Vacation rentals may be an affordable alternative to hotel stays

Vacation rentals are hot. So hot that the $25 billion industry is competing with hotels for the first time, according to a PhoCusWright survey. Inventory is up, prices are down and it’s easier than ever to book a home or condominium for your next holiday.Why now? A number of factors. The economic boom of the 1990s saw developers eager to build on virtually any piece of usable land at ski areas, beach resorts and across Europe. Boomers could buy in cheap, fulfilling the American dream of

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