How can you tell if a vacation rental owner is legitimate?

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robinlovescmt asked:


We are in the process of renting a vacation home and want to be sure that when we get to our destination it’s not a scam. You typically have to pay the rental price up front (or a large portion of it). What are your options if you go on vacation and find that the property is not what was advertised? Once they have you rmoney, what can you do? I hate to be so untrusting, but there are so many people out there these days looking for ways to rip others off.

Michael
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    One Response to “How can you tell if a vacation rental owner is legitimate?”

    1. god knows and sees else Yahoo Says:
      July 8th, 2008 at 3:40 pm

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