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Kayak Partners With Booking.com Competitor HomeAway on Vacation Rentals

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Dennis Schaal

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Kayak already displays some vacation rental listings from sister site Booking.com although HomeAway's properties, many from individual owners, would give Kayak users additional choice. The Kayak-HomeAway partnership could be a nice test for Kayak parent the Priceline Group to see if it wants to cozy up in some form with HomeAway.

Kayak has agreed to add HomeAway's vacation rental listings in the latest sign that the sharing economy is reshaping the booking-site universe. It's also a curious twist since Kayak's sister company Booking.com, which competes with HomeAway, has been making a big push in vacation rentals. However, Booking.com is under-represented in properties from individual owners, which is a HomeAway strength. Kayak already displays a limited number of vacation rental listings from sister sit

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