**The problem it solves** Vacation rentals lack visibility at the moment a traveller searches a destination on Google, losing direct traffic to commission-charging OTAs. **What Google Vacation Rentals does** Google Vacation Rentals is a metasearch surface inside Google Search, Maps and Travel that shows short-term rental listings alongside hotels, letting travellers filter and click through to the property or its booking channel. **How it works** Managers connect through a certified connectivity partner (a PMS or channel manager with the Google API) that syncs live rates, availability and content. Google ranks results on price, listing completeness, reviews and data reliability, and charges no commission on the booking. **Who it's for** Vacation rental managers and STR operators wanting incremental direct-booking traffic without OTA commission, reached through their existing PMS or channel manager.
Listed on STR Market Map, the short-term-rental software marketplace.