Vrbo Property Search Scraper

Overview

This actor automates data extraction from Vrbo search result pages. Vrbo is a major vacation rental platform with over 2 million listings. Manually collecting property data for analysis is time-consuming. This scraper efficiently gathers large-scale data for competitive analysis, market research, and pricing strategy development. It's built for reliability, using proxy rotation and retry mechanisms to respect platform guidelines while collecting data.

Target users include:
* Vacation rental property managers
* Real estate investors
* Data analysts studying travel trends
* Marketing professionals

Key Features

• Extracts comprehensive property data from Vrbo search results.
• Handles key metrics: pricing, location, guest ratings, property features, and image URLs.
• Uses proxy rotation (including residential proxies) to avoid detection and blocking.
• Implements retry logic for failed requests.
• Allows limiting the number of items scraped per URL.
• Outputs structured data in JSON format for easy analysis.

How to Use

Configure the actor using a JSON input. The primary method is to provide direct Vrbo search URLs. The actor will scrape the property listings from those result pages.

Input Format

{
  "max_retries_per_url": 2,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "SG"
  },
  "max_items_per_url": 20,
  "ignore_url_failures": true,
  "urls": [
    "https://www.vrbo.com/search?destination=London...",
    "https://www.vrbo.com/search?adults=2&destination=Richmond..."
  ]
}

Configuration Parameters:
* urls: (Required) Array of Vrbo search URLs. See examples below.
* max_items_per_url: Maximum number of property listings to scrape from each provided URL.
* max_retries_per_url: Number of retry attempts for a URL if a request fails.
* ignore_url_failures: If true, the actor continues if a single URL fails.
* proxy: Configuration for Apify Proxy. Using residential proxies (RESIDENTIAL) and setting a country matching your target location is recommended for best results.

Example Vrbo Search URLs:
* https://www.vrbo.com/search?destination=London%20%28and%20vicinity%29%2C%20England%2C%20United%20Kingdom&regionId=178279&latLong=51.507538%2C-0.127804&d1=2025-01-25&d2=2025-02-08&adults=2
* https://www.vrbo.com/search?adults=2&d1=2025-01-25&d2=2025-02-08&destination=Richmond%2C%20England%2C%20United%20Kingdom&regionId=6144808

Input/Output

Input: A JSON object containing an array of search URLs and configuration parameters, as shown above.

Output: The actor outputs a dataset of items, where each item represents a property listing. Each item is a JSON object containing structured fields such as:
* title
* location
* price (total, per night, fees)
* rating (score and review count)
* propertyType
* bedrooms, bathrooms, sleeps
* amenities
* imageUrls
* url (link to the full listing)
* And other relevant details from the listing card.

The data is stored in the Apify dataset associated with the actor run, available for download in JSON, CSV, Excel, and other formats.

Contact

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