money I was planning to spent. This is so disappointing 😒.more -
Aug 23, 2020 I like what you can find in this app. But! It's CRAZY unfair expensive. Cervice fee, lodging tax and especially very high cleaning fee creating more than 50% amount of total price. For example, If you'll find accommodation for 3 days with $100 cost, at the end you'll have to pay about $600 and if host will ask for security ¿refundable? damage deposit $450 it's going to be more than $1000 for $100 place. May be this app only for billionaires,but for mostly regular people it's dishonest expensivemore -
Two Terrible Experiences
Dec 13, 2019 My husband and I go to Las Vegas every year for CES in January. In 2019 we reserved a two bedroom, 2 bathroom condo that was very close to the LV Convention Center. The place smelled, there were burnt-out lights, the blinds in one bedroom fell the middle of the night and everything was worn out, i.e. the bedding, kitchen cabinets. For our trip in January 2020 we made a reservation for a condo at the Jockey Club. On December 9th we received a message that our reservation had been cancelled and a refund was being sent. It is very hard to get a decently priced room during the week of CES, which is why we always book early. My husband contacted VRBO. They said the owner is not allowed to do that. They tried to reserve another condo for us and said they would pay the difference. They also told my husband that if the owner didn’t respond within 24 hours they would call him to help book another place. They didn’t. We will never book a place to stay through them again and are telling everyone we know. BTW, a friend of mine who goes to Hawaii every year has had several people tell her about the nightmare experience they’ve had with VRBO. At least two of those said when they arrive at their destination, found out that the place they had paid for was rented out to someone else.more
What’s Groovy
My family booked Unit 506 in Vistas on the Gulf July 13-20th 2020. We had an amazing time! This unit was exceptionally clean and in a GREAT location in St Pete’s! The beach was groomed daily, the private beach was AMAZING!!! The property itself was well maintained from the unit, beach, pool, grill and lounging area...even the parking lot!!! The cleaning lady Karen even responded with a kind message upon our departure. I cannot put into words how impressed we were! I highly recommend this unit and location! This was our second stay in St Pete’s, our first was at Lands End in Treasure Island in which, I was impressed however, I would return to this location and unit! I have used Home Away, now VRBO in the past for several locations however, this unit surpassed all my expectations! Great location and in the heart of all popular locations in St Pete’s! The beach was FANTASTIC from the well grooming to dolphins feeding every morning and evening! The sunsets from the balcony was AMAZING! Also, walking distance to jet sky rentals and Banana Boat rides located directly on the beach to paddle boards that are delivered and picked up directly to you on the beach! Thank you to the home owners for sharing their peace of paradise! 5 STARS hands down!!!!!
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I had a horrible experience with this app!! Beware! When I tried booking a property the app said "The property is no longer available for the dates selected." But I was stilled charged for the reservation and have not received a refund. Redawning property management and VRBO are blaming each other. VRBO is aware of the problem I had with the app. This is a complete rip off!
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Cool Features
So I am writing my review on the app and my experience while staying at our Vrbo cabin! Our family decided to stay a couple nights in a charming cabin just outside of Chattanooga, Tennessee. We booked through the app and it seemed really easy to make all the arrangements. The owner of the property was quick to respond via email about some questions my husband had and send the information we needed to unlock the door to get in! I would say it’s pretty cool that you can make these kind of reservations through an app on your phone! So neat! We get to our cabin, park, get our two little kids out of the car and head inside our cabin! Get inside and find that the place hadn’t been cleaned from the last guests who had stayed there......We were in awhhh....So we tried to reach out to the property owner ASAP and let her know that the place was not ready for new guests! We waited a short time and still no reply. So we decided to contact Vrbo instead. They were very nice about it. They reached out to the property owner who then contacted us shortly after. Long story short, the property owner refunded our two night stay. We still had to pay taxes on that and was charged a cleaning deposit still of $100. Anyways. Vrbo doesn’t take financial responsibility for refunds etc. Its not their fault at all this happened. Anyways. -
I really appreciate the user friendly experience i have things that had been dropped on my record and have been an outstanding, economic driven citizen for awhile now. i noticed air bnb does not seperate arrest record from actual criminal history convictions and has tooken money from me then closed my account saying i couldn't use them. COULDNT GET OVER $1K MONEY FROM AIRBNB FOR 1 MONTH. UNINTENTIONALLY GIVING THEM LOANS. VRBO has exceeded its expectations by preapproval and REAL CSRS!!! ❤
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REFUNDS NOT ALWAYS PROMISED
If I could zero stars I would. I Booked a property through VRBO and had to cancel because it was not the right property for us. Before canceling I looked into VRBO’s return policy. I cancelled my booking 2 days before the full refund deadline passed. We are now on the 13th business day since I’ve cancelled, and i have not received 1 penny from this company. We’ve called numerous times and the responses we get are flat out ridiculous. All they tell us is “Keep checking your bank account” or “your refund is pending for some reason” nobody that I talk to can tell me why or put me on the phone with someone that can help me. To make matters worse I am taking my family on vacation in 2 weeks and I really need this money. We all know how expensive it gets when you travel with a family. This experience with this company has been a HUGE inconvenience, and has already RUINED our chance of doing things on vacation that we had been planning on doing for quite some time now. I am beyond disappointed in this company for treating its customers like this. I for one will be thinking twice before booking with VRBO in the future. -
VRBO
I love VRBO, I’m such uncertain times like the world is going through right now with the Coronavirus so many things are unclear and not reliable so it is a great comfort that VRBO is what it has always been. A sure thing, a safe, easy, secure website allowing so many displaced people to find shelter a home or room to be safe and warm. Where u can cook your own meals, warm up by a fire. Bring your loved ones together to be with each other as well as provide income to family and home owners that is so needed right now due to the current job market. Everywhere people are getting laid off and businesses are closing but I can say with confidence that VRBO is up and running and provide safe 24 customer care and knowledgeable People who are there to help everyone and go the extra mile to help with bookings and cancellations in case u are not able to make your trip to your vacation rental. In my case I’m not able to go home or travel because the state I’m in is on lockdown and VRBO and home owner carylon in Eugene Oregon are the best and have my sincere appreciation and warmest regards Mahalo Nui Loa L.K.U -
Sucks (!!!) with large contact lists. Wow. So bad. Can't add friends without going to a browser.
