Vrbo
American vacation rental online marketplace
Vrbo ( VUR-boh) is an American online marketplace for vacation rentals and is owned by Expedia Group. Primarily based in Austin, Texas, VRBO was originally an abbreviation for Vacation Rentals by Owner, but since 2019 the company has been known as Vrbo.
History
The VRBO website was created by David Clouse, a programmer, in 1995 in Aurora, Colorado with the goal of renting his Breckenridge Ski Resort condo. The website soon became popular with homeowners that wanted to list their properties for short term rental.
By 2006, VRBO had over 465,000 rental listings and was adding 100 new listings per day.
VRBO originally had a subscription business model in which payment of an annual fee allowed homeowners to list their properties on the website.
In 2006, VRBO was acquired by HomeAway.
On November 4, 2015, Expedia Group announced it would acquire HomeAway, including VRBO, for $3.9 billion. The transaction closed in the first quarter of 2016.
In March 2019, VRBO was re-branded Vrbo, including a new logo, capitalization, and pronunciation.
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