Vrbo to your own website: build a direct channel next to Vrbo

What Vrbo's rules say

We read both pages in November 2026. The policy page lists version 0.2.5 and no effective date. This is a summary, so read both pages before you act.

• Hosts can't ask, encourage or agree to move a reservation or payment off Vrbo, apart from the narrow cases the policy lists.
• Hosts can't offer or accept discounts, credits or other incentives to book or pay off Vrbo.
• Talk with guests stays in Vrbo's messaging until the reservation is confirmed. Vrbo blocks host messages that share contact details, offer another way to book such as a personal website, or suggest another way to pay.
• No links, QR codes, buttons or contact details meant to redirect guests away from Vrbo.
• Cancelling or changing a reservation or its payment schedule to cut fees owed to Expedia Group isn't allowed.
• Repeat violations can mean a suspended listing. The policy also says Expedia Group can withhold or charge amounts equal to the fees the booking would have carried, and that off-platform bookings don't get its benefits and support.

The policy also lists cases that are allowed, such as collecting optional fees the platform can't take and taxes where the law requires it. Read its exact text for those.

Not the same as Airbnb's

Vrbo's rules are a different document from Airbnb's. Vrbo's names QR codes and buttons, ties messaging to the confirmed reservation, and spells out charges equal to fees. Don't assume that what is fine on one is fine on the other. Our page on Airbnb's policy covers Airbnb only.

What stays on Vrbo

Keep your site's address out of your Vrbo listing, out of your Vrbo messages, and out of anything aimed at a guest who booked or asked through Vrbo. That covers links, QR codes, buttons, cards, inserts and emails. PageHub has none of those for Vrbo guests, and it doesn't offer them.

What is yours to build

• A site of your own. Your homes, rates, rules and photos, on your own domain. A guest who finds it picks dates and pays into your Stripe account. The pages we read are about reservations, payments, messages, links and incentives. They don't say anything against owning a website.
• Pages that search engines can read. Each home has its own page with a title, description and share image, and it goes into your sitemap when you publish.
• Your own booking rules. Cancellation policy, cleaning fee, lodging tax, longer-stay discounts and promo codes are yours to set for bookings made on your site.

Keeping your Vrbo dates and your site in step

1. Find your Vrbo calendar link in Vrbo's calendar settings. Vrbo's menus change, so follow Vrbo's own help for where it lives.
2. In PageHub, open Apps, then Vrbo. Name the home, paste the link and add it. PageHub reads the link once and tells you if it's wrong.
3. Type a nightly rate and a cleaning fee on the home, then turn on booking when you're ready.
4. Where Vrbo lets you import a calendar, paste the home's PageHub calendar link there so nights booked on your site are marked taken.

A home is a name. Use the same name for its Vrbo, Airbnb and Booking.com links and the site shows one calendar, with a night blocked when any of them blocks it. PageHub reads only dates, and refreshes every hour.

What a booking costs

Vrbo's fees depend on your account, so look at your Vrbo owner dashboard for yours. A booking made on your own site is paid into your Stripe account. No booking fee from PageHub. Stripe still charges its processing fees.