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Easy to use and navigate. Explore, filter, and save to your own "Area" Lists.
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Our rental was disgusting, Home Away/VRBO didn’t help us
We weren’t allowed to check in to our house until 45 minutes after check in time. It was gross. Hair all over the back porch from someone getting a haircut, the floors were filthy, there was vomit in an upstairs bedroom, just to name a few. The boats we were promised were not available, the hot tub that was supposed to be ready wasn’t even filled and there were no chemicals. Homeaway said we needed to work it out with the owner. we tried for two days to work it out with the owner. He was unapologetic. We tried for two days straight to talk to someone at customer service. We were told they don’t have managers??? I should not have been forced to stay with my family in a disgusting rental home. Nevermind during a pandemic. They didn’t do the bare minimum. The house was not ready to rent and hopefully they will pull the listing. NOT impressed with how they didn’t help us when we got stuck in a dirty home for our one and only family vacation this year. -
After a bit of trial and error, app works great in allowing us to find, compare and reserve unique vacation getaways.
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Great. Have done 3 tips in the past 7 yrs and all have been fantastic. Easy to book, easy to get into properties and owners have been wonderful.
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I have use VRBO several times and there is really nothing that I have found as well designed and efficient. Brings owners and potential renters together effortlessly. Safe and reputable.
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Love the app
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It's really easy to used the app and I love it
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I like VRBO because I can find exactly what I'm looking for at the price I can afford.
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Booked the wrong dates w too many windows open
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So easy to use so glad our son told us about it
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Love it
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Smooth sailing
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We thank you for the information from me about this house in 2 guest I appreciated with you helping on my vacation rental by owner
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I loke it
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Much easier to use then Airbnb app, more choices of amenities and fantastic sorting.
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I really appreciate the user friendly experience i have things that had been dropped on my record and have been an outstanding, economic driven citizen for awhile now. i noticed air bnb does not seperate arrest record from actual criminal history convictions and has tooken money from me then closed my account saying i couldn't use them. COULDNT GET OVER $1K MONEY FROM AIRBNB FOR 1 MONTH. UNINTENTIONALLY GIVING THEM LOANS. VRBO has exceeded its expectations by preapproval and REAL CSRS!!! ❤
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REFUNDS NOT ALWAYS PROMISED
If I could zero stars I would. I Booked a property through VRBO and had to cancel because it was not the right property for us. Before canceling I looked into VRBO’s return policy. I cancelled my booking 2 days before the full refund deadline passed. We are now on the 13th business day since I’ve cancelled, and i have not received 1 penny from this company. We’ve called numerous times and the responses we get are flat out ridiculous. All they tell us is “Keep checking your bank account” or “your refund is pending for some reason” nobody that I talk to can tell me why or put me on the phone with someone that can help me. To make matters worse I am taking my family on vacation in 2 weeks and I really need this money. We all know how expensive it gets when you travel with a family. This experience with this company has been a HUGE inconvenience, and has already RUINED our chance of doing things on vacation that we had been planning on doing for quite some time now. I am beyond disappointed in this company for treating its customers like this. I for one will be thinking twice before booking with VRBO in the future. -
VRBO
I love VRBO, I’m such uncertain times like the world is going through right now with the Coronavirus so many things are unclear and not reliable so it is a great comfort that VRBO is what it has always been. A sure thing, a safe, easy, secure website allowing so many displaced people to find shelter a home or room to be safe and warm. Where u can cook your own meals, warm up by a fire. Bring your loved ones together to be with each other as well as provide income to family and home owners that is so needed right now due to the current job market. Everywhere people are getting laid off and businesses are closing but I can say with confidence that VRBO is up and running and provide safe 24 customer care and knowledgeable People who are there to help everyone and go the extra mile to help with bookings and cancellations in case u are not able to make your trip to your vacation rental. In my case I’m not able to go home or travel because the state I’m in is on lockdown and VRBO and home owner carylon in Eugene Oregon are the best and have my sincere appreciation and warmest regards Mahalo Nui Loa L.K.U -
Easy to use and navigate. Explore, filter, and save to your own "Area" Lists.
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Our rental was disgusting, Home Away/VRBO didn’t help us
We weren’t allowed to check in to our house until 45 minutes after check in time. It was gross. Hair all over the back porch from someone getting a haircut, the floors were filthy, there was vomit in an upstairs bedroom, just to name a few. The boats we were promised were not available, the hot tub that was supposed to be ready wasn’t even filled and there were no chemicals. Homeaway said we needed to work it out with the owner. we tried for two days to work it out with the owner. He was unapologetic. We tried for two days straight to talk to someone at customer service. We were told they don’t have managers??? I should not have been forced to stay with my family in a disgusting rental home. Nevermind during a pandemic. They didn’t do the bare minimum. The house was not ready to rent and hopefully they will pull the listing. NOT impressed with how they didn’t help us when we got stuck in a dirty home for our one and only family vacation this year. -
After a bit of trial and error, app works great in allowing us to find, compare and reserve unique vacation getaways.
