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Search Campaigns - Protected SEM Bidding Keywords
Trademark Terms: abritel, alugue temporada, aluguetemporada, book a bach, bookabach, brbo, bvrbo, fewo direct, fewo direkt, FewoDirect, fewodirect, fewodirekt, frbo, HolidayRentals, Holiday-Rentals, Holiday-Rentals.co.uk, Holidays With More Room, home away, Home Away from Home, homeaway, HomeAway Traveler, HomeAway.co.uk, HomeAway.com, Homelidays, homelidays, Homes Away, homes away, HomesAway, homesaway, Let's Stay Together, owners direct, ownersdirect, stayz, top rural, toprural, TripHomes, vacation rental by owner, vacation rental by owners, vacation rentals by owner, vacation rentals by owners, vacationrentalbyowner, vacationrentalbyowners, vacationrentals com, vacationrentalsbyowner, vacationrentalsbyowners, vbro, verbo, virbo, vrbi, VRBO, vrbo, VRBO.com, vrbp, vrob, Why Hotel When You Can HomeAway. Affiliates are not permitted to vary the spelling, add or delete hyphens, combine or separate words, or use a possessive or plural form.
Negative Matching for Protected Keywords
Required
Search Campaigns - Recommended SEM Bidding Keywords
condos, accommodations, hotels, hotel, hotel rooms, hotel stay, vacation, vacations, holiday, travel, holiday travel, renting vacation homes, vacation home rentals, renting vacation homes, beach house, cabin rental, cottage rental, great rentals, Florida vacation rentals, Cape Cod vacation rentals, Outer Banks vacation rentals, Hawaii vacation rentals, vacation home, vacation homes, renting lodging, discount lodging, holiday homes, villas for rent, cabins for rent, rental cabins, cottages for rent, rent cottages, rent cabins, rent villas, rental villas, condos for rent, condo rentals, pet friendly vacation rentals, accessible vacation rentals, rentals for holidays, weekend vacation rentals
Search Campaigns - Prohibited SEM Display URL Content
Our trademark terms and misspellings of our trademark terms cannot be used as the primary display URL for SEM.
Search Campaigns - Prohibited SEM Ad Copy Content
Affiliates are not permitted to use our trademark terms in SEM ad copy. You must get written permission from HomeAway in order to include our trademarks in ad copy. Please contact affiliates@homeaway.com.
Search Campaigns - Direct Linking
No
Search Campaigns - Special Instructions for Search Marketing Publishers
Trademark bidding is not allowed. Affiliates are not permitted to vary the spelling, add or delete hyphens, combine or separate words, or use a possessive or plural form. Please negative match all our trademark terms provided above. Affiliate must not, and must not assist, permit, or authorize any other individual or entity to sell, redistribute, display, or use in any context or manner (directly or indirectly), any data or materials from the website of HomeAway or of any other Expedia Group Member. HomeAway does not work with individual travel agents or travel agencies.
Web Site - Unacceptable Web Sites
We don't allow the following affiliates: * Toolbars, browser applications and/or extensions (software) * Third party websites including: Twitter, Facebook, Pintrest or Craigslist
Software
Not allowed - Please contact us at affiliates@homeaway for review.

Social Media
Not allowed - Please contact us at affiliates@homeaway for review.
Coupons and Promotional Codes
Publishers may only use coupons and promotional codes that are provided exclusively through the affiliate program
Non-Commissionable Items
Vacation rental owners have 24 hours to accept or decline an online booking request. Booking requests that are declined are not commissionable and will be reversed. New owner listings must be a vacation rental listing that are new to HomeAway, not a renewal. New owner listings that are renewals, cancellations, unpaid, or incomplete are not commissionable. Refer-A-Friend coupon codes, which are coupon codes that start with 'RAF' are not eligible for commissions. Property Managers with more than 10 properties are excluded from receiving commissions for new owner listings. Loyalty Publishers must disclose a minimum booking amount of $25 in order for user to receive rewards.
Miscellaneous - Special Instructions
Property addresses and reviews of each property are not allowed to be posted on the publisher site. This information should only be found on the HomeAway/Vrbo platform. Publisher will be removed from all HomeAway programs and commissions reversed if in violation.