Does vrbo.com block AI crawlers?
Open to AI crawlers
vrbo.com doesn't block any of the major AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt.
Checked from vrbo.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 0 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 5
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 5,000 (#3,022)
Can AI assistants cite vrbo.com?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawlers may read the site
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawlers may read the site
vrbo.com doesn't opt out of AI model training through robots.txt. Training crawlers and answer crawlers are separate: blocking training doesn't by itself remove a site from AI answers.
AI crawler access, bot by bot
| Crawler | Used for | Status on vrbo.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Some paths restricted |
How vrbo.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; vrbo.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; vrbo.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; vrbo.com does not.
- Among 170 sites of similar popularity, 26% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /Hotel-Search Disallow: /hotel-search Disallow: /search? Disallow: /*/search? Disallow: /ugc/urs/api/hotelreviews/hotel/HOTELID/ Disallow: /LastBooking/ElapsedTime Disallow: /*chkin=* Disallow: /*chkout=* Disallow: /HotelCheckout Disallow: /Checkout Disallow: /checkout Disallow: /HotelBookingConfirmation Disallow: /en-au/ Disallow: /en-nz/ Disallow: /Flights-Search Disallow: /Flight-Information Disallow: /Flight-SearchResults Disallow: /Flights-BagFees Disallow: /Details Disallow: /FlightCheckout Disallow: /Confirmation-Flight Disallow: /MultiItemCheckout Disallow: /MultiItemBookingConfirmation Disallow: /flexibleshopping Disallow: /carsearch Disallow: /CarCheckout Disallow: /things-to-do/search? Disallow: /things-to-do/*/search? Disallow: /*/things-to-do/search Disallow: /things-to-do/reviews-external$ Disallow: /Cruise-Search Disallow: /Cruise-CabinCategory Disallow: /CruiseCheckout Disallow: /legacyGOTO Disallow: /go/ Disallow: /info/ Disallow: /trips/ Disallow: /Search-Results Disallow: /user/createaccount Disallow: /signup?* User-agent: OAI-SearchBot User-agent: ChatGPT-User User-agent: PerplexityBot User-agent: Perplexity-User User-agent: Claude-User User-agent: Claude-SearchBot Allow: / Disallow: /p/home Disallow: /*/p/home Disallow: /auth/ Disallow: /*/auth/ Disallow: /*/sso/
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does vrbo.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, vrbo.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from vrbo.com?
Its robots.txt doesn't block OAI-SearchBot or ChatGPT-User, so ChatGPT's search crawlers may read it. Whether pages are actually shown depends on ChatGPT.
Does vrbo.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at vrbo.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: vrbo.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.