RENTAL
Why won’t Airbnb let me review my ill-fated rental?
Mandy Fleming’s Airbnb rental couldn’t have happened at a worse place — or time.
Is Advantage trying to scam me for damage to my rental car?
You know the ding-and-dent car rental scam? Sure you do.
Am I responsible for damage under my rental car?
Brad Joiner discovers a damaged underside to his Enterprise rental after he parks it in his driveway. He’s sure it isn’t his fault, but the car rental company begs to differ. It wants him to pay $826.
Help! I got a rental car bill I don’t think I deserve
After a grill falls off her rental car, Alamo sends her a bill for $669. Does she have to pay?
My Hawaii vacation rental is infested with ants – can I get a partial refund?
Maybe David and Mary Sue Conner didn’t tell their rental homeowner they were in Oahu for a family vacation of a lifetime. But when you drop $25,000 for a one-month stay in Hawaii, and the whole ohana is there, that probably goes without saying: this is a special event, and everything needs to be perfect.
A shabby vacation rental and a missing refund
When Carol Swartz tries to check in to a condo in New Hampshire, she finds the unit in a state of disrepair. Now the site through which she booked the rental is refusing a refund, despite a written guarantee. Can it do that?
What will your next rental car know about you? Everything
I had a chance to see the car rental of the future yesterday, and it’s a smart set of wheels.
“What should I have done in this situation?”
The car rental insurance scam is a fairly well-known “gotcha” for international renters, and it’s a trap Doreen Murphy believes she walked right into when she rented a car from Budget in Northern Ireland recently.