OAUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HomeAway, Inc. today announced that U.S.-based VacationRentals.com is the newest addition to its portfolio of leading vacation rental sites that include: HomeAway.com, VRBO.com, CyberRentals.com, GreatRentals.com, A1Vacations.com, TripHomes.com, Holiday-Rentals.co.uk, HolidayRentals.fr, FeWo-direkt.de, HomeAway.es and Abritel.fr.
HomeAway sites provide vacation rental property owners and managers the most efficient way to market their properties to the millions of travelers who prefer vacation rentals over hotels.
Founded in 2000, VacationRentals.com currently lists approximately 30,000 vacation rental homes and condos; bringing the total properties advertised on the HomeAway sites to more than 205,000 globally.
HomeAway plans to run VacationRentals.com as an independent brand, with the newly-acquired business continuing to operate as it has in the past.
The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
About HomeAway, Inc.:
HomeAway, Inc. is the worldwide leader for vacation rentals on the Internet. Each year, more than 100 million travelers visit the HomeAway global marketplace that represents more than 205,000 vacation rental homes across 100 countries. The HomeAway portfolio of vacation rental sites includes HomeAway.com, as well as VRBO.com, VacationRentals.com, CyberRentals.com, A1Vacations.com, GreatRentals.com, TripHomes.com, Holiday-Rentals.co.uk (UK), HolidayRentals.fr, Abritel.fr (France), FeWo-direkt.de (Germany) and HomeAway.es.
Led by an experienced team of online and travel industry experts, HomeAway is based in Austin, Texas and is funded by leading venture capital firms Austin Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, American Capital, Institutional Venture Partners and Trident Capital.
