Carol, I have set up my villa (and many others have also) so that you CANNOT book thru Home Away.(Book It Now versus Request to Book). Book It Now allows Homeaway to add their "service fee" as well as collect another 3% for use of their credit card system. All leads go to me and I collect all funds. I will not allow anyone to collect my income and keep it until they release it to me. Another issue I found out is that if you book a villa thru the homeaway site, they keep the funds until the rental period and then send the funds to the villa owner.
Homeaway has become very GREEDY.