But don’t unpack your suitcase just yet. There is a whole world of vacation booking sites beyond just Airbnb and VRBO. Ready to book? Check out these 10 sites like Airbnb and enjoy one of these Airbnb alternatives to find your next vacation spot.
10 Sites like Airbnb
1. Agoda
Agoda offers some of the best prices on over 2,000,000+ properties throughout the world. Some of its most popular vacation home destinations in the U.S. include Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Orlando, Dallas, and more. Categories on Agoda include apartments, vacation rentals, private villas, and bungalows. You can also search for private stays, hotels and homes, and monthly stays as well, making this a great Airbnb alternative.
2. Booking.com
Don’t underestimate Booking.com! This premiere vacation-booking site is like Airbnb, but offers a lot more. It features all kinds of properties—hotels, apartments, resorts, villas, cabins—for prices starting as low as $69/night. Plus, the site is offering Getaway deals on both local and global stays, 15 percent or more, from now until September 30, so if you’ve been waiting to plan a trip, now’s the time.
3. Expedia
What you’ll love most about Expedia are its in-app planning features. While Expedia offers tons of information on where to stay, where to go, and what to do while you’re there, the planning feature in the Expedia app helps you organize every aspect of your trip and even includes mobile-exclusive deals just for you. This means it’s a lot like Airbnb on the accommodation side, but it offers you a lot more to help plan your trip.
3. Getaway
Very similar to Airbnb, Getaway is an alternative that specializes in teeny tiny cabins in semi-rural areas. With locations near to Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Charlotte, Cleveland, Dallas, Washington, D.C., Houston, Los Angeles, Nashville, New York City, Pittsburg, Portland, Chicago, Raleigh and more, if it’s a secluded cabin-in-the-woods experience you’re looking for, Getaway is it.
4. Marriott Homes & Villas
From Marriott International, Marriott Homes & Villas is a great vacation stay option for travelers (especially families) looking for a personalized experience. Unlike what you’ll get in a hotel, Marriott Homes & Villas features private homes with Hotel Marriott’s high standards as well as flexible cancellation and reasonable prices.
5. Outdoorsy
If you’re the more the type to love the open road, then why not plan a road trip? Even if your own vehicle isn’t roomy enough, you can still plan a road trip with Outdoorsy, which offers RV rentals and makes a great alternative to booking accommodation on Airbnb. You’ll find a wide array of RV options for whatever kind of experience you’re looking for—campervans for one or two, trailers, Class C’s, or the luxury-on-wheels known as a Class A—and then from there, where you drive is up to you!
6. Plum Guide
Plum Guide is a relatively little-known booking site with some of the most coveted homes as their listings. This is the site perhaps most like Airbnb, though a much more curated version of the site. You’ll find Plum Guide homes everywhere from Joshua Tree and Arizona to Charleston and the Hudson Valley. Homes start at as little as $194/night and the Plum Guide standard is impeccable—just 3 percent of homes in each destination win the Plum Award, a global quality standard for vacation homes.
7. Sonder
Sonder prides itself on being the “future of hospitality,” and just by looking at the photography on the booking website, you can see why. Each Sonder destination features that luxury feeling (and the amenities) of a hotel—but without that kind of stale hotel feeling. When arriving at a Sonder destination, you can use self-check-in on your phone, so you eliminate any wait-time you would have spent in a hotel lobby. This is a feature we’d love to see across all Airbnb rentals and those on alternative sites. Right now, Sonder is located in 35 markets across the globe including Amsterdam, Barcelona, Dublin, New Orleans, and so many more!
8. TripAdvisor
TripAdvisor has been giving Airbnb and VRBO a run for its money lately and with so many features important to trip-planning, it’s a no-brainer why. Sure, TripAdvisor offers amazing vacation rental options, but it’s also known for its vacation packages and information on local restaurants, flights, and what to do during your stay. It’s the ultimate vacation planner!
9. TurnKey
TurnKey features distinctive homes in its vacation home listings, professional cleaning, complimentary WiFi, and 24/7 guest support. It also features convenient self-check-in on the app and each home contains a full kitchen—yes, a real, full kitchen!—so that you can cook for an entire family or party and skip the hassle of making dinner reservations. Next up, the 50 best road trips in America.
