Creating your listing is the first step to becoming a successful Vrbo host. Your listing is an opportunity to promote your property’s key features and attract the guests you want.

Follow these steps to create your Vrbo listing and get started on our marketplace.

Steps in this article

  1. Create your account
  2. Tell us about your property
  3. Finish onboarding

 

Step 1: Create your account 

First, you’ll enter basic details about your property and create a Vrbo account (or sign in if you already have one). You’ll use this account to access the Vrbo Owner Dashboard and manage your listings.

  1. On the Vrbo homepage, select List your property. 
  2. Select the number of bedrooms and bathrooms at your property. 
  3. Select Next.
  4. Enter your property address.
  5. Select Next.
  6. Review the address. If needed, drag the map pin to the correct location.
  7. Select Next.
  8. Log in or enter your information to create a Vrbo account.
  9. Select Next.

 

Step 2: Tell us about your property

After you create your account and add your property, you’ll complete the onboarding workflow. This workflow collects detailed information such as amenities, rooms, photos, and rates.

Amenities

Show travelers which amenities your property offers. More amenities become available after your listing goes live (for example: pool, hot tub).

To add amenities during onboarding:

  1. In Attract travelers with amenities, select all amenities available at your property. 
  2. In Safety devices, indicate whether you have:
    • A smoke detector
    • A carbon monoxide detector
  3. Select Next.

Rooms and spaces

Add details about bedrooms, bathrooms, and other sleeping areas.

  1. Select the property type (for example: house, apartment, houseboat).
  2. Confirm or update the number of bedrooms and bathrooms.
  3. To add more rooms, select Add bedroom or bathroom. For each room:  
    1. Select Add details.
    2. Choose the amenities available in that room.
  4. In Additional sleeping spaces, select any non-bedroom areas where guests can sleep.

Photos

Photos are one of the first things a traveler sees and can attract them to your property. Use well-lit, high-quality photos and follow the Vrbo photo guidelines to make your property look appealing.

For step-by-step instructions, see Add photos to your listing.

Headline

Your listing headline should be 80 characters or less and accurately portray your property while attracting travelers. You can let our AI tool generate a headline for you or come up with your own.  

Note: The AI headline tool is available only to hosts based in the United States (U.S.).

Good examples:

  • Spacious 3-bedroom, pet-friendly apartment in central Austin
  • 2-bedroom chalet in Aspen adjacent to ski slopes – with hot tub!

Poor examples:

  • Big house in Detroit
  • Condo in Chicago on high floor

Description

The listing description is your opportunity to provide travelers with detailed information about your property.

  • Descriptions should be 10,000 words or less and include details about amenities, sleeping spaces, and any outdoor features.
  • Like your headline, you can use our generative AI tool to help you write your description.
    • Note: The AI description tool is available only to U.S.-based hosts.

Review the listing guidelines to understand what content is and isn't allowed in the property description.

House rules

Use house rules to set expectations for guests.

You can:

  • Define pet policies (type and number of pets)
  • Allow or restrict events and set a maximum number of attendees

Rates

  1. Enter the location of your bank.
  2. Set your nightly rate.
  3. Choose whether to enable rate automation. 
    • Note: Rate automation is available only in the U.S., the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada.  
  4. Select Next.

You can update your rates anytime in the Vrbo Owner Dashboard after your listing goes live.

Promote your listing

Review promotions that are automatically applied to new listings to attract travelers, such as:

  • New Listing Discount
  • Last Minute Promotion
  • Early Bird Promotion

You can opt out of these suggested promotions if you don't want them to apply to your listing.

Fees

Set your cleaning fee and pet fee, if applicable. You can add more custom fees after your listing is complete.

Booking options

Set booking policies such as:

  • Check-in and check-out times
  • Minimum and maximum stay length
  • How far in advance guests can book

Calendar

Choose how your availability starts:

  • Open calendar: All dates are available to book.
  • Blocked calendar: All dates are blocked except those you manually open.

Tell us more about how you host

  1. Enter your billing address.
  2. Enter the host’s full name (if different from the account holder).
  3. If the host and account holder are the same, select Same as account holder.

Local laws

Add information required to comply with local laws and regulations in the jurisdiction where your property is located. For example, some properties may be required to have a property registration number.

You’ll also indicate whether you are:

  • A professional host (your properties are related to your business or profession), or
  • A private host (your properties are not related to your business or profession)

Taxes

Select how you collect taxes on your property. Based on your selection, you may need to enter how much tax you want to collect per person or per booking.

 

Step 3: Finishing onboarding

After completing the workflow, you may be prompted to fix missing or incomplete information. For example, you may need to add or replace photos that don’t meet the photo guidelines.

You can also review opportunities to make your listing more likely to receive a booking, like adding discounts or downloading the Vrbo Owner mobile app.

When you’re ready to accept bookings, select Go live to make your listing available on the Vrbo marketplace.