For cleaning companies · updated October 22, 2026
VRBO cleaning leads
VRBO cleaning leads come from municipal short-term-rental licence registries, which publish the owner name and property address of every permitted vacation rental. 50,277 registered host records across 36 cities are on file today, 5,072 of them licensed in the last 90 days. The data is public. One cleaning company per zip gets it.
Where VRBO cleaning contracts actually come from
A city that regulates short-term rentals requires each property to hold a licence, and that licence register is a public document listing the owner and the address. VRBO properties sit in the same register as Airbnb properties, because the licence attaches to the dwelling rather than to the booking platform. Searching that register by zip returns the vacation rentals near a cleaning company — including ones that never appear in platform search results because their calendar is currently full.
Coverage is uneven and that is a property of the data, not a limitation of any particular tool: a city with no registration requirement publishes no register. Records are counted here nightly, so the numbers above reflect what exists today rather than a historic snapshot.
Why a vacation rental is worth more than a one-off clean
A vacation rental needs a turnover clean after every booking, which converts a single sale into recurring work for as long as the owner keeps renting. VRBO lists whole homes only, with no private-room category, so the average property is larger than the Airbnb average and each turnover bills accordingly. Owners who list the same home on both platforms need one cleaner for all of it.
Timing decides the outcome. A licence issued within the last 90 days usually means no cleaner has been hired yet, because owners obtain the licence before the first guest books. An owner three years in already has someone and is a much harder switch.
Questions cleaners ask about VRBO work
How do I get VRBO cleaning leads for free?
Pull them from the public record. Cities that regulate short-term rentals publish a licence registry naming the owner and the property address of every permitted rental, and VRBO properties appear in the same registry as Airbnb ones because the licence covers the dwelling, not the booking platform. That data is free to search on the city portal. BellAveGo reads 36 of those registries nightly so the list arrives sorted and deduplicated instead of being assembled by hand.
Is a VRBO cleaning contract different from an Airbnb one?
The work is the same and the economics are slightly better. VRBO lists whole homes only, with no private-room or shared-space category, so the average property is larger than the Airbnb average and a turnover takes longer and bills more. Many owners list the identical property on both platforms, which means one cleaning relationship usually covers all of that owner's bookings regardless of where the guest booked.
How do I find out which homes near me are licensed vacation rentals?
Search your city or county short-term-rental registry by zip code. Not every city maintains one — a city without a registration requirement publishes nothing — so coverage is uneven by design. BellAveGo currently holds 50,277 registered host records across 36 cities that do publish, and the free scanner shows the real masked records in a given zip with no card and no signup.
Do these leads include the owner's phone number?
About 25% of registered short-term-rental records carry an owner phone, which is the highest phone coverage of any record type BellAveGo holds. The rest carry the owner name, the property address and the licence record. Most vacation-rental owners do not live at the property, so the address alone is often not enough to reach them — that is why the phoned share matters more here than for an ordinary homeowner lead.
Why do newly licensed rentals matter more than established ones?
A licence issued in the last 90 days usually means the owner has not yet hired a turnover cleaner, because the licence is obtained before the first guest arrives. An owner who has been renting for three years already has someone. Registry records carry the issue date, so the newest licences can be worked first.
What does this cost?
3 days free, then $29 per week for 10 exclusive leads, about $2.90 per lead. One cleaning company per zip code. Cancel in one click. The underlying registry data is public and free to pull yourself; the fee covers reading the registries nightly, filtering to turnover-relevant properties and tracing phones where they are available.
Did these owners ask to be contacted?
No. A licence registry is a public filing, not a request for quotes. The first contact comes from the cleaning company, which suits an operator willing to call or text and does not suit someone who only wants inbound enquiries. That is also why the leads are exclusive and inexpensive rather than shared and costly.