Staying at a vacation rental is different than staying at a hotel.
At a hotel everything is standardized from the rooms, to the amenities, to the food, to the pool, and even to the soaps and shampoos.
One usually knows exactly what to expect at a hotel.
In regards to a vacation rental one can have a 5 star experience and then one can have a 1 star experience depending on which company or individual owner a vacationer uses.
Therefore it's important to do research either on the individual owner or the rental company.
There are 3 important factors when staying at a vacation rental.
Here they are in no particular order: 1.
The most important factor is making sure the reservation is not a scam.
If the price is unbelievably low than that's the first red flag.
There is a scam going around in Craigslist.
org where "scammers" will take the pics and description of a unit and advertise it for themselves to their phone number and price it at 60% off what is being advertised in the ad.
They will then ask them to send a deposit to them in the mail and then disappear.
When the traveler arrives they realize that they've been scammed and that there is already someone staying at the place they thought the reserved.
One can prevent this from happening by having a friend that lives in the town make an appointment with the owner to view the vacation rental.
2.
The second most important factor is checking on how long the company has been in business and what kind of reviews they have as a business.
One can check the vacation rental company's website to view how long they have been in business.
They can also Google their company name and view which directories their name comes up.
This will be able to give them enough credit to see if they are a genuine company or not.
The next place is to check their reviews on Yelp.
com, Flipkey.
com, or Yahoo.
com.
These different websites will usually have reviews from consumers and owners that have used this company before.
3.
The third and last way of protecting yourself on a vacation rental is getting traveler's insurance.
Most companies offer traveler's insurance and if they don't then you can buy it directly from travel insurance companies.
This will protect your entire trip's cost and most will also offer medical insurance while you are on the trip.
In summary, make sure to verify and double check the person or company that you are using to rent a vacation rental and buy traveler's insurance.
At a hotel everything is standardized from the rooms, to the amenities, to the food, to the pool, and even to the soaps and shampoos.
One usually knows exactly what to expect at a hotel.
In regards to a vacation rental one can have a 5 star experience and then one can have a 1 star experience depending on which company or individual owner a vacationer uses.
Therefore it's important to do research either on the individual owner or the rental company.
There are 3 important factors when staying at a vacation rental.
Here they are in no particular order: 1.
The most important factor is making sure the reservation is not a scam.
If the price is unbelievably low than that's the first red flag.
There is a scam going around in Craigslist.
org where "scammers" will take the pics and description of a unit and advertise it for themselves to their phone number and price it at 60% off what is being advertised in the ad.
They will then ask them to send a deposit to them in the mail and then disappear.
When the traveler arrives they realize that they've been scammed and that there is already someone staying at the place they thought the reserved.
One can prevent this from happening by having a friend that lives in the town make an appointment with the owner to view the vacation rental.
2.
The second most important factor is checking on how long the company has been in business and what kind of reviews they have as a business.
One can check the vacation rental company's website to view how long they have been in business.
They can also Google their company name and view which directories their name comes up.
This will be able to give them enough credit to see if they are a genuine company or not.
The next place is to check their reviews on Yelp.
com, Flipkey.
com, or Yahoo.
com.
These different websites will usually have reviews from consumers and owners that have used this company before.
3.
The third and last way of protecting yourself on a vacation rental is getting traveler's insurance.
Most companies offer traveler's insurance and if they don't then you can buy it directly from travel insurance companies.
This will protect your entire trip's cost and most will also offer medical insurance while you are on the trip.
In summary, make sure to verify and double check the person or company that you are using to rent a vacation rental and buy traveler's insurance.
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