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Great. Have done 3 tips in the past 7 yrs and all have been fantastic. Easy to book, easy to get into properties and owners have been wonderful.
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I have use VRBO several times and there is really nothing that I have found as well designed and efficient. Brings owners and potential renters together effortlessly. Safe and reputable.
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Love the trip boards
I like that I can create and save different trip ideas and properties to a “board”, which is like a folder that allows different places to be saved. I have boards titled “Fall TN ideas” and “Beach getaway” to save properties that look good in different cities/states! I am also very glad to see that the dates that a review was written have been returned as a feature! It’s very helpful to read when a review was written so if they complain it was cold and rainy, you can see the time of year that they were there! Likewise, if a bunch of reviews complain about an uncomfortable mattress, you can see if that was 4 years ago or last week and decide if it’s worth the risk. I also like the owner descriptions of the properties because they are insightful as to what makes their property or area special. -
Much easier to use then Airbnb app, more choices of amenities and fantastic sorting.
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Cool Features
So I am writing my review on the app and my experience while staying at our Vrbo cabin! Our family decided to stay a couple nights in a charming cabin just outside of Chattanooga, Tennessee. We booked through the app and it seemed really easy to make all the arrangements. The owner of the property was quick to respond via email about some questions my husband had and send the information we needed to unlock the door to get in! I would say it’s pretty cool that you can make these kind of reservations through an app on your phone! So neat! We get to our cabin, park, get our two little kids out of the car and head inside our cabin! Get inside and find that the place hadn’t been cleaned from the last guests who had stayed there......We were in awhhh....So we tried to reach out to the property owner ASAP and let her know that the place was not ready for new guests! We waited a short time and still no reply. So we decided to contact Vrbo instead. They were very nice about it. They reached out to the property owner who then contacted us shortly after. Long story short, the property owner refunded our two night stay. We still had to pay taxes on that and was charged a cleaning deposit still of $100. Anyways. Vrbo doesn’t take financial responsibility for refunds etc. Its not their fault at all this happened. Anyways. -
This app kind sometimes tell me one price but when I use a different phone in the same area looking tells me a different prices.
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Not available when stating otherwise
I would give five stars, but there categorization of properties being available is misleading. Tried to book a villa at Hilton Head in September which is basically off-season , in the middle of the week on One day notice. Property showed up as available and then the reservation was confirmed, after I selected it and paid with my CC on file, only to get Email the next morning from the property manager Stephanie saying we had no reservation because they will not accept them with less than 24 hours notice. They blamed HomeAway software for showing their property as available the next day when in fact it apparently was not.. somebody should fix this. Clay -
Like to see a filter added in search mode
On my phone app I don’t see a place to filter by minimum number of days that a Vrbo unit can be rented. I am looking for a couple of places to stay for one night each on a trip this summer to a coastal city destination. Makes it really difficult to sift through all the properties that show up in an area and only a very few will allow a one-night stay (I am not complaining that folks don’t want to rent for a single night). I also noticed some properties are listed twice, one with a different rate and another that had indicated it would allow one night’s rental, but then when I went to book it, it required a 3-night minimum. -
Great but needs true Allergy Search
I’ve been using VRBO for years and turn to it again and again to book condos. Owners put lots of photos and some do videos. These are so helpful to get a better idea of what you’re buying. My major issue with it is it doesn’t have a good way to filter for leather couch and hardwood floors. I’m severely allergic to dust mites and a number of other allergens, so I spend hours poring through photos looking for leather couches. It used to have a non-allergenic option but it is no longer there. Probably because it was so inaccurate. I preferred the previous version that had a free-form search option. They should bring that back. -
Don’t expect a quick fix for their mistake
I only put five stars to grab your attention. If there were negative stars I would have given them -5. I booked a property then was told that it was no longer available for rent as it would be sold to a new owner the following week of the reservation date. This may have been the owners fault so that is not the most negative issue. The real issue is that I had to wait 5-7 business days for VRBO (home away) to refund me the amount changed for the trip. This made it more difficult to find available funds to book through Airbnb.
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Sucks (!!!) with large contact lists. Wow. So bad. Can't add friends without going to a browser.
