lets just cut to the quick, this is all about "short Term" rentals that mostly rent on Homeaway and Airbnb by the night(s) or week(s), that are basically operating as a subset of the hotel and motel business call transient lodging, whether they offer other services too is irrelevant to the main purpose of where do you report your vacation rental income on Schedule C or E. Short term rental is high maintenance and is required to charge a hotel tax rate and needs to be reported on schedule C the same as hotels do. Long term vacation rentals (30 days or more) are categorized as a regular housing rentals even though it's furnished as long as you don't cross the line into services and short term renting you would reported on Schedule E.
