23/04/2023
So I book a vacation through VRBO and go on this vacation and it says fishing, bbq available to use, great relaxing stay. Well I book it for $450 bucks and I arrive after driving the last 3 miles down a dusty dirt road to end up at a nasty home that I booked for the weekend. Can’t fish dock is torn up and never repaired, bbq doesn’t work and place is a mess. I write the own the following:
My expectations were the same as the many other short vacation getaways I have taken, however this was not one of them. When I booked your home I planned on fishing from the back yard. But as we arrived and I got your email information about the dock was un accessible and water drips in the refrigerator and the bbq grill doesn’t work and a few other things I wouldn’t have ever booked this place. I expect a partial refund and since I work for a major radio station if I don’t get the refund, I am contacting my attorney and have him go after you and the county for you booking a potential hazardous sight. I paid for the ability to fish and grill end enjoy my two days from my busy life style, and this was not what I paid for.
He writes back:
John -
Are you saying more than one person went with you? You only booked as one adult, that would be a breach of the rules.
How were you arriving at the cabin “when you got the email” - I sent you the address through VRBO you would not have known how to get there without my message which I sent the day before your stay.
The grill works, it’s too bad you were unable to figure it out. As for the drip in the refrigerator - a little condensation never hurt anyone - this is clearly an efficiency cabin, you were never led to believe it was a luxury stay, I clearly stated it was not.
You asked me no questions about fishing prior to the stay, I kindly allowed you to check-in hours early as you throw your weight around about your radio show. I never promised you could fish, I advertise the cabin views. Further, can you provide proof of a fishing license? I might have prevented you from being ticketed.
Are you threatening me? Bringing up your suggested position of power and inferring you will sic an attorney on me and the county sounds a lot like blackmail. I’m not sure what laws you feel have been broken.
I doubt you would be so nasty to a large hotel chain, it is truly saddening that you would go after a poor, local resident who is just trying to supplement his mortgage.
This is the do**he bag that I rented from
