🏖️ Vrbo Vacation Rentals Scraper

Extract comprehensive vacation rental property listings, nightly prices, guest capacity, bedroom & bathroom counts, star ratings, review counts, Premier Host badges, and high-resolution photos from Vrbo.com (part of Expedia Group).

Engineered for real estate investors, short-term rental (STR) operators, property managers, travel aggregators, and hospitality researchers. Built with anti-detect browser emulation to seamlessly navigate dynamic JavaScript rendering and bypass anti-scraping challenges.

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🌟 Key Features

• Comprehensive Property Metadata:
  • Nightly price and currency identification (USD, EUR, GBP, CAD, etc.).
  • Guest capacity (Sleeps count).
  • Bedroom & bathroom counts.
  • Property classification (House, Villa, Condo, Cabin, Apartment, Cottage, Chalet, Studio).
• Social Proof & Host Quality:
  • Real guest review ratings (e.g. 9.8 / 10).
  • Total review count.
  • Premier Host badge detection.
• Location & Neighborhoods:
  • Extracts precise destination and neighborhood details.
• High-Resolution Imagery:
  • Captures full-resolution primary listing photographs.
• Smart Automated Pagination:
  • Automatically advances through search results pages until reaching your requested property target.
• Stealth Architecture:
  • Powered by Crawlee + Camoufox (anti-detect browser engine) and Apify Proxy integration.

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💡 Real Estate & Travel Use Cases

1. Airbnb vs. Vrbo Arbitrage Analysis: Cross-reference listing occupancy, nightly pricing, and fees between Airbnb and Vrbo in identical neighborhoods.
2. Short-Term Rental (STR) Market Research: Analyze average daily rates (ADR) and revenue potential for prospective vacation home investments.
3. Property Management Benchmarking: Monitor local competitor pricing, seasonal rate adjustments, and minimum night stay strategies.
4. Travel Deal Sourcing: Scan vacation hotspots for below-market rates and newly listed properties before peak season.
5. Algorithmic Pricing Feed: Feed real-time competitor rates into dynamic pricing tools and revenue management models.

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📥 Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
destination	String	No	"Miami Beach, FL"	City, region, or vacation hotspot to search on Vrbo (e.g. 'Maui, HI', 'Cancun, Mexico', 'Lake Tahoe, CA').
start_urls	Array	No	[]	Optional direct search or filtered URLs on Vrbo. Overrides destination if supplied.
max_items	Integer	No	40	Maximum number of vacation rentals to collect (1 to 1,000).
check_in	String	No	null	Optional check-in date in YYYY-MM-DD format (e.g. '2026-10-15').
check_out	String	No	null	Optional check-out date in YYYY-MM-DD format (e.g. '2026-10-20').
guests	Integer	No	2	Number of adult guests.
min_price	Number	No	null	Optional minimum nightly price filter in USD ($).
max_price	Number	No	null	Optional maximum nightly price filter in USD ($).
min_bedrooms	Integer	No	null	Minimum number of bedrooms required.
proxy_configuration	Object	No	{"useApifyProxy": true}	Apify Proxy configuration to avoid IP bans.

Example Input (JSON)

{
    "destination": "Miami Beach, FL",
    "max_items": 50,
    "check_in": "2026-10-15",
    "check_out": "2026-10-20",
    "guests": 4,
    "min_price": 150,
    "max_price": 600,
    "min_bedrooms": 2,
    "proxy_configuration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
}

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📤 Output Data Format

The Actor pushes structured records to the default dataset. You can view them in an interactive table or export to JSON, CSV, Excel (XLSX), or XML.

Sample Output Record

{
    "id": "1234567ha",
    "title": "Luxury Oceanfront Villa with Private Heated Pool & Hot Tub",
    "price_per_night": 450.0,
    "price_formatted": "$450 / night",
    "currency": "USD",
    "property_type": "Villa",
    "sleeps": 10,
    "bedrooms": 4,
    "bathrooms": 3,
    "rating": 9.8,
    "reviews_count": 56,
    "is_premier_host": true,
    "location": "South Beach, Miami Beach",
    "url": "https://www.vrbo.com/1234567ha",
    "image_url": "https://images.vrbo.com/villa_main.jpg",
    "scraped_at": "2026-09-24T19:38:00.000Z"
}

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⚙️ Performance & Resources

• Recommended Memory: 512 MB – 1024 MB.
• Execution Speed: ~20–40 seconds for 40 properties.
• Export Formats: JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, HTML table.

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🔒 Legal & Ethical Notice

This Actor extracts publicly available vacation rental data from Vrbo.com for statistical analysis, market research, and personal productivity. Please adhere to local regulations regarding web data collection and consult Vrbo's Terms of Service.