Distance search?

September 12, 2008 12:51 PM

Are there any vacation rental websites that let me search by "distance from home"?

My fiance and I are getting married in feb. or march of 2009, and I've been tasked with figuring out the honeymoon. Or, in this case, the mini-moon. We decided a big trip was going to be too much stress and money so soon after the wedding.

So, I'm looking for a vacation rental/small house/cabin of some sort. Vacating and reasonable drive time is really more important than a specific town/area, so I'm looking for some way to search properties based on distance from home.

Anyone know of something like this? Or, anyone connected to a vacation rental website that would like to pay me a small fee to poach my idea? :)

posted by specialnobodie to Travel & Transportation (2 answers total)

Most vacation rental sites that I'm aware of are location-specific, i.e. you can search all properties in a given town or metro area, but not among different areas. I suggest calling up GoogleMaps and picking a couple of likely destinations within an acceptable driving distance and looking directly at those. They likely have tourism sites which can get you started.
posted by valkyryn at 3:02 PM on September 12, 2008

I don't know of any site that does what you want. I assume that you already know about vrbo.com if you do know which city you want to visit.
posted by jonah at 9:37 PM on September 12, 2008