Google Vacation Rentals and TripAdvisor are search and metasearch channels: they show your property, rates and availability to travelers who have not decided where to book. Optimizing them means accurate listing content and photos, rate parity and availability across channels, and a direct booking link that is competitive with the OTAs.
Baltimore sells mostly through Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com. Short-term rental pricing in this region depends on knowing which calendar matters. In Annapolis, we load Commissioning Week, Plebe Summer induction, parents' weekends and the boat shows a year ahead with multi-night minimums. In Baltimore, we price around Orioles and Ravens games, conventions and medical stays near Johns Hopkins, with monthly rates for patients and visiting clinicians in winter.
Booking.com and Expedia drive much of the hotel demand from out-of-town fans and Academy families, Airbnb leads for home stays in Fells Point, Canton and Annapolis, and Vrbo works for larger family groups. We keep parity, avoid OTA promotions over peak weeks and highlight parking.
The full service is described on our other ota optimization page; this page covers how it applies in Baltimore.