I use AirBnB to book whole houses for trips, which are better for families who want to cook. I use it interchangeably with VRBO, which I’ve been using for many

I use AirBnB to book whole houses for trips, which are better for families who want to cook. I use it interchangeably with VRBO, which I’ve been using for many years, before AirBnB was founded in fact. Short-term house rentals are not a new idea. Before VRBO and AirBnB—before websites in general—we would call up the local chamber of commerce where we were going and they would give us the phone numbers for local real estate firms that managed short term rentals. Then we would call them directly and book. Those types of companies are still around, and often when I book through AirBnB or VRBO, that’s who the “host” is.