Vacation Rentals and Luxury Trips: Travel Startups Raise $106 Million

Short-term rental platforms have not been raising money in 2024 quite as often as last year. But they made a bit of a comeback this week with two niche platforms getting nearly $50 million in funding. 

One is a growing platform for renting camper vans — interestingly, a much smaller U.S. competitor shut down in the last year for lack of funding. The other is for renting “handpicked” vacation rentals in Europe, a startup founded by several former Airbnb employees.

Six travel startups announced fundraises in the…