Vacation Rental Data

File Content and Purpose

This file contains data elements that are specific to the Vacation Rental type of lodging property.

Note: This file contains vacation rental properties that have historically been part of both Expedia and Vrbo. They are in the process of being merged, so there will be changes over time to the availability of the properties on each platform, as well as additional data elements being added. We will do our best not to make any breaking changes to the existing file structure.

File Format

Inside the .zip file you will find 6 compressed .jsonl files. Each .jsonl file will contain a collection of separate, valid JSON objects, one per line. The break between files will always fall between JSON objects, so you can assume all JSON files are complete.

The grouping of the properties into the files is random, so you will need to parse all 6 files to find all properties of a given type or in a given location, etc.

File Update Schedule

This file is currently scheduled to be updated every Wednesday, with a new version published at 1am Pacific time each week.

File Download Link

Downloading the full content file will require an Expedia API key with permissions added for static data download.

Sample File Download

You can download a sample file that will give you an idea of the content and structure of the full Vacation Rental File download:

• Download SAMPLE Vacation Rental Data File

Complete File Download

To download the complete Vacation Rental Data File, please follow the instructions on the page linked below:

• Download COMPLETE Vacation Rental Data File

Sample Vacation Rental Data Record

{
    "propertyId": {
      "expedia": "70059734",
      "hcom": "",
      "vrbo": "651.5164261.3715781"
    },
    "country": "Germany",
    "propertySize": {
      "measurement": 560,
      "units": "SQUARE_FEET"
    },
    "maxOccupancy": 4,
    "bathrooms": {
      "numberOfBathrooms": 1
    },
    "bedrooms": {
      "numberOfBedrooms": 2
    },
    "houseRules": {
      "partyOrEventRules": {
        "partiesOrEventsPermitted": false,
        "ownerPartyFreeText": "No parties or events "
      },
      "smokingRules": {
        "smokingPermitted": false,
        "ownerSmokingFreeText": "No smoking "
      },
      "petRules": {
        "petsPermitted": false,
        "ownerPetsFreeText": "No pets "
      },
      "childRules": {
        "childrenPermitted": true,
        "ownerChildrenFreeText": "Children welcome "
      }
    },
    "hostLanguages": [
      "German"
    ],
    "propertyManager": {
        "hostType": "Professional",
        "name": "DS Destination Solutions GmbH",
        "photoURL": "https://media.vrbo.com/partner_profile/b086be88-f32c-4833-9d3f-0730fc903923/9ecfe05e-68fa-4f41-9b1d-2a17d9304038.jpg"
    },
    "premierHost": true
  },
  {
    "propertyId": {
      "expedia": "36503624",
      "hcom": "",
      "vrbo": "731.1304921.1472937"
    },
    "country": "France",
    "propertySize": {
      "measurement": 150,
      "units": "SQUARE_METERS"
    },
    "maxOccupancy": 10,
    "bathrooms": {
      "numberOfBathrooms": 4
    },
    "bedrooms": {
      "numberOfBedrooms": 3
    },
    "houseRules": {
      "partyOrEventRules": {
        "partiesOrEventsPermitted": false,
        "ownerPartyFreeText": "No parties or events "
      },
      "smokingRules": {
        "smokingPermitted": false,
        "ownerSmokingFreeText": "No smoking "
      },
      "petRules": {
        "petsPermitted": true,
        "ownerPetsFreeText": "Pets welcome "
      },
      "childRules": {
        "childrenPermitted": true,
        "ownerChildrenFreeText": "Children welcome "
      }
    },
    "propertyManager": {
        "hostType": "Private",
        "name": "DENNINGER ANNE"
    },
    "premierHost": false,
    "propertyLiveDate": "2022-10-16"
  }

Items to Note:

• bedrooms & bathrooms — There is currently only one element under each, but we are leaving room to add additional data on each, should it become available.
• houseRules — In the vacation rental space these are very important. Renters are contractually bound to follow these rules and may face penalties if they do not. The full text should be presented to the customer, since the free text element may contain additional information not covered elsewhere about the specific list of what is (and is not) permitted.
• Additional Vrbo Data — There are additional data points that are available in the Vrbo static data feeds today which are not included here, due to the ongoing data migration effort. When additional data is available we will be looking to add it into the structure as peer elements to the current items so that the file can scale without breaking the node structure for existing elements.