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We have tried using Tripadvisor to list our beautiful new bnb rental. Our rental was built to ADA wheelchair accessibility guidelines, because there is a lack of access on the island regarding vacation rental homes. We have not had a dingle booking in three months! Upon investigating, we find our listing doesn't even show up on their map, and if we search by "wheelchair accessibility" it doesn't show either. They appear to be truly biased towards hotels, and towards their long-standing client bnbs. Save your money and list your bnb on Facebook instead!

Our beautiful new bnb has been listed on vrbo.com for 3 months without a single booking. Our place doesn't even show up when you do a map search of our area, it only shows up if you zoom in to within a few blocks of our location. Additionaly, they add on so many costs for prospective customers. We are switching to Facebook instead.

I have a lovely, new construction rental on the island of Hawaii. Rates are set at 75$ a night, very reasonable for Hawaii, yet there has not been a single booking, or inquiry, in over 7 weeks. Homeaway's website implies owners will get bookings within days of listing. A call to Homeaway left me frustrated, they said the listing "looks great" on their website, photos, etc. So, HomeAway, why aren't there any bookings?