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Very limited features
The basics of the app work well enough, but searching is waaaaaay more difficult than it needs to be. There are several filters you can apply, but they have no persistence. If you do a filtered search, switch to map view, and accidentally hit “search in this area” (because it isn’t automatic) twice, all your filter selections disappear. If you create a “board” to save your favorites, don’t assume it’s saving your filters too (other than date, although click around a couple times and that disappears too....) So if you add properties to a board over a couple days and then want to compare them, you’ll need to re enter your filters, and look up each property again separately. If you don’t, you are looking at the price for a single adult, no pets, which can be hundreds of dollars less than say, four adults, one kid, plus dogs. I know they think I’m more likely to book if they present me with more options, but if I’m planning to travel with my family, I’m planning to travel with my family. Period. I’m ACTUALLY more likely to book if their app is easier to use than Airbnb, but this app is not. -
Works pretty good, but needs improved features
Not buggy at all, but functionality could be improved. The map feature is pretty limited - would be nice to be able to switch to satellite view, get directions, see what else is nearby, etc. The rate display is not great either - even though you enter in the date range when you search, you still have to select an entry and then select again to see what the total will be. And even though it shows the nightly rate when scrolling through the search results, just because one entry has a lower per night rate doesn’t mean the overall stay is cheaper, because taxes and fees are not factored in. So you could see one place for $200/night, and another for $215, but the total for the latter could end up being less overall. And lastly, when you share a property with someone, that person has to get the app to see it, instead of opening the website. P.S. While writing this review, I tried to select a word and “Look up…”, and then was locked out of the keyboard. I could select text but not type anymore. Not sure if that’s iOS or the app… -
Missing some key search features
This is a pretty good travel app overall. I’m frustrated about a few things, however, and want to pass them on to the developers. (1) Add a button next to the heart (favorite) symbol to allow us to remove a property from a list if we’ve already ruled it out. I would suggest an “X”. I can’t remember which properties I’ve already considered, especially if I cant return to my search for several days. (2) Add the dates for travelers reviews. I take recent reviews more seriously than reviews that are a year old, for example. I think the property managers would like this as well since it allows them to recover from a bad review. (3) Break down “washer dryer” into two pieces - in unit and shared. I won’t stay someplace without a w/d in the unit and there is currently no way to find this out without contacting the property managers. (4) Break down the “free parking” filter into free onsite, on street, and valet. Again, it is nearly impossible to know the parking specifics without contacting the manager. Hope this helps. I love VRBO and have been an owner and traveler for 20 years. -
Good app, nice houses but needs better filters. Sometime you don't have specific dates but you can't afford to stay at houses that have a 30 day minimum stay. Haven't made a single rental because of this been looking for place for a wedding, for a honeymoon and currently looking for a birthday. But never get any luck.
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Great Rental Company-but Fee’s Galore!
I have booked through VRBO for years and have always been happy. It seems to me the fee’s are now so out of hand that it is now making it hard to find accommodations for our group. We always find wonderful properties but by the time the fees and taxes are paid we can no longer afford the unit. Some are close to $700-$1000 for just booking fees! I’m not sure if your goal is to put more money in the owners pockets by making the consumer pay all the overhead, but the consumers are your bread and butter. We are having to either travel in off season or take a less desirable location or property to visit the Gulf Coast. This has stopped me from booking Several vacations, and from traveling as often as we would like. Somethings going to have to give. For some families it is their only vacation that they have been saving and looking forward to all year. It’s sad that fees and frivolous cost (and possibly Greed) are keeping lots of family’s in the Gulf Shore or other not as popular vacation spots. It’s great to get there, but a family has got to eat! Plus families like to try to get into town and see the other tourists trap/family fun things but can’t because they blew their budget on frivolous accommodation fees. It’s got to give somewhere. I know that owners need their income but they shouldn’t expect the consumer to pay their overhead. Just Saying! -
Could be better
This app appears identical to the HomeAway app other than it tends to run a lot slower. Sorry but I find that as confusing as vrbo's name. Reviews are not contained in the app. Requires a web page executed via an email. As far a vrbo is concerned, I view them as a necessary evil and a major step down from when HomeAway ran the show. We've rented via HomeAway for well over a decade. Every year at least 2 European homes. With vrbo and now beginning to rent in the USA, our experience has taken a decided turn for the worst. The US apartments tend to be furnished in the cheapest manner possible, some major systems/appliances invariably don’t work, check-in times (USA only) are directional at best and there’s inevitably last minute changes communicated to us by owners we never see. The app is fine for Europe. Renting in the USA is caveat emptor but I can’t suggest any better web based agent. It’s the nature of the USA. I’ve rented luxury apartments for over $4k/week and the places were a dirty mess with designer kitchens full of stuff that didn’t work. Leaving bad reviews can get in the way of future bookings. So I only leave good reviews or no reviews. Judging by the low number of reviews per property, I’d suggest either occupancy rates are far below what it takes to make money renting or there are many others that use my approach. -
Good but could be better
It is helpful in finding places to stay but can be improved. First, a search feature based on the amount of beds at the place would be helpful. Many properties shown provide a number of people that can stay there based on people sleeping two to a queen or king bed. That is not always the case. I searched through several properties reading the descriptions to count beds to make sure there are enough beds for my group. Second area of improvement is the credit card info. The app is really picky about how the info is entered. My card was declined several times before I entered in all the info in a way the app liked it. Note I double checked my account to make sure it wasn’t a problem on my end, which it wasn’t. The app can just be more user friendly. -
Bait and switch
Please make sure that your vendors input minimum-night limitations so that we do not waste time making a reservation and then having it canceled because we are not staying enough nights. It should be relatively easy for vendors to identify minimum-night limitations in their ads on your site. Otherwise, making such a reservation, and then having the vendor call to talk you into staying another night or face a unilateral cancellation, is not only an unfair “bait and switch” but also a breach of contract facilitated by your service as the vendor’s agent. I trust that you will allocate resources to make such limitations easily available for vendors or else require vendors to abide by agreements struck through your service if they fail to do so. Good luck! -
Almost Perfect
I’ve rented through this site for 4 years now and been very successful. The only reason I’m giving it 4 stars instead of 5 is due to the search criteria. It would be a perfect 5 if the amenity search could be narrowed down when looking for pools. Too often, owners list their properties as having a pool when In fact, they are referring to a lake or pond which is NOT a pool and not acceptable to some renters for swimming. As well and more importantly to me, I prefer a private pool vs. a communal pool and there is no specific search for that which forces me to review dozens of properties’ amenities to weed out the communal pool properties. Aside from that it’s the best site to find your perfect destination.
