Where is the best place to find affordable vacation rentals on the Web?

Answer

Well, there are various vacation rental sites or directories which can be found through the top search engines or in newspapers. There are quite a few sites where you get good and affordable vacation rental homes offers online. These can be selected based on location and fixed rates, some also allow bidding online to choose for that exclusive vacation home you are seeking. I have used online search successfully for this purpose.

Another opinion

Vacation rentals are not Beanie Babies and you truly do get what you pay for. All these owners need to pay mortgage, Electric, taxes and a budget buy on something like Craigslist or the one site where you bid (an outrageous mistake) is what gives the industry a bad name (houses are not kept up or fraudulently posted). At the last minute, an owner is willing to deal on a vacancy this is true. Out of the services above, none specialize in vacation rentals. The top agency is HomeAway.com I strongly suggest staying away from Craigslist. There is no savings in showing up at a house that is foreclosed. Another thing to beware of is cash, the "Owner" says pya cash and I can take 15% off. He's probably not the owner but a manager who is renting without the owners knowledge or an owner who is not paying taxes. There is nothing worse than showing up with 6 or 7 friends at a home that is foreclosed, the furniture is gone and the power is out. It can happen and it does happen. I did a video on this subject.