VR partners: Starter guide

VR partners (Step 2: Set up your vacation rental list)

A depiction of a hotel partner setting up their vacation rental list.

The vacation rental list contains all the properties that a partner wishes to show on Google, including: name, geocode locations, image and website URLs, and amenities. If you're unsure whether your property is a vacation rental or hotel, refer to our categories for hotels and lodging businesses.


Instructions

There are 2 ways to provide your vacation rental listing. Learn more about how to set up your vacation rental listing.

[Recommended] Option 1: XML list feed

This is the preferred approach for all new partners. It provides the most flexibility and easily scales to larger inventories. For initial ingestion, partners will share a list with Google based on the specifications provided in the vacation rentals XML list feed.

Option 2: Structured data markup

This is an alternative approach. Partners mark up their site with schema.org annotations for Google to crawl and generate the listing feed. Partners also provide a sitemap that includes all their listings.

After the listing feed is provided to Google, ingestion can take approximately 2 to 4 weeks, during which Google will be in touch with partners to assist with troubleshooting and optimizing their feeds.


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