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Vacation Rentals work in Sunnyvale
Sunnyvale sits in the middle of Silicon Valley, and short term rental demand here follows the tech calendar more than the tourist one. Guests arrive for work at the campuses along Mathilda Avenue and Borregas Avenue, for conferences in the wider valley, and for family visits to a city that is mostly residential. The searches are local and specific: people look for a place near a particular campus, near downtown Sunnyvale, or near the Caltrain line. Hosts here compete with hotels on El Camino Real and with each other on the listing platforms, and the paid search around short term stays in the valley is expensive because the same advertisers bid across the whole region. Owner operators and small management companies make up most of the supply, with a handful of national brands taking the corporate bookings. The demand is steady through the working year and spikes around the events that bring people into the valley.