Anonymous
Post 12/29/2022 12:51     Subject: VRBO won't refund Sanibel stay for next week
Anonymous wrote:OP here. This took a while to resolve but I ended up disputing the charge with my CC for "services not provided" and won.

Ridiculous add-on fees had already made VRBO/AirBNB unappealing vs. hotels but after this mess I'm sure as hell never using them again.


Thanks for getting back to us. Sounds like you handled it well.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2022 12:28     Subject: VRBO won't refund Sanibel stay for next week
Anonymous wrote:OP here. This took a while to resolve but I ended up disputing the charge with my CC for "services not provided" and won.

Ridiculous add-on fees had already made VRBO/AirBNB unappealing vs. hotels but after this mess I'm sure as hell never using them again.


I own a rental property at the beach and would have absolutely refunded you. Airbnb and the owners of your rental property are garbage people. I'm glad you got a refund!
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2022 11:55     Subject: VRBO won't refund Sanibel stay for next week
Anonymous wrote:OP here. This took a while to resolve but I ended up disputing the charge with my CC for "services not provided" and won.

Ridiculous add-on fees had already made VRBO/AirBNB unappealing vs. hotels but after this mess I'm sure as hell never using them again.


Thank you for updating OP! I’m one of the posters that said your best bet was to not cancel and argue that they couldn’t provide you what they were contractually obligated to do so I’m glad it worked out!!! And I won’t be using Vrbo ever again either!
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2022 09:41     Subject: VRBO won't refund Sanibel stay for next week
OP here. This took a while to resolve but I ended up disputing the charge with my CC for "services not provided" and won.

Ridiculous add-on fees had already made VRBO/AirBNB unappealing vs. hotels but after this mess I'm sure as hell never using them again.
Anonymous
Post 11/28/2022 01:52     Subject: Re:VRBO won't refund Sanibel stay for next week
Anonymous wrote:There cannot be a legal contract if there is not some type of consideration on both sides. If the owner cannot provide a habitable place to stay, they have breached the contract and legally must refund OP.


I think a dog pretending to be a lawyer on the internet could give a more plausible legal pronouncement
Anonymous
Post 11/27/2022 17:44     Subject: Re:VRBO won't refund Sanibel stay for next week
There cannot be a legal contract if there is not some type of consideration on both sides. If the owner cannot provide a habitable place to stay, they have breached the contract and legally must refund OP.
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2022 11:47     Subject: VRBO won't refund Sanibel stay for next week
Where is OP??
Anonymous
Post 10/27/2022 23:35     Subject: VRBO won't refund Sanibel stay for next week
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is exactly why I prefer hotels now. I got screwed in a similarly way when the volcano erupted on the big island


Couldn't this happen at a hotel if you pre-pay for your room?


I guess but I never do that. Savings are not worth the risk
Anonymous
Post 10/27/2022 17:19     Subject: VRBO won't refund Sanibel stay for next week
Just dispute.
Anonymous
Post 10/25/2022 16:46     Subject: VRBO won't refund Sanibel stay for next week
Anonymous wrote:This is exactly why I prefer hotels now. I got screwed in a similarly way when the volcano erupted on the big island


Couldn't this happen at a hotel if you pre-pay for your room?
Anonymous
Post 10/25/2022 00:38     Subject: VRBO won't refund Sanibel stay for next week
This is exactly why I prefer hotels now. I got screwed in a similarly way when the volcano erupted on the big island
Anonymous
Post 10/22/2022 13:31     Subject: VRBO won't refund Sanibel stay for next week
Anonymous wrote:OP where r u??? need to know....


+1
Anonymous
Post 10/22/2022 13:30     Subject: Re:VRBO won't refund Sanibel stay for next week
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Where is OP?? We’ve got 23 pages of people invested in knowing the outcome!


Probably got a refund once the property manager could reach the owner to confirm and doesn’t want to come back and admit she threw a temper tantrum over something that turned out to be a nothingburger.


Is that true, Op??


There is no reason at all to believe this is true. I think this pp thought there were being really clever. Embarrassing.


There is no reason to believe it’s not true since OP hasn’t come back to update.
Anonymous
Post 10/22/2022 10:11     Subject: VRBO won't refund Sanibel stay for next week
OP where r u??? need to know....