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Vacation Rental By Owner Businesses Flourish Mostly Unregulated

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J. Froelich

Instead of motels and hotels, more travelers are booking accommodations in private homes via short-term rentals websites such as Airbnb and HomeAway. In Northwest Arkansas, VRBOs--vacation rental by owners--have proliferated and operate mostly unregulated--for now.

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Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.