How to unsubscribe from Vrbo emails
To unsubscribe from Vrbo emails, log in to your traveler account and go to My Profile → Communication preferences, then uncheck the Email box under Recommendations - that is the exact path in Vrbo's own help documentation, and it shuts off the deal and property-recommendation mail in one move. Booking confirmations, payment receipts, and host messages about an actual reservation are transactional and keep arriving. Before you click, know one quirk: Vrbo makes unsubscribing self-service but tells you to contact support if you ever want back in.
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Method 1: Communication preferences in your account
- Log in at vrbo.com with your traveler account.
- Select My Profile.
- Open Communication preferences.
- Under Recommendations, uncheck the Email box.
Unlike siblings that show a long grid of lists, Vrbo hangs its traveler marketing off that single Recommendations checkbox - unchecking it stops the marketing emails, including the trip-idea and deal mail. The trade-off for the simplicity is the asymmetry mentioned above: per Vrbo help pages, opting back in later means asking support via Contact Us rather than flipping the box yourself.
Method 2: the Unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email
Vrbo also documents the direct route: open any marketing email and select Unsubscribe at the bottom. No login, effective for the address that received the message - the right tool when Vrbo mails an address you never made an account with, which happens after one-off bookings. The one-click Unsubscribe button Gmail and Apple Mail render at the top of the message works too.
A note for owners and hosts
Vrbo mails its property owners separately from its travelers - hosting tips, market updates, and mail aimed at attracting new guests ride the owner account, not the traveler one. If you both book and host, check the communication settings on each side, because unsubscribing as a traveler leaves the owner stream running.
Method 3: sweep every rental and travel sender at once
One beach week can leave you on five lists: Vrbo, Airbnb from the place you compared it against, Expedia for the flights, and assorted deal alerts. Each needs its own opt-out because none of them share lists - even the ones that share a parent company. ClearMyInbox collapses that into one pass: scan your inbox, see every subscription sender in a table, unsubscribe in bulk.
When the Vrbo opt-out does not stick
Expedia Group processing applies here: preference changes can take a couple of days, and up to 10 business days at the outside, so early stragglers are queued rather than defiant. If mail persists past that, the usual suspects are a second Vrbo account under an old address, the owner-side stream if you ever listed a property, or sibling-brand mail wearing similar branding - check the From domain before blaming Vrbo.
ClearMyInbox closes the loop so you do not have to: roughly a month after the unsubscribe it re-checks whether Vrbo actually went quiet and labels the sender Confirmed stopped, or flags it as still emailing so you know to dig further.
Filter or block as a backstop
If recommendation mail keeps leaking, a mailbox rule ends it today. In Gmail, filter the Vrbo promotional sender address and choose Skip Inbox - keep the filter off the whole vrbo.com domain so host messages and booking mail still land. In Outlook, run Sweep on the sender or add it to Blocked senders and domains under Junk email settings. For the complete filtering guide, see how to stop unwanted emails on Gmail.
Frequently asked questions
Where are the Vrbo email preferences?▾
Log in to your Vrbo traveler account, select My Profile, then Communication preferences. Under Recommendations, uncheck the Email box to opt out of marketing. This is the exact path in the official Vrbo help article on unsubscribing from marketing emails.
How do I resubscribe to Vrbo emails later?▾
This is the odd part of the Vrbo flow: the help article says that to opt back in you should select Contact Us and ask the support team, rather than recheck a box yourself. Unsubscribe is self-service, resubscribe is not - so opt out deliberately.
Will I still get booking confirmations and host messages?▾
Yes. Booking confirmations, payment receipts, and messages from your host about a reservation are transactional and continue after any marketing opt-out. Only the promotional recommendation mail stops.
Does unsubscribing from Vrbo affect One Key?▾
No. Vrbo participates in the One Key program run by Expedia Group, and your membership and any OneKeyCash are separate from email settings. Opting out only stops the promotional emails about member deals.
I unsubscribed from Vrbo but still get Expedia emails. Why?▾
Vrbo, Expedia, and Hotels.com are sibling brands under Expedia Group, and each mails its own lists tied to its own accounts. A Vrbo opt-out changes nothing at the other two - unsubscribe at each brand you have used.
Can I stop Vrbo emails without logging in?▾
Yes. Select Unsubscribe at the bottom of any Vrbo marketing email - Vrbo documents this as the direct opt-out route and it needs no login. Gmail and Apple Mail also show their native one-click Unsubscribe button on Vrbo marketing mail.