Vrbo
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Vrbo is a vacation rental marketplace that connects travelers with owners and property managers offering homes, condos, cabins, and other short-term lodging options worldwide.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vacation Rentals by Owner | 4 |
| Vrbo canonical | 3 |
| HomeAway | 1 |
| VRBO | 1 |
| https://www.vrbo.com | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T451601 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vrbo Context triple: [Expedia Group, owns, Vrbo]
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A.
Airbnb
Airbnb is a global online marketplace that connects people seeking short-term lodging or experiences with hosts offering accommodations and activities in locations around the world.
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B.
Expedia Group
Expedia Group is a leading American online travel and technology company that operates numerous global travel fare aggregators and travel metasearch engines.
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C.
Vici Properties
Vici Properties is a large publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) that specializes in owning gaming, hospitality, and entertainment properties across the United States.
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D.
Universal Destinations & Experiences
Universal Destinations & Experiences is the theme park and resort division of NBCUniversal that develops and operates Universal-branded entertainment destinations worldwide.
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E.
Kiva Beach
Kiva Beach is a scenic, dog-friendly shoreline on the south shore of Lake Tahoe known for its sandy beach, mountain views, and relatively uncrowded, natural setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vrbo Target entity description: Vrbo is a vacation rental marketplace that connects travelers with owners and property managers offering homes, condos, cabins, and other short-term lodging options worldwide.
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A.
Airbnb
Airbnb is a global online marketplace that connects people seeking short-term lodging or experiences with hosts offering accommodations and activities in locations around the world.
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B.
Expedia Group
Expedia Group is a leading American online travel and technology company that operates numerous global travel fare aggregators and travel metasearch engines.
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C.
Vici Properties
Vici Properties is a large publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) that specializes in owning gaming, hospitality, and entertainment properties across the United States.
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D.
Universal Destinations & Experiences
Universal Destinations & Experiences is the theme park and resort division of NBCUniversal that develops and operates Universal-branded entertainment destinations worldwide.
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E.
Kiva Beach
Kiva Beach is a scenic, dog-friendly shoreline on the south shore of Lake Tahoe known for its sandy beach, mountain views, and relatively uncrowded, natural setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
brand
ⓘ
online travel agency ⓘ subsidiary ⓘ vacation rental marketplace ⓘ website ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf |
Vrbo
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Vacation Rentals by Owner
|
| availableVia |
mobile app
ⓘ
web browser ⓘ |
| bookingType | entire place rentals ⓘ |
| brandOf | Expedia Group ⓘ |
| businessModel |
online marketplace
ⓘ
two-sided platform ⓘ |
| competesWith |
Airbnb
ⓘ
Booking.com ⓘ Tripadvisor Rentals ⓘ |
| connects |
property managers
ⓘ
property owners ⓘ travelers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| formerName |
Vrbo
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
HomeAway
Vrbo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
VRBO
|
| foundedBy | David Clouse ⓘ |
| fullName |
Vrbo
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Vacation Rentals by Owner
|
| headquartersLocation | Austin, Texas, United States ⓘ |
| inception | 1995 ⓘ |
| industry |
hospitality
ⓘ
short-term rentals ⓘ travel ⓘ |
| mobileAppPlatform |
Android
ⓘ
iOS ⓘ |
| offers |
apartments for rent
ⓘ
beach houses for rent ⓘ cabins for rent ⓘ condos for rent ⓘ homes for rent ⓘ short-term lodging ⓘ vacation rentals ⓘ villas for rent ⓘ |
| operatesAs | vacation rental marketplace ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Expedia Group ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Expedia Group ⓘ |
| productCategory | online booking platform ⓘ |
| revenueModel |
commission fees
ⓘ
service fees ⓘ |
| serviceArea | worldwide ⓘ |
| supports |
family travel
ⓘ
group travel ⓘ |
| targetAudience | travelers ⓘ |
| website |
Vrbo
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
https://www.vrbo.com
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Vrbo Description of subject: Vrbo is a vacation rental marketplace that connects travelers with owners and property managers offering homes, condos, cabins, and other short-term lodging options worldwide.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Vacation Rentals by Owner
this entity surface form:
Vacation Rentals by Owner
this entity surface form:
VRBO
this entity surface form:
HomeAway
this entity surface form:
Vacation Rentals by Owner
subject surface form:
Vrbo
this entity surface form:
Vacation Rentals by Owner