Hello, relaxation? Not with this Booking.com reservation
Vivian Mello’s vacation rental in Maui is uninhabitable. So why won’t Booking.com refund her money?
VACATION RENTAL
Don’t get scammed by your next vacation rental – here’s how
Melissa Mesku when she found the vacation house during a popular convention week in Austin. She realized that she got scammed.
I didn’t scratch the floor on my vacation rental – why should I have to pay?
The circumstances of Saundra Lyon-Reiser’s recent home rental were less than ideal. She’d gathered her extended family in Aptos, Calif., to bury her mother and grieve their collective loss.
Help, my Mexican vacation rental pocketed my deposit!
Nancie Thomas had no reason to believe the owner of her vacation rental in Akumal, Mexico, would keep her $1,000 deposit. Her friends had rented the same house on three separate occasions, “and had a great experience each time,” she says.
I canceled my vacation rental, but they’re keeping my deposit
Pat Morin’s vacation rental in Aruba is a disaster — and she hasn’t even left yet. She’s trying to get her money back, but the owner refuses. Is there any hope?
Something’s still “phishy” about vacation rentals
If you think the words “vacation rental” and “phishing” are all but synonymous, you’re not alone. Just talk to Ann Schutte, who recently found a rental villa with a “million-dollar” view in Sedona, Ariz., through the rental Web site VRBO.com.
Can you trust a vacation rental?
The two-bedroom apartment in the trendy Tunali neighbor-hood of Ankara, Turkey, that Richard and Ellen Lacroix rented through Airbnb fell dramatically short of their expectations.
Was his vacation rental too good to be true?
Frank Leibsly says his recent apartment rental in London was a disaster of Olympic proportions, and he has the pictures to prove it.
New confidentiality clauses can influence vacation rental reviews
Tom and Terri Dorow didn’t like their recent vacation rental in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Was this Grand Canyon vacation rental a grand scam?
The rental cabin in Williams, Ariz., she found through VRBO.com had three bedrooms — the perfect size for her family. So last year, Trudi Wood sent the owner a $839 check for a deposit.