Talk:HomeAway

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This article was the subject of an educational assignment in Spring 2015. Further details were available on the "Education Program:Nanyang Technological University/ Information Technology (Spring 2015)" page, which is now unavailable on the wiki.

Educational assignment in Spring 2015

• Can include list of Officers & Directors (new section “Company”?) from https://www.google.com/finance?cid=2588763 (full list with descriptions on http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyOfficers?symbol=AWAY.O&WTmodLOC=C4-Officers-5)
• Talk more about competition under the “Competitive environment” section: “The Company competes with TripAdvisor.com, FlipKey.com, HolidayLettings.co.uk, Wyndam Worldwide Corp., InterHome, AG, Hyatt Vacation Clubs, Four Seasons Resorts, VacationRoost; Expedia, Inc., Hotels.com LP, Kayak Software Corporation, Orbitz, Inc., priceline.com Incorporated, Travelocity.com Inc., Interval International, Inc. and RCI, LLC, Airbnb, Inc., craigslist, Inc., eBay Inc., Google Inc. and Bing.” from http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyProfile?rpc=66&symbol=AWAY.O
• Talk about advertising (new section after “Competitive environment”?) from http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/homeaway-invests-tens-millions-dollars-global-campaign-163086
• Acquisition of mobile app “Glad To Have You” (under “History”?) from http://www.zacks.com/stock/news/125814/homeaway-buys-glad-to-have-you-app, http://www.homeaway.com/info/media-center/press-releases/2014/homeaway-acquires-glad-to-have-you, http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/05/homeaway-acquires-vacation-rental-management-service-glad-to-have-you/
• New section on “Business model”? Talk about performance-based business model from http://seekingalpha.com/article/2326985-why-this-could-be-homeaways-breakout-quarter (commission or annual fee), http://skift.com/2013/10/17/homeaway-launches-its-new-performance-based-business-model/, http://www.homeaway.com/info/media-center/press-releases/2013/homeaway-unveils-performance-based-model--professional-referral, http://www.tnooz.com/article/homeaway-referral-network
• “Too few opinions” banner on top of the article age: The examples and perspective in this article may not include all significant viewpoints. Please improve the article or discuss the issue. - Can include new section on “Criticisms” like in Airbnb for balance but keep neutral POV/or integrate the section's contents into the article as a whole
• Include their awards and Accolades from: http://www.homeaway.com/info/media-center/presskit/awards
• Recent partnership and investment in CanadaStays from: http://skift.com/2015/04/02/the-week-in-travel-startup-funding-homeaway-takes-stake-in-canadastays/, http://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2015-04-02/morning-news-airbnb-adds-1-000-new-cuba-listings, http://www.marketwatch.com/story/homeaway-expands-north-american-footprint-with-minority-stake-in-canadastays-2015-04-01
• HomeAway’s marketing budget from http://skift.com/2015/02/23/homeaway-will-spend-100-million-to-show-it-is-not-airbnb/, http://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/homeaway-boosts-marketing-budget/297583/, http://skift.com/2015/03/24/homeaway-enlists-rapper-prince-ea-for-moving-vacation-manifesto/
• HomeAway valuation of $2.9 billion and challenge Airbnb from: http://skift.com/2015/03/10/homeaway-ceo-challenges-airbnb-to-do-initial-public-offering/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Merylleah (talk • contribs) 08:27, 7 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promotional tone

This article is still mostly promotional. It seems impossible that there is not one critical analysis of this enterprise to be found anywhere. Additional information is needed. Traumrune (talk) 17:01, 27 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fraud claims

An IP added content that was a copy/paste from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2738039/Holiday-villa-fraud-thats-hit-countless-British-families-You-arrive-dream-villa-owners-never-heard-sent-cash-chillingly-plausible-conman.html

I reverted the material as a copyright violation. The material was selectively copied over, leaving phrasing here which implied the fraud was performed by Owners Direct (a website owned by HomeAway), however, that claim is not supported by the article. The article states that the culprits are hackers that hijack the email accounts of the real owners, although it also points the finger to the police for not taking action.

I've listed the link above, as it may still be a useful resource to write a section about how hackers are tricking users of the site. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 00:06, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I made a deposit of 980 Euro for a holiday apartement but then had to cancel the reservation at an early date, when according to the contract a full refund would have to been made. But HomeAway paid the deposit out to the owner even though I had informed them of the cancellation. The owner of course sees no reason to make a refund as he's sitting legally unreachable in Kenya. So I think HomeAway was at least an accessory to fraud. Juergen, 03/10/2015 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.200.105.42 (talk) 11:56, 10 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've made the same experience - if you're not living in the US so that you can sue them, then your money is lost. HomeAway will blame the rental owner, and the rental owner will blame HomeAway. But as a matter of fact, it's HomeAway that's charging your card, so they are holding the money in trust and should do everything to make sure you receive your refund. Well: they don't! Richard, March 19, 2015. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.200.99.226 (talk) 18:11, 19 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Logo Update Needed

Can someone please upload their new logo? The one used is out of date. Found here: https://www.homeaway.com/info/media-center/Video%20and%20Images (it's at the bottom under HA Color Logo)HookEmHorns1 (talk) 19:42, 15 December 2016 (UTC)12/15/2016[reply]

Merge

Note merge proposal discussion here. Guliolopez (talk) 00:12, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note and source for FeWo-direkt

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On behalf of Expedia Group, which is the parent company of HomeAway, I'd like to submit an edit request to improve this article as part of my work at Beutler Ink. Currently the table in the Acquisitions section has a row for FeWo-direkt.de, but with no citations or content in the Notes section. I propose adding the following text and source to the Notes column, which is based on a German newspaper article:

• FeWo-direkt was established in 1997 and acquired by HomeAway in 2005.^[1]

References

1. "Märchenhaft wohnen: Appartementhaus Grimm's Living in Kassel eröffnet". Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine. Verlag Dierichs GmbH. Retrieved January 20, 2026. Die Unternehmer gründeten 1997 das Ferienwohnungsportal FeWo-direkt, das sie 2005 an die US-amerikanische Firma HomeAway, den Weltmarktführer der Branche, verkauften. [The entrepreneurs founded the holiday apartment portal FeWo-direkt in 1997, which they sold in 2005 to the US company HomeAway, the world market leader in the industry.]

I'd like to think this is a non-controversial addition, but I generally avoid editing the main space and seek assistance from others to update the article on my behalf.

Thanks for your consideration, Inkian Jason (talk) 16:47, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]