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I loved this app and got a few rentals through them. I updated my app and now when i filter the price it doesnt work. I can put in $0 - $200/night and it shows me places that are any price. So thats not helpful at all. Fee's are also getting out of control.
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I can't select the dates I want on the calendar. The check in date can be selected but not the check out date. Basic functions not working properly... get it together....
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I'm extremely unhappy that the option to search for a king bed is gone. It was the reason for me using Home Away instead of Air Bnb!
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Unacceptable customer service experiences
The app is okay at finding rentals. However, my first experience with VRBO was so terrible that it will certainly be my last unless they improve their customer service support and fix their cancellation policies to protect renters who get ignored by the rental owner/manager. We unfortunately got a rental that was manage by someone who did not respond for days. I VRBO directly first through the website online chat support, which seemed to be positive, but then I was told to call the corporate customer service hotline number to speak with an agent to “escalate” my grievance about the lack of communication from the rental owner/manager. Because of the lack of contact from the manager and a negative review on the property I was confused about how to proceed and whether or not this rental was legit or a scam. I requested to cancel, and the manager finally responded by cancelling the rental and keeping the $1,700+ for 4 nights. So now we are out $1,700+ and have no rental! The agent from VRBO kept referencing policies and sounded cold and unable to make any changes or even partial refunds. At times, the agent could barely be understood. The customer service was abysmal at best. Apparently, VRBO does not do a good job at quality control and keeping property owners/managers in check to ensure customer satisfaction and good communication. -
Bad Service
I booked a room with this company. My card was charge twice. I immediately file a report about a duplicated transaction. I was told the refund will take three weeks because of COVID. I was already disappointed, but I understood COVID makes everything more difficult. I waited the three weeks and decided to called. I was told they need to call the hotel to confirm my transactions. I kept going back and forth between this app and the hotel for two weeks with no answers and no refund. After the 5th week I was told Vrbo will not be responsible for the refund because it was Expedia who was in charge. I never made no deal with Expedia, but I was stock with them. Once again, I spent hours calling and asking for answers every call was at least 1- 2 hours with no answers. At the end this company blame the hotel and they blame Expedia. The hotel blame Expedia and Expedia blame the hotel. Bottom line I am still stuck with out a refund and no one wanting to take responsibility for the transaction. This is the first and last time I would ever use this app. Their customer service is horrible and I wasted at least 20 hours trying to fix something that it was not even my fault. Bottom line I paid twice for my same room. Saving a little money cost me twice as much the money I was planning to spent. This is so disappointing 😒. -
Stick with AirBnB
We had a few different places rented in Dahlonega GA for our wedding in April, some on VRBO and some on AirBnB. When the quarantine began in March I cancelled all of my bookings. AirBnB immediately processed my full refunds and had an excellent response to the changing needs of their customers. VRBO on the other hand has really dropped the ball. It took them weeks to process my refund and I had to get the owner to actively help and make sure that I got my money back. VRBO only has chat support and the operators have no idea what is going on. Even worse, my father also had rented a property through VRBO. He wasn’t lucky enough to rent through and honest owner like I was. The owner took advantage of the lack of communication between the company, the owner, and the renter and told my dad he would have to book a new date before the original date could be refunded at 75%. So my dad rebooked first the end of May and the original date was never cancelled or refunded. Now that the quarantine is going to last through the summer he is stuck with a second booking that the owner and VRBO refuse to cancel and refund. Save yourself a the headache of poor customer service. Don’t use VRBO. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. Stick with AirBnB. -
I like what you can find in this app. But! It's CRAZY unfair expensive. Cervice fee, lodging tax and especially very high cleaning fee creating more than 50% amount of total price. For example, If you'll find accommodation for 3 days with $100 cost, at the end you'll have to pay about $600 and if host will ask for security ¿refundable? damage deposit $450 it's going to be more than $1000 for $100 place. May be this app only for billionaires,but for mostly regular people it's dishonest expensive
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Two Terrible Experiences
My husband and I go to Las Vegas every year for CES in January. In 2019 we reserved a two bedroom, 2 bathroom condo that was very close to the LV Convention Center. The place smelled, there were burnt-out lights, the blinds in one bedroom fell the middle of the night and everything was worn out, i.e. the bedding, kitchen cabinets. For our trip in January 2020 we made a reservation for a condo at the Jockey Club. On December 9th we received a message that our reservation had been cancelled and a refund was being sent. It is very hard to get a decently priced room during the week of CES, which is why we always book early. My husband contacted VRBO. They said the owner is not allowed to do that. They tried to reserve another condo for us and said they would pay the difference. They also told my husband that if the owner didn’t respond within 24 hours they would call him to help book another place. They didn’t. We will never book a place to stay through them again and are telling everyone we know. BTW, a friend of mine who goes to Hawaii every year has had several people tell her about the nightmare experience they’ve had with VRBO. At least two of those said when they arrive at their destination, found out that the place they had paid for was rented out to someone else. -
LESS THAN ONE STAR
I recently booked travel through the APP to stay at a cabin in Asheville,NC. The process was very easy for them to book my stay and the money was sent immediately upon reserving the cabin. I also purchased their “cancellation insurance policy for 45$. When we realized we could no longer go on our trip I called VRBO to cancel. They told me they can not cancel my booking and the insurance policy was through a company called CSA. CSA travel insurance claims have to be filed online and you will be waiting weeks to hear back from them. The process to file a claim is the worst I have experienced. The other option was to call the booking agency for the cabin itself. I called them and they would only refund 50% of my money even though I was cancelling months in advance. They said they had nothing to do with VRBO or CSA travel insurance. VRBO is racketeering with CSA travel to have you pay travel insurance then making the process ridiculously hard in order to receive a refund to make you not want to cancel through them and they still keep their profit. VRBO is fast to take your money but provides little help when you need to cancel. In the military I have travelled for 15 years using various apps and this is the worst one I have seen thus far. CLICK AWAY! -
Not helpful, poor customer service
I wanted to vacation in palm spring for my birthday and my daughters 1st birthday in July. Planning ahead, I booked a home that had everything we wanted and needed to have a nice stay. The owner of the home pulled the property from the program and is no longer available. There were only a few homes that fit the criteria for what I was looking for, and they only suggested 3 homes that didn’t meet that criteria. The prices were higher, less beds, less space. Highly disappointed. I did some searching on my own and found a home that I really liked but was slightly out of price range and I discussed this with costumer service to see if they could help me find a home similar to the home that i was interested in or honor the price I previously paid since this experience was such an inconvenience and unprofessional.. they wouldn’t even transfer me to the re-booking team.. they wouldn’t even let me speak to a manager or assist me in searching for another home since “I can do that on my own” is what I was told... I wish I was making this up.. what an awful experience.
