And site traffic was up more than 20% to 159.2 million visits in the second quarter. Bad news: renewal rate was down slightly to 75.3% at the end of the second quarter, compared to 76.2% this time last year. Rest assured, HomeAway is on top of things: "Continued improvements in the user experience combined with increased adoption in auto-renew, particularly in Europe, are expected to result in long-term improvements to renewal rates," the company said in a statement. But how likely is the average vacation home owner to use HomeAway? Citi analysts recently conducted a survey of 500 vacation home owners and property managers and found that "usage of self-listing sites remains relatively low – vacation home owner respondents listed self-service sites like HomeAway behind other solutions like property managers and real estate agents," wrote Citi analyst Mark Mahaney in a research note.