You select your end, what the ultimate destination is.

Cruise liner vs battle ship?

As a general rule, it seems that places that were vacation destinations before OTAs are better represented on VRBO, while mid- and large-cities tend to have more options on AirBnb.

“Drive to vacation destinations are recession proof”.  

I get the travel insurance though when we cruise and those are usually 20k plus trips I always get trip insurance and medical.. but like for this Montana 3 night next week its 600.00 bucks so if I dont go big deal.. 

I would say the regionalization and Development of Detroit into an international destination.

It's not a particularly great place to live...I mean, it's fine, but certainly not a destination spot.  

If you're open to out of state investments, Birmingham AL is seeing a lot of growth and the city is pushing hard to become a destination.

It is important to get clear on your goals, your destination, etc, then you can develop the path to get there.

The sort of drivable, regional vacation destinations that are not on the radar of most out of state investors.