COHR recently conducted a survey of Holiday Rentals Owners to find which Holiday Rentals Listings Sites gave them the most bookings in 2011.
Perhaps not surprisingly, the bigger sites came out best in the survey.
Owners voted Homeaway as the best site overall, with 19% of Holiday Rentals Owners saying it gave them the most bookings. VRBO was only just behind with 18% of Owners saying they received most bookings on the VRBO site. Flipkey was third with 14%, a strong finish for a site that it definitely emerging as a major player in the Holiday Rentals by Owner industry.
Given the consolidation that has been going on in the Holiday Rentals marketplace, it is perhaps no surprise that 5 of the top 9 sites are owned by the Homeaway group. These are Homeaway, VRBO, Homelidays, Ownersdirect and Vacationrentals.
There were also two sites owned by Tripadvisor in the top nine i.e. Flipkey and Holidaylettings.
Among Free Holiday Rentals Listing Sites, Vacationrentals411 (18%) was the narrow winner over Adventurepads (17%). Vacationrentals411 was also the only free site to make the top nine overall sites.
(There were two sites that offer free trials that featured in the top nine: Flipkey and VacationHomeRentals .)
However, it was interesting to note that 26% of Holiday Rentals Owners said that they either don't use Free Holiday Rentals Listings sites or that they don't get any bookings from them.
You can find the full survey results on All Holiday Rentals Best Holiday Rentals Listing Sites Survey 2011 .
Friday, October 28, 2011
Best Holiday Rentals Listings Sites Survey 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
All Holiday Rentals - Reviews, Free Listings and Special Offers
Since it's launch earlier this month, All Holiday Rentals has been busy adding new features and now has pages featuring Holiday Rentals Site Reviews, a directory Free Listings sites and a directory Special Offers for Holiday Rentals Owners.
The Holiday Rentals Sites Review page currently lists reviews of holiday rentals industry leaders Homeaway and Flipkey, together with one of the leading Free Listings sites, Adventure Pads. It is planned to add more reviews in the coming weeks.
The Free Listings page currently lists more than twenty holiday rentals sites that offer either a free trial or a completely free listing. Free sites listed include Adventure Pads, Holiday Cube and HolidayHomeAds. Sites that offer trials such as VacationHomeRentals, Rentalia and Flipkey are also listed.
The Special Offers page lists offers that are available to COHR subscribers.
