FlipKey

FlipKey is an online vacation rental marketplace. It is a subsidiary of TripAdvisor.[1] In 2016 the company listed more than 300,000 properties in 179 countries. Its headquarters is in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[2]

Although rental owners are verified by the company's staff before being added to the FlipKey website,[3] the site relies heavily on traveler reviews of rental properties. FlipKey also publishes ratings for travel-related items such as food blogs[4] and in the United States it provides ratings of national historic sites.[5]

Citing complaints that FlipKey would not guarantee functional amenities in its rental sites, in 2016 Better Business Bureau gave the company an F rating.[6]

  1. ^ "TripAdvisor Taking on Airbnb?". Travel Trends, 20 July, 2015 Martin Kelly
  2. ^ "TripAdvisor inks lease in North Station". Boston Business Journal, Sep 18, 2013
  3. ^ "Consumer Watch: How to protect yourself from building contractor scams". Times Free Press, August 9, 2015. by Ellen Phillips
  4. ^ "Business buzz: Goodwill's Telly; Designers' outstanding event; Foodies' blog; Big Cat Habitat". Herald Tribune.
  5. ^ "Fort Smith National Historic Site Named Top Place To Visit In Arkansas". 5 News, January 22, 2016, by Chandler Rogers
  6. ^ Segal, David (3 December 2016). "FlipKey Fiasco: All the Comforts of Home, Minus the Comforts" – via NYTimes.com.