How many people search for vacation rentals each month?

About 3,122,550 monthly searches across the top related keywords in the United States, led by "best vacation rentals".

Who already ranks for vacation rentals searches?

0 dedicated directories and 3 general aggregators appear in the top 10 results for "best vacation rentals".

Directory / United States / Data pulled 2 hours ago

Vacation Rentals Directory

Create a directory for vacation rentals featuring unique listings and local insights.

Verdict: Worth a try

While there is high demand for vacation rentals, the competition is significant with several business sites and aggregators dominating search results. The presence of only one beatable slot suggests that achieving visibility will be challenging.

Searches: 3,122,550; per month, top 12 keywords
Directories: 0; dedicated, in the top 10
Aggregators: 3; Yelp, Maps, marketplaces
Businesses nearby: n/a; no location given

Demand

Monthly Google searches in United States for the keyword cluster around 'vacation rentals'. Phrasings Google counts as one keyword are collapsed.

Google Ads keyword data

Primary keyword

best vacation rentals

Cluster total

3,122,550 / mo

Easy keywords

0 of 12

Keyword	Volume	Difficulty	CPC	Intent
vacation rental	450,000	65 hard	$2.68	transactional
rent vacation rental	450,000	58 medium	$2.68	transactional
vacation by rental	450,000	58 medium	$2.68	transactional
rental vacation house	450,000	63 hard	$2.68	transactional
rental property vacation	450,000	74 hard	$2.68	informational
vacation rental obx	60,500	66 hard	$2.39	transactional
outerbank vacation rental	60,500	66 hard	$2.39	transactional
outer banks vacation rental	60,500	66 hard	$2.39	commercial
vacation rental outer banks nc	60,500	60 hard	$2.39	transactional
vacation rental homes outer banks	60,500	66 hard	$2.39	transactional
outer banks vacation rental house	60,500	66 hard	$2.39	transactional
vacation rental houses outer banks nc	60,500	66 hard	$2.39	transactional

Competition

The live top 10 for 'best vacation rentals', the keyword a directory for this niche would need to win.

Live Google SERP

Dedicated directory

Sites built for this niche. Your direct competitors.

Aggregator

Yelp, Maps, Reddit, marketplaces. Not beatable, not niche.

Business site

Google chose a business, not a list, for these slots.

Beatable slots

1 of 9

Content pages on domains under 10k visits a month.

No niche directory ranks here, but 6 of the top results are domains with over a million visits a month. Entering this page means outranking them, not filling an empty slot.

#	Result	Type	Est. traffic / mo
1	vrbo.com Ann Arbor rentals with pool - Michigan - Vrbo Business site 4,287,608/mo	Business site	4,287,608
2	expedia.com 15 Best Cabins in Saratoga, CA - Cabins for Rent from $143 Aggregator 106,074,325/mo	Aggregator	106,074,325
3	thetopvillas.com Luxury Villas and Vacation Homes in North Carolina Business site 473,595/mo	Business site	473,595
4	booking.com Vacation Rentals in Nassau - Bahamas - Booking.com Aggregator 53,481,905/mo	Aggregator	53,481,905
5	reddit.com Vacation rentals : r/Bend Aggregator 4,074,612,103/mo	Aggregator	4,074,612,103
6	cozycozy.com Leeds, AL Vacation rentals & Airbnb Business site 2,113,702/mo	Business site	2,113,702
7	forum4travel.com Discover the Best West Palm Beach Vacation Rentals Content 7,226/mo	Content	7,226
8	wrightsvillebeach.com Sun Coast Vacation Rentals Business site 63,040/mo	Business site	63,040
9	vrbo.com Bridgeport Vacation Rentals, Alabama: house rentals & more Business site 4,287,608/mo	Business site	4,287,608

Traffic is the estimated monthly organic visits to the whole domain, shown on a log scale. A content page from a small site ranking above giants is the signal to look for; business sites rank on local relevance and are not slots a directory can take.

Build plan

A starting structure for the directory, drafted from the numbers above. Treat the revenue range as an order of magnitude.

Generated

Name ideas

StayFinder
RentEscape
GetawayGuide

Monetization

featured listings

Charge property owners for featured placements to increase visibility.

$500 to $2,000 / mo after a year