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Search VRBO (Vrbo / Expedia Group) vacation rentals including entire homes, condos, and cabins via Patchright browser automation. VRBO sits behind Akamai Bot Manager so plain HTTP and standard Playwright get a 429 bot wall.
Passed 13 of 19 test cases with the skill, and 5 of 19 without it.
and 9 more in the full report
9 fixed6 passed either way7 still failing0 broke
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
One of 9 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
Which CLI argument in search_vrbo.py configures how many retry attempts are made when warming up homepage sessions against Akamai challenges?
| Checked | Without skill | With skill |
|---|---|---|
| Identifies --retries as the command line flag. | Missed | Passed |
| Notes that the default retry limit is 4. | Missed | Passed |
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
Search VRBO vacation rentals via Patchright and return whole-home / condo / cabin listings with pricing and booking links. VRBO is the natural complement to the Airbnb MCP for group and family stays — many mountain-town and resort property managers cross-list on both, but VRBO carries professionally-managed condos and cabins that don't always appear on Airbnb.
Requires Patchright (undetected Playwright fork). VRBO sits behind Akamai
Bot Manager — plain HTTP, standard Playwright, @playwright/mcp, and
agent-browser all get a 429 Too Many Requests ("Provisioned request rate has
been exceeded") bot wall. Patchright passes Akamai's sensor and earns the
_abck cookie. This is the same wall — and the same fix — as the chase-travel /
amex-travel / southwest skills.
Must run headed (headless=False). Akamai flags headless browsers. On macOS
a Chrome window briefly appears. For background / unattended runs, use Docker
(Xvfb provides the virtual display).
No login required. VRBO search results are public — unlike chase-travel / amex-travel, there are no credentials. The persistent profile only caches the Akamai cookie so repeat searches re-challenge less.
pip install patchright && patchright install chromium
Or use Docker (no local install, headed via Xvfb):
docker build -t vrbo skills/vrbo/
test cases passed, vs 5 / 19 without
More skills from the same source and nearby in the registry, with their headline benchmark lift.