Search vacation rental inventory via the Vrbo/Expedia Partner Solutions API

Steps

1. Authenticate with the Expedia Partner Solutions (EPS) Rapid API or VRBO's affiliate API using your API key and secret; the base URL and auth headers are provided in your partner onboarding package.
2. Search for properties by calling the property availability endpoint with destination coordinates or region ID, check-in date, check-out date, and occupancy (adults, children).
3. Parse the property list including property ID, name, coordinates, review score, and nightly rate breakdown; filter on property type (house, apartment, villa) using category codes.
4. Retrieve full property details (photos, amenities, policies, house rules) via the property content endpoint using the property ID from search results.
5. Initiate booking by calling the itinerary/booking creation endpoint with property ID, rate plan ID, occupancy, traveler details, and payment token; capture the booking reference.
6. Handle damage deposit and payment pre-authorization rules which vary by property — some require pre-auth holds at booking, others charge closer to check-in.