Wednesday, August 14, 2013

TurnKey Vacation Rentals Nabs $1.5M From Travel Investors

Austin-based TurnKey Vacation Rentals, a new startup taking on vacation rental management, has raised $1.5M to help people list their vacation rentals on HomeAway on AirBNB. According to TurnKey, the seed funding round came from Richard Barton (Co-Founder Expedia, Co-Founder Zillow, Benchmark), Alexis De Belloy (HomeAway, Accel EIR), Barney Harford (CEO Orbitz), Robert Hohman (Expedia, CEO Hotwire, Co-Founder Glassdoor), Joey Levin (CEO, IAC Search), Karl Peterson (Co-Founder Hotwire, TPG), Spencer Rascoff (Co-Founder Hotwire, CEO Zillow) and Greg Slyngstad (Co-Founder Expedia, Founder VacationSpot, Kayak Board). Gregg Brockway (Co-Founder Hotwire, Co-Founder TripIt, Co-Founder Charish) and Eric Goldreyer (Founder BnB.com). The startup is led by John Banczak, who was previously at HomeAway, BnB.com, and HotWire, along with T.J. Clark (Hotwire, IAC, CEO Limos.com) and Doug Squires (HomeAway, BnB.com). More information »