Competitive Environment
On March 5, 2011, QuickHome announced its entrance into the vacation rental and home exchange marketplace, three years ago, on August 19, 2008, Orbitz entered into the vacation rental marketplace too. The following day after the Orbitz announcement, Expedia’s TripAdvisor Web site took a majority stake in FlipKey, a website that features vacation rental properties and verified guest reviews.
Craigslist also lists vacation rental properties. Other lodging alternatives to hotels include Homelink.org and HomeExchange.com that offer home swaps, BeWelcome, Couchsurfing, Hospitality Club, Airbnb, 9flats, Travelmob and Wimdu.com which offer rooms or space in homes to travelers, Hosteling International which offers dorm-style accommodations.
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