VRBO have been notified by a number of partners they are receiving spam inquiries asking to pre-approve bookings when they are set to instant book.

We ask that you please don't engage with these types of inquiries.

The requests are normally for only 1 guest and have messages similar to the ones shown here:

If you receive an inquiry that looks suspicious, please forward it to VRBO's automated processing system at: spoof@vrbo.com.

You can also follow the below instructions to mark these as spam:

Login to your Vrbo Account

1. Select Inbox
2. Select the filter and change it to Enquiries
3. Mark the spam inquiries and select Actions
4. Select Mark as Spam

This will remove the enquiry and stop the guest from contacting you again.