BeyondVacations Corp. (www.beyondvacations.com) today announced that the Internet travel provider added new listings of rental properties and Bed and Breakfasts along with their current listing of 40,000 hotels.

When travel consumers want something off the beaten path, they will not have to look any further than renting a vacation property such as an Inn located in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico or a Farm Cottage in Rome, Italy. These hard to find rental properties are now easy to locate with complete descriptions and photos. Vacation seekers will find an easy to navigate Web site with property listings, photos, description, attractions, availability schedule, activities, seasonal rates, amenities, guest reviews, specials, and booking notification online. Consumers can stay in the comfort zone with a recognized hotel chain or now they can also venture out and try something different.

Property owners also benefit significantly and can increase their overall bookings. Some of the features for owners include: instant Web site creation, the ability to maintain their property listings 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with self-management tools incorporated on the Web site, online capabilities to add additional advertising plans, update accounts and property information, add more property listings, view account history, and email notification of rental request.

"Our new offering of vacation rental properties broadens our product and services with better choices for the travel consumer. The independent property owners also benefit because they are usually left out of the main distribution system used by the travel industry. Instead of focusing on just one approach such as offering rental properties only, we are going much further in providing a complete service with flights, car rentals, rail passes, hotels, as well as rental properties. Otherwise, after they found the perfect rental property with us, they are forced to look elsewhere for transportation to get there," said David Brennan, President and CEO of the Dallas based BeyondVacations Corp.

The Internet is radically changing the leisure travel industry. Consumers have adopted online travel planning faster than any other online retail segment. Online leisure travel bookings will exceed $29 billion in 2003, generating 12 percent of total industry revenue online by 2003 (Forrester Research). In addition, the vacation lodging market, which includes short-term rental homes, condominiums, villas, cabins, inns and bed & breakfasts, represents a virtually untapped segment of the hospitality industry with significant future growth potential. BeyondVacations.com has increasingly become one of the most popular travel sites on the Internet. "This is a unique opportunity to become part of a major fundamental shift in consumer buying behavior to research and book travel related services online", says David Brennan.

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BeyondVacations.com has positioned itself as a premier Internet travel provider of accommodations, transportation, and related services. Offering one of the most comprehensive travel reservation and booking systems available on the Internet 40,000 hotels, 350 airlines, 60 car rental companies, three types of rail passes - Eurail, BritRail, and Europasses, and now vacation rental properties. BeyondVacations.com provides the travel consumer the ability book online in 8,000 cities and 140 countries. Travelers can also search through hundreds of travel related products such as luggage, cameras, travel books, apparel, camcorders, and videos. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, BeyondVacations.com continues to increase its market presence by providing the consumer with a better choice of travel related services, including a Web site that is more customer friendly and easier navigate, no membership required to book online, and discounted pricing. For more information, visit www.beyondvacations.com.