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Install halts at 79% on both phones.
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After selecting avail dates with Vrbo rep owner then replied dates not avail and no longer using Vrbo. Not cool.
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Horrible! I booked 3 days, when I arrived to set location. It's a bar! Call customer service, I get hung up on at least 2x. Finally get a hold of a sup. I am told I'll be receiving a full refund and a room at a hotel to make up for the inconveniences. Got the room no prob still no refund and it's been 4weeks now. Don't do it. I spent over $500 for a place I never got to see not experience.
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Horrible to navigate
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Terrible service from property manager Linda
We are scheduled to arrive Saturday after hurricane Sally the property manager Lina is giving us a run around about getting a full refund The CIC is stating extreme power outages Bridges closed internet down ‘ cable down major beach eroding , all restaurants closed school closed and do not drink the water it’s no safe and this lady is not cooperating she is saying if the owner of the unit has received the money then she can not give us a refund this will be the first and last time we will use VRBO -
Useless
I was searching rental house, put date in and show alot of houses but when i click on any houses to reserve it say the house is not available for the date I requested . Why show all the unavailable houses inside of the available one? -
Home away was much better
As soon as I had to switch from home away, due to it telling me I had to, all of my trip boards disappeared. I’m not happy with this app at all. -
Concerned about privacy features
On iOS this app seems to provide no ability to limit location tracking etc... to only while you are using the app. This is presumably because they are selling all of your information. I will be deleting this app as soon as our trip is over. Would be nice to be able to filter by property features for example King Bed or Washer/Dryer. VRBO services charges are high enough that they could provide better service. We arrived at our property to find no cell service so the app had very limited information available. Be warned. -
Awful customer service
I tried to book a place. Owner was great but the place wasn’t what we expected so we both agreed to cancel three hours after I booked. Vrbos system is impossible to navigate. The customer service agents are incredibly unhelpful. All time bad. Don’t use this service. So bad -
Service Fee
Too expensive!! And for what? I’d rather rent directly through the owner.
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I loved this app and got a few rentals through them. I updated my app and now when i filter the price it doesnt work. I can put in $0 - $200/night and it shows me places that are any price. So thats not helpful at all. Fee's are also getting out of control.
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Unacceptable customer service experiences
The app is okay at finding rentals. However, my first experience with VRBO was so terrible that it will certainly be my last unless they improve their customer service support and fix their cancellation policies to protect renters who get ignored by the rental owner/manager. We unfortunately got a rental that was manage by someone who did not respond for days. I VRBO directly first through the website online chat support, which seemed to be positive, but then I was told to call the corporate customer service hotline number to speak with an agent to “escalate” my grievance about the lack of communication from the rental owner/manager. Because of the lack of contact from the manager and a negative review on the property I was confused about how to proceed and whether or not this rental was legit or a scam. I requested to cancel, and the manager finally responded by cancelling the rental and keeping the $1,700+ for 4 nights. So now we are out $1,700+ and have no rental! The agent from VRBO kept referencing policies and sounded cold and unable to make any changes or even partial refunds. At times, the agent could barely be understood. The customer service was abysmal at best. Apparently, VRBO does not do a good job at quality control and keeping property owners/managers in check to ensure customer satisfaction and good communication. -
Stick with AirBnB
We had a few different places rented in Dahlonega GA for our wedding in April, some on VRBO and some on AirBnB. When the quarantine began in March I cancelled all of my bookings. AirBnB immediately processed my full refunds and had an excellent response to the changing needs of their customers. VRBO on the other hand has really dropped the ball. It took them weeks to process my refund and I had to get the owner to actively help and make sure that I got my money back. VRBO only has chat support and the operators have no idea what is going on. Even worse, my father also had rented a property through VRBO. He wasn’t lucky enough to rent through and honest owner like I was. The owner took advantage of the lack of communication between the company, the owner, and the renter and told my dad he would have to book a new date before the original date could be refunded at 75%. So my dad rebooked first the end of May and the original date was never cancelled or refunded. Now that the quarantine is going to last through the summer he is stuck with a second booking that the owner and VRBO refuse to cancel and refund. Save yourself a the headache of poor customer service. Don’t use VRBO. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. Stick with AirBnB. -
Absolutely terrible service. Showed me the wrong total on the bill and there was no way to reach the company to get it corrected. The only number on their website is buried in the terms and conditions and no one picked up. Otherwise you're stuck with a virtual agent that is completely useless. App also does a terrible job presenting info I need. Why is my upcoming trip buried in a menu instead of being the first thing when I open the app?
