Rentals.com new vacation site

My wife and I are planning a trip to Disney World. Last year we stayed in a private home off site and wanted to do that again. I did a few quick searches for home rentals in Orlando and took a look at the listings on Rentals.com.

When I clicked on the link for vacation rentals, I was a bit surprised to see that it brought me to their vacation rentals beta page. The page has a new logo, different URL structure and the search works a bit different. To me it looks like they are setting this up for a separate vacation rental site.Â

It will be interesting to see what approach they take with this. Trying to establish another site might be tough considering how many new rental sites have popped up lately. Â

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2 Responses to “Rentals.com new vacation site”

  1. Dave Dugdale on January 20th, 2008 at 4:32 am

    I think you are right that they are creating a new site. It will be fun to watch them try and beat VRBO.

  2. donr on January 22nd, 2008 at 6:28 pm

    I think the strategy makes sense. They should pick up a lot more listings in the long run with a more focused site. I would not be surprised if we see something similar from RentalHomesPlus.com and Rent.com in the future. No one web site is the answer for every rental so the easiest way for these companies to grow is vertically.

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