The vacation rental option is today proving to become more and more popular as it provides in most cases more space (multiple bedrooms and bathrooms, separate living areas), more amenities (fully equipped kitchens, fireplaces, private hot tubs), convenient locations (on the beach, ski-in/ski-out) and greater privacy than a hotel.

Vacation rental by definition is a term used in the travel industry which means to rent out a furnished apartment or house on a temporary basis to tourists. This gives those going on a vacation and general tourists an alternative to leasing a hotel or motel room.

Vacation rental content is mainly composed of websites that cater to owners of vacation rental properties who would like a place on the internet a listing these properties. Those who become interested in a vacation rental can then utilize these sites by browsing through the available listings of vacation rental properties and specials if any.

To find vacation rental content one simply needs to go to a popular search engine such as Google or MSN search and type into the search box vacation rentals. At the time of this writing there were over 37 million pages with vacation rental content. You can narrow this down a bit by putting your search term in quotes like "vacation rentals". This will bring back just over 14 million pages with vacation rental content. That's quite a lot of information to sift through!

You will also notice when you begin clicking on any links for vacation rental content that most of the first few hundred if not thousand pages are all focused on vacation rental directories or vacation rental content directed at guides and listings of vacation rental property owners. You have to dig pretty deep and spend a lot of time before you find much information that is focused on helping the consumer to learn the ups and downs of vacation rentals.

In some popular vacation and tourist locations the tremendous growth of vacation rentals has become such a threat to the local hotel and motel industry that the local authorities have begun passing regulations in an attempt to limit the growth of the vacation rental industry.

Since it is our intention to cover information on both sides of the fence when it comes to vacation rental content we will be scheduling some articles specifically aimed at helping consumers learn more about the vacation rental industry so that you can make more informed choices and know exactly what you may be getting into when it comes to vacation rentals.

For now we want to direct our attention to the vast amount of vacation rental content that one finds when beginning a search. As we stated above the vast amount of information related to vacation rental content one will find are vacation rental directories aimed mainly at those who may have a vacation rental property they would like to advertise or list so they can get them rented.

Whether you're seeking a vacation rental or need to list a vacation rental your options are tremendous. You do have a couple of ways to begin narrowing down these choices however. Most of the vacation rental content is divided between those sites that list global vacation rental properties and those that list regional or location specific vacation rental properties.

One great place that we have found to begin if you're seeking to find or need to list in a global vacation rental directory is Vacation Home Rentals. At the time of this writing you can find over 14,000 Vacation Rentals by Owner.

At Vacation Home Rentals, it's easy to find or list beach house rentals, home rentals and cabin rentals for all over the United States and beyond. If you're looking for something more exotic and need to list something out into the Pacific Ocean, they have a large selection of Hawaii vacation rentals listings where you can place or find great vacation rental content. They are not just limited to the United States, however. They also have vacation rental homes listings and holiday villas all over the globe. You can list or find Caribbean villa rentals across the region. If you're looking for or need to list a European getaway, they have France vacation rentals, or maybe you would like to locate or list a Tuscany villa. Whatever your requirements Vacation Home Rentals is a great starting place to locate or list vacation rental content.

If your needs are more regional or location specific it's not hard to find vacation rental content pertaining to the specific region or location of your choice. As an example Southeastern Homes contains vacation rental content that is specific to the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina. Here you can locate or list vacation rental cabins and real estate homes that range from rustic homes to the most elegant homes and cabins in the mountains.