VacayHero

VacayHero (branded VaycayHero) was a vacation rental marketplace backed by a16z that offered professionally managed vacation rental homes with hotel-style guest service. The brand was absorbed by RedAwning: vacayhero.com now permanently redirects (301) to RedAwning's VaycayHero brand page, which folds the VaycayHero properties into RedAwning's collection of 100,000+ instantly bookable vacation rentals in over 10,000 destinations. VacayHero no longer operates an independent website, developer program, or public API surface.

VacayHero is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Travel, Hospitality, Vacation Rentals, and Marketplace.

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6.8/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyTravelHospitalityVacation RentalsMarketplaceVenture BackedAcquired

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 6.8/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Vacayhero Domain Security

TLSv1.3

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Redirect
Redirect

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: vacayhero
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/vacayhero.png
name: VacayHero
description: 'VacayHero (branded VaycayHero) was a vacation rental marketplace backed by a16z that offered professionally
  managed vacation rental homes with hotel-style guest service. The brand was absorbed by RedAwning: vacayhero.com now permanently
  redirects (301) to RedAwning''s VaycayHero brand page, which folds the VaycayHero properties into RedAwning''s collection
  of 100,000+ instantly bookable vacation rentals in over 10,000 destinations. VacayHero no longer operates an independent
  website, developer program, or public API surface.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vacayhero/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Travel
- Hospitality
- Vacation Rentals
- Marketplace
- Venture Backed
- Acquired
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/vacayhero-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://vacayhero.com
- type: Redirect
  url: https://www.redawning.com/brands/vaycayhero
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: minimal
  artifacts_added: 1
  pass: local-v1