Significant Accounting Policies

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Significant Accounting Policies

NOTE 2: SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Deferred Merchant Payables

We receive cash from travelers at the time of booking related to our vacation rental and transaction-based businesses and we record these amounts, net of commissions, on our consolidated balance sheets as deferred merchant payables. We pay after the travelers’ use and subsequent billing from the hotel or vacation rental owners. Therefore, we receive cash from the traveler prior to paying the hotel and vacation rental owners, and this operating cycle represents a working capital source of cash to us. As long as our vacation rental and transaction-based businesses grow, we expect that changes in working capital related to these transactions will positively impact operating cash flows. As of June 30, 2013, our deferred merchant payables balance was $31.3 million and the related transactions generated positive operating cashflow of $15.5 million during the six months ended June 30, 2013. A payable balance of $14.5 million was acquired with our business acquisitions during the three months ended June 30, 2013. For additional information on our business acquisitions refer to “Note 6—Acquisitions” below. The deferred merchant payables balance at December 31, 2012 was $1.3 million.

There have been no material changes or other additions to our significant accounting policies since December 31, 2012. For additional information about our critical accounting policies and estimates, refer to “Note 2—Significant Accounting Policies,” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

In February 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued new accounting guidance which adds new disclosure requirements for items reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income. The new guidance requires that companies present, either in a single note or parenthetically on the face of the financial statements, the effect of significant amounts reclassified based on its source and is effective for public companies in interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2012. Accordingly, we have adopted these presentation requirements during the first quarter of 2013. The adoption of this new guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements or disclosure.