vrbo
Search VRBO (Vrbo / Expedia Group) vacation rentals including entire homes, condos, and cabins via Patchright browser automation. VRBO sits behind Akamai Bot Manager so plain HTTP and standard Playwright get a 429 bot wall. Use for whole-home or group stays, multi-bedroom rentals, and Airbnb-vs-VRBO comparisons. Trigger phrases include search VRBO, Vrbo rentals, vacation rental, cabin rental, whole house, condo for the group.
npx skills add borski/travel-hacking-toolkit --skill vrbo --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# VRBO Search Search VRBO vacation rentals via Patchright and return whole-home / condo / cabin listings with pricing and booking links. VRBO is the natural complement to the Airbnb MCP for group and family stays — many mountain-town and resort property managers cross-list on both, but VRBO carries professionally-managed condos and cabins that don't always appear on Airbnb. **Requires Patchright** (undetected Playwright fork). VRBO sits behind **Akamai Bot Manager** — plain HTTP, standard Playwright, `@playwright/mcp`, and agent-browser all get a `429 Too Many Requests` ("Provisioned request rate has been exceeded") bot wall. Patchright passes Akamai's sensor and earns the `_abck` cookie. This is the same wall — and the same fix — as the chase-travel / amex-travel / southwest skills. **Must run headed (`headless=False`).** Akamai flags headless browsers. On macOS a Chrome window briefly appears. For background / unattended runs, use Docker (Xvfb provides the virtual display). **No login required.** VRBO search results are public — unlike chase-travel / amex-travel, there are no credentials. The persistent profile only caches the Akamai cookie so repeat searches re-challenge less. #
- Prerequisites
- When to Use
- When NOT to Use
- Usage
- Arguments
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- Tests
- Known fragility
pip install patchright && patchright install chromium docker build -t vrbo skills/vrbo/ Local (pops up a Chrome window on macOS) python3 skills/vrbo/scripts/search_vrbo.py \ Whole homes with 3+ bedrooms Docker (headless host, headed browser via Xvfb) docker run --rm vrbo \ python3 -m unittest discover -s skills/vrbo/tests -v # or: python3 -m pytest skills/vrbo/tests
What does the vrbo skill do?
Search VRBO (Vrbo / Expedia Group) vacation rentals including entire homes, condos, and cabins via Patchright browser automation. VRBO sits behind Akamai Bot Manager so plain HTTP and standard Playwright get a 429 bot wall. Use for whole-home or group stays, multi-bedroom rentals, and Airbnb-vs-VRBO comparisons. Trigger phrases include search VRBO, Vrbo rentals, vacation rental, cabin rental, whole house, condo for the group.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add borski/travel-hacking-toolkit --skill vrbo --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From borski/travel-hacking-toolkit, a repository with 611 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.