Booking.com Could Narrow the Gap In Vacation Rentals
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Booking.com has long experimented with vacation rental inventory. Its inventory has been growing rapidly, but vacation rentals still remain a small part of Booking.com's business.
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We believe that looking at the latest data on instantly bookable properties rather than total listings gives the best comparison of Booking.com to its main competitors in the vacation rental space.
Booking.com is behind Airbnb and HomeAway, for now. We expect the gap to close as hosts interested in offering instant booking on HomeAway and Airbnb are likely to also go with Booking.com as all three sites can be used for free with the only paym
