European alternatives to Vrbo
A whole-home vacation-rental platform, part of Expedia Group. A publicly-traded US company on AWS, holding travel and payment data under US jurisdiction.
Company information about Vrbo
- Company
- Expedia Group Inc.
- Headquarters
- Austin, United States
- Founded
- 1995
- Data jurisdiction
- United States
- Ownership
- Publicly traded
- GDPR
- No
- Open source
- No
- Infrastructure
- Amazon AWS
Why people switch away from Vrbo
European alternatives to Vrbo
Munich-based holiday rental platform founded in 2014. Searches and compares vacation rentals across 30+ booking sites including Booking.com, Vrbo, and others. 300,000+ listings across Europe. Also operates Bookiply, a property management tool for hosts.
Berlin-run vacation-rental metasearch, listed in Frankfurt, that compares millions of holiday homes from thousands of providers in one search. A European alternative for finding rentals without defaulting to the US platforms.
French tourism group founded in 1967, running holiday villages, apartments and resorts under brands including Center Parcs, Maeva and Adagio. Paris-listed and European-rooted — an alternative to the US booking platforms.
Swiss holiday-rental specialist founded in 1965, offering tens of thousands of vetted homes and apartments across Europe. Now part of the HomeToGo Group but Swiss-rooted — a European alternative to the big rental platforms.
Amsterdam-based accommodation platform offering 4 million+ properties in 220+ countries. Dutch entity (Booking.com B.V.) but owned by US-listed Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG). Founded in Amsterdam in 1996, acquired by Priceline in 2005.
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Why avoid United States-owned services?
CLOUD Act
Forces US companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world upon government request, including data on European servers.
FISA Section 702
Authorises mass surveillance of non-US persons using data held by US tech platforms, without a warrant or notification.
GDPR vs US law conflict
EU courts have repeatedly found that US surveillance law conflicts with European fundamental rights. Schrems I and II both invalidated EU-US data transfer agreements.