The normal deal is 50% of the rental upon signing and 50% 30 days before arrival, i.e. paid in full before arrival. However with Covid, you do not know if you will test negatively within 5 days of arrival. So, you could be on the hook for your airlines and 100% of your rental, but not be able to go.
I asked a major SBH agency about this and they said buy insurance and you will get a one year credit for the unit(maybe).
We rented a unit that was demolished by the hurricane and another that was sold the next year. Where would we go for the credit? Good luck on that.
I think we all need to get tougher with the rental agencies who want to fob all the costs on us while adding their charges on top. Here is what I suggested to the agency:
I think the owners need to think about making their rentals more responsive to these concerns. An obvious idea is they(owners) buy the insurance and the rental money is escrowed and refundable.
Renters, like myself, are going to have to deal with the airlines no-refund policies and the stress of the Covid go or no go test (ruining a vacation), so perhaps the owners are going to have to be a little imaginative.
I would like to know what you think and instead of cowering, let's bark back.
George
I asked a major SBH agency about this and they said buