Introduction to connecting to VRBO
VRBO works a little differently from Booking.com and Airbnb in that Uplisting will create your listings for you. This is great as it saves you lots of time, however, this also means you need to ensure you have your listing content ready to go (Uplisting does most of this for you automatically).
If you already have VRBO listings, the VRBO team can link them for you. Take note of your property (or unit) ID.
How to publish your listing on VRBO
1. Go to the Listing, then Booking Sites Tab. Find the Vrbo booking site
Select the Publish button on Vrbo (API/XML) booking site on the listing you wish to publish.
2. Enter your company name (only asked this once)
When connecting your first listing, you'll be asked to enter your business name. This should be a recognisable name as VRBO will use this to identify you and your listings.
3. Check if your listing is publishable
3a. If you have provided all the necessary information, you will be able to publish your listing using the Publish button.
Make sure to check your taxes and fees (eg. cleaning fee). You should also upload your own rental agreement and check your cancellation policy (Uplisting provides a very basic default rental agreement and sets your cancellation policy to strict).
3b. If you do not have all the relevant information, Uplisting will indicate which listing information you need to provide before you can publish.
You can click on each item (eg. Listing basics) to be brought to that screen. You can't continue until all these requirements are green.
4. Publish your listing
Once you complete all the necessary requirements above, click on the "Next: Publish listing" button to publish the listing. Your listings will now be created and active.
5. Submit your information with VRBO
5a. If you already have a VRBO account, follow this guide.
5b. If you are new to VRBO follow the steps for your country:
Vrbo USA www.vrbo.com/p/onboard (Must have language in English and currency USD)
Abritel www.abritel.fr/p/onboard (Must have language in French and currency EUR)
Vrbo UK https://www.vrbo.com/en-gb/p/onboard (Must have language in English and currency EUR or GPB)
Vrbo IT https://www.vrbo.com/it-it/p/onboard (Must have language in Italian and currency EUR)
Vrbo PT https://www.vrbo.com/pt-pt/p/onboard (Must have language in Portuguese and currency EUR)
Vrbo ES https://www.vrbo.com/es-es/p/onboard (Must have language in Spanish and currency EUR)
FeWo-direkt www.fewo-direkt.de/p/onboard (Must have language in German and currency EUR)
Staz https://www.vrbo.com/en-au/p/onboard (Must have language in English and currency AUD)
Once you've clicked on one of the forms above a VRBO page will load.
VRBO will ask you some questions, just click through as needed and submit on the final form. Uplisting's software information will be prefilled for you.
Once you're through the form and it's submitted, you'll need to work with VRBO to get your listings live.
This is VRBO's advice:
Submit the form provided above.VRBO will then contact you to set your account and listing preferences so you can begin the activation process. You will need to know your Advertiser ID (shown in Step 4's image).
Review the activation process with a Pre-implementation Specialist. A Pre-implementation Specialist will contact you to confirm that your account is ready and set an appointment for your activation project.
Begin your project after an Implementation Specialist contacts you. When it is time for your appointment, an Implementation Specialist will contact you to begin your project. If you already have VRBO listings, they will send a Mapping Spreadsheet to you that enables you to associate Uplisting property IDs with VRBO listings that you have already published. To find your property IDs within Uplisting, go to Listing > Booking sites > VRBO (API/XML) > Settings. Here you’ll see your VRBO Unit (property) ID.