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Best credit card to use at Vrbo.

TravelHotels

Vrbo is the second-largest U.S. vacation-rental marketplace after Airbnb, owned by Expedia Group. Bookings code as travel on every card we track and as hotels on a few. Unlike Airbnb, Vrbo focuses exclusively on whole-home rentals (no shared spaces). Vrbo bookings count for the Sapphire Reserve and Venture X travel-credit categories. Booking through a card's travel portal earns the portal multiplier but typically loses Vrbo Boost host-program perks.

  1. #1
    Chase
    4x points on hotels
    Hotels booked directly
    5.0%4x points
  2. #2
    Chase
    4x points on hotels
    Hotels booked directly
    5.0%4x points
  3. #3
    FNBO
    5x points on travel
    Airlines, hotels, car rental, cruise lines, travel agencies, transit, taxis, tolls, and timeshares by merchant category code
    5.0%5x points
  4. #4
    Wells Fargo
    5x points on hotels
    5.0%5x points
  5. #5
    Navy Federal
    4x points on travel
    4.0%4x points
  6. #6
    PenFed Credit Union
    4x points on travel
    4x with PenFed Honors Advantage (military or Access America checking); 3x otherwise
    4.0%4x points
  7. #7
    U.S. Bank
    4x points on travel
    4.0%4x points
  8. #8
    Barclays
    4x points on travel
    4.0%4x points
  9. #9
    Barclays
    4x points on travel
    4.0%4x points
  10. #10
    Chase
    3x points on travel (up to $150,000/year, then 1%)
    Travel, shipping, internet/cable/phone, advertising on search engines and social media (combined $150,000/yr cap)
    3.8%3x points
  11. #11
    American Express
    3x points on hotels
    Direct hotel purchases
    3.6%3x points
  12. #12
    American Express
    3x points on hotels
    Purchases made directly with hotels
    3.6%3x points
  13. #13
    Comenity Capital Bank
    3% on travel
    Includes AAA purchases
    3%
  14. #14
    Chase
    3x points on travel
    Travel other than Air Canada direct purchases, which earn 3x under the airlines category
    3.0%3x points
  15. #15
    Citi
    3x points on hotels
    On hotels booked directly
    3.0%3x points
  16. #16
    Citi
    3% on travel
    Includes Costco Travel
    3%
  17. #17
    Citi
    3% on travel
    Includes Costco Travel
    3%
  18. #18
    Navy Federal
    3x points on travel
    Includes airlines, hotels, car rentals, ride-sharing, parking, tolls, museums, amusement parks, and golf courses
    3.0%3x points
  19. #19
    Truist
    3x points on hotels
    3.0%3x points
  20. #20
    USAA
    3x points on travel
    Travel plus transit, including rideshare and tolls
    3.0%3x points

Last updated September 14, 2026