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Its annoying when the map moves and zooms in on its own, it does that, then i loose track of the area I was looking at. I can do the zoom in and out, I dont need the app to do it for me, would be nice if it worked more like trulia or realtor apps, obviously just for vacation rentals though.
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Less than pleased
We have stayed in another floating house at Whitman Hollow in the past and have really enjoyed our stay. I would have to say that we are leaving this time and cannot say the same. The house is advertised that it can sleep 14 people. There were 10 of us, and yes there was plenty of room for us to sleep but there was very few places for everyone to sit together. There is a small futon in the living room, 5-6 stools at the kitchen table (1 was too loose to sit on), 7 chairs on the deck. The grill was in very bad shape and did not work properly. All of the beds need to be replaced, they are very uncomfortable and make noises when you roll over. There is a TV that we were not able to get the cable to work on. There is no wi-fi, and very little cell phone service. It was raining and we were all stuck inside with no TV and no service. Overall, the house itself wasn’t that bad it is nicely decorated and has potential to be a very nice place!! -
Horrible sharing features
Incredibly frustrating to plan a group trip when the link generated by the app is a ridiculously long url that takes up my entire text screen and doesn't work. On the rare occasions a working link is generated, the link forces people to download the app, and still doesn't even open to the property page through the app. The whole runaround is mind boggling and impossible for both non app users and app users alike to quickly view the property details. Trying to keep my elder family members in the loop for housing choices is already challenging enough without having to walk them through these technical difficulties. We got so frustrated we decided to use a competing app and service instead. On a computer through a regular browser the website works perfectly fine, but the app has been an excruciating experience for collaborative planning. -
Tough site to navigate
This was my fourth attempt to book a rental I hope it works this time. The first time I got a notification the the hadn’t responded and my request had expired. I tried resubmitted my request put my payment info get rejecting as invalid. I called the reservation line and was able to reserve it again. In the mean time I received an email from the owner confirming my first request. But because the HomeAway request expired my down payment didn’t go through. Even though the person I spoke to told me my down payment would be charged to my card that day. I emailed owner to see what was happing and said my reservation was on the books but my payment request expired. So he had to remove me from the reservation calendar so I could submit this forth request. Your system needs some serious fixing to make this process more user friendly. -
The “average per night” is completely bogus.
When I began the search for a property, I put in the dates and the price range. Now, I expect whatever that comes up in my search to only have the property with those prices that will apply to the actual dates I stay. I don’t know how they do their calculations but when I tried to book, it gave me what I calculated as total + $4,000 telling me that it includes “taxes and fees”. It did not break down how in the world that number was calculated. I don’t know where this website thinks we live in, but I certainly don’t understand how “taxes and fees” could cost that much. It needs to be more specific and accurate to post the price-per-night when the user actually took time to put the dates we search and the price range so that no one wastes time on looking at all the properties they list for you that you cannot afford. -
Getting greedy
I use VRBO often. Lately, I have been getting stuck with over $230 in “fees” on top of the nightly fee. This doesn’t even include the tax we have to pay as well. What really bothers me is the cleaning fees used to be like $60 bucks. Now, it seems pretty standard that they charge you $100 cleaning fee and then tell you to do all the cleaning before you leave to get your deposit back. VRBO also allows people to say things are included like tv and internet but then you arrive to find there is none of that actually provided. You can’t leave a bad review or else you won’t get your deposits back. It’s a mess over here in VRBO land. They are getting too messy and greedy. I started using the AirBnB app recently and have really been enjoying the lower fees. Only desperate times call for VRBO.
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I can't select the dates I want on the calendar. The check in date can be selected but not the check out date. Basic functions not working properly... get it together....
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I'm extremely unhappy that the option to search for a king bed is gone. It was the reason for me using Home Away instead of Air Bnb!
