Once you have found some interesting properties for your vacation rental you’ll probably want to know more about them - at the least, availability and rental rates.
Depending on the website:

You may be able to book a property online without any interaction with the property owner
There may be a phone number for you to contact the [...]

If you’ve ever tried you’ll know that this is not quite true!
It may be “easy” to find places that list vacation rental homes (the internet is full of them) but what do you do then?
How do you compare them all?
How many do you send a request to?
How do you narrow down the list to a [...]