Bottom line: Unlike the other sites, vacation rentals is just one aspect of TripAdvisor, which also reviews restaurants, attractions and other destination information, which can be helpful when planning your trip.
The site allows vacation homeowners to hash out the apparently neverending string of problems that arise when renting out their second home.
THE company links together more than 9,800 North American travel agencies on its Web site, where vacation and travel business products are offered to consumers.
Coronado is a town just over the bridge from downtown, and Coronado Shores, a series of 10 towers built in the 1960s and '70s, has long been a site for vacation homes.
About a third of the properties on the site are vacation homes, not primary residences.
And today it announced a majority investment in FlipKey, a guest review site for vacation home rentals.
Fairly big news from the Canadian accommodation rentals space today: we've learned that iStopOver has acquired Vacapedia, a one-stop-shop site for vacation rentals and short-tem accommodations.
Jennifer Miner, a travel writer, a traveling mom and co-creator of the site the Vacation Gals (thevacationgals.com), said in an email: "If it seems that it's been getting harder to sit with your children on airplanes, it's not just your imagination, and it's not just you".
Hundreds of San Francisco properties are listed on Web sites like Vacation Rentals by Owner (VRBO), Airbnb and Craigslist.
Some of the more complete Web sites for vacation homes are providing information that eliminates most questions for would-be renters.
