Vacation Rental "etiquette"

[Misha888]

Originally Posted by LadyJane

thank you all for your input. The owner arrived when my daughter was getting ready to depart at the end of our week. They were right there in the house, had pleasant conversation, all was well. It was only several days later that he claimed there was a mark of some kind on the refrigerator door, which I assured him we didn't do. I thought it was settled, but only a few days ago he let me know the door was so damaged that it needed to be replaced ( total hogwash), but managed to fix it for $400. which took up all of our security deposit. And he supposedly decided not to rent his property anymore. It's been a bad experience. I appreciate info on other rentals, can't afford the expensive ones, but they are beautiful. Happy to see there actually are many that are still available, even at this late date.

Unfortunate. The rentals I manage we charge an insurance fee, that way they renter doesn't feel slighted and will cover the cost of any damage. Luckily, we've had good renters and haven't needed to use it.

Good luck in your search. There are a lot of good ones out there.

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