We are delighted to announce that Europe's largest private holiday rental website, HouseTrip.com, has signed up to be platinum sponsors of the Travel Bloggers Unite Conference in Umbria, Italy.

HouseTrip is one of Europe's fastest growing travel startups offering over 61,000 flats in 7,000-plus destinations worldwide, with 1,000 properties added to the list every week. Their company removes the friction from booking and managing holiday rentals by offering consumers a one-stop-shop for searching and booking thousands of spacious properties online.

Private rentals make sense because they are cheaper and offer better value than hotels. We compared four different cities in terms of hotel costs versus a private rental and apartments came out as the clear winner every time, shaving about £20/night off the cost of a holiday.

HouseTrip will be offering a post-FAM trip with a 'living like a local' angle - be sure to say hello to the HouseTrip team in Umbria where they will be happy to take your questions about how to work with them in 2012 and beyond.

About HouseTrip.com

HouseTrip is Europe's largest holiday apartment website, offering holidaymakers and holiday apartment and homeowners a safe and easy-to-use platform to find, book and list holiday apartments, houses and villas securely online. There are currently over 61,000 properties to choose from in thousands of destinations worldwide, with over 1,000 new listings added each week.

Founded by CEO Arnaud Bertrand and CFO Junjun Chen, HouseTrip.com went live in January 2010 and has since seen over 400,000 nights booked. There are HouseTrip offices in the UK (London), Switzerland (Lausanne) and Portugal (Lisbon.) For more information, visit www.housetrip.com.