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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My experience with hurricane insurance is that it also protected me when St Thomas got hit by a hurricane.  I was able to get back the entire cost of my trip, it was not about my ability to travel.
Hurricane insurance in the OBX protected me when I had to leave mid way through my trip due to a hurricane.

Regardless, if the landlord cannot provide the rental that the OP contracted for, OP should be able to get a refund.  The house is simply not habitable.  A landlord, short term or long, has to provide things like electric, water, doors that open and shut and lock, no health hazards.[/quote]

The issue is a little more complicated here, and basically comes down to a game of chicken where the owner likely has the upper hand.  Right now, OP does not know if the unit itself is damaged, and does not know if it will be without power/water on her arrival day.  Therefore, if she wants to cancel in advance, that will lean toward the burden being on her because it’s not been established that the unit will be uninhabitable.  If neither cancels but OP is not able to get to Sanibel for reasons having nothing to do with the unit itself, that likely would also be on her for these purposes because, even if the unit is fully useable, OP will be the one who didn’t show up. [b] If OP shows up for her rental but the unit is uninhabitable, then she has a stronger argument for a refund[/b] but she would have to go through a lot of effort to establish that.  [/quote]

Again, only if their is no force majeure clause in the rental agreement. [/quote]

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