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Bad Service
I booked a room with this company. My card was charge twice. I immediately file a report about a duplicated transaction. I was told the refund will take three weeks because of COVID. I was already disappointed, but I understood COVID makes everything more difficult. I waited the three weeks and decided to called. I was told they need to call the hotel to confirm my transactions. I kept going back and forth between this app and the hotel for two weeks with no answers and no refund. After the 5th week I was told Vrbo will not be responsible for the refund because it was Expedia who was in charge. I never made no deal with Expedia, but I was stock with them. Once again, I spent hours calling and asking for answers every call was at least 1- 2 hours with no answers. At the end this company blame the hotel and they blame Expedia. The hotel blame Expedia and Expedia blame the hotel. Bottom line I am still stuck with out a refund and no one wanting to take responsibility for the transaction. This is the first and last time I would ever use this app. Their customer service is horrible and I wasted at least 20 hours trying to fix something that it was not even my fault. Bottom line I paid twice for my same room. Saving a little money cost me twice as much the money I was planning to spent. This is so disappointing 😒. -
I like what you can find in this app. But! It's CRAZY unfair expensive. Cervice fee, lodging tax and especially very high cleaning fee creating more than 50% amount of total price. For example, If you'll find accommodation for 3 days with $100 cost, at the end you'll have to pay about $600 and if host will ask for security ¿refundable? damage deposit $450 it's going to be more than $1000 for $100 place. May be this app only for billionaires,but for mostly regular people it's dishonest expensive
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Two Terrible Experiences
My husband and I go to Las Vegas every year for CES in January. In 2019 we reserved a two bedroom, 2 bathroom condo that was very close to the LV Convention Center. The place smelled, there were burnt-out lights, the blinds in one bedroom fell the middle of the night and everything was worn out, i.e. the bedding, kitchen cabinets. For our trip in January 2020 we made a reservation for a condo at the Jockey Club. On December 9th we received a message that our reservation had been cancelled and a refund was being sent. It is very hard to get a decently priced room during the week of CES, which is why we always book early. My husband contacted VRBO. They said the owner is not allowed to do that. They tried to reserve another condo for us and said they would pay the difference. They also told my husband that if the owner didn’t respond within 24 hours they would call him to help book another place. They didn’t. We will never book a place to stay through them again and are telling everyone we know. BTW, a friend of mine who goes to Hawaii every year has had several people tell her about the nightmare experience they’ve had with VRBO. At least two of those said when they arrive at their destination, found out that the place they had paid for was rented out to someone else. -
LESS THAN ONE STAR
I recently booked travel through the APP to stay at a cabin in Asheville,NC. The process was very easy for them to book my stay and the money was sent immediately upon reserving the cabin. I also purchased their “cancellation insurance policy for 45$. When we realized we could no longer go on our trip I called VRBO to cancel. They told me they can not cancel my booking and the insurance policy was through a company called CSA. CSA travel insurance claims have to be filed online and you will be waiting weeks to hear back from them. The process to file a claim is the worst I have experienced. The other option was to call the booking agency for the cabin itself. I called them and they would only refund 50% of my money even though I was cancelling months in advance. They said they had nothing to do with VRBO or CSA travel insurance. VRBO is racketeering with CSA travel to have you pay travel insurance then making the process ridiculously hard in order to receive a refund to make you not want to cancel through them and they still keep their profit. VRBO is fast to take your money but provides little help when you need to cancel. In the military I have travelled for 15 years using various apps and this is the worst one I have seen thus far. CLICK AWAY! -
Not helpful, poor customer service
I wanted to vacation in palm spring for my birthday and my daughters 1st birthday in July. Planning ahead, I booked a home that had everything we wanted and needed to have a nice stay. The owner of the home pulled the property from the program and is no longer available. There were only a few homes that fit the criteria for what I was looking for, and they only suggested 3 homes that didn’t meet that criteria. The prices were higher, less beds, less space. Highly disappointed. I did some searching on my own and found a home that I really liked but was slightly out of price range and I discussed this with costumer service to see if they could help me find a home similar to the home that i was interested in or honor the price I previously paid since this experience was such an inconvenience and unprofessional.. they wouldn’t even transfer me to the re-booking team.. they wouldn’t even let me speak to a manager or assist me in searching for another home since “I can do that on my own” is what I was told... I wish I was making this up.. what an awful experience. -
Property and Owner Christopher Button
I have no idea what to rate the property itself, but if I could give the owner Christopher Button zero stars, I would. This is a strong buyer beware. We had a death in our family one week before our trip, when I contacted the owner to see if they would work with us in changing the dates, he told us we would have to cancel and reschedule, and that he did not know what the policy was in regard to a death. He told us we should contact VRBO. Both of those show deception. Each owner sets their own policies. VRBO has nothing to do with that, nor do they have any standing to persuade an owner to work with a renter. If we had cancelled we would have lost 100% of our money, and freed him to rent the property to someone else. At that point, we discovered that at the time we booked, 45 days out, his policy was for us to lose 50% for a cancellation. Shame on VRBO for representing owners like this. Shame on me for booking with this owner once, but to think I would cancel (allowing him to rebook the property), pay him 100%, and turn around and rebook with him is crazy! BUYER BEWARE! -
Annoying. Everytime I click on a listing on the app or on the website although my dates have been chosen once I select a listing the price per night raises up to 100$ more and sometimes it will tell me the dates are unavailable. What's the point of filters if they don't even work. Bad experience. Air bnb much more user friendly and much more accurate on pricing
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Don’t use this app. Scammers use this app
Bad company. I would give a 0 if I could. Don’t use this app!! I had an issue with the owner of the place I rented. She was a scammer. I notified the company and they did NOTHING about it. They told me I had to contact the owner to resolve any issue. Why would I contact a scammer to resolve an issue? After talking with 3 different people telling me something different, someone pretended to contact the owner and said they will call me back. It’s been 3 months and they haven’t contact me back. During this process, the homeowner had the company take down her listing. She knew that I had an issue and she tried to run and they did nothing about it. They didn’t care. Also, when I called the first time, the guy hung up on my face. They do not check the people’s listing, so the pictures you see could not be what your renting; even the description could be different. The listing I had was completely different when I arrived. This company will not solve issues. Customer service is terrible. I wouldn’t use this app again.
- Don’t deal with impersonal management companies! Communicate directly with homeowners and take out the middleman
- Freehand Drawing feature lets you search only the locations you want, so you can find the perfect rental home for you
- The Favorite Feature saves the houses you like best so you can share them with others or book at a later date
Reviewed by Laura S on December 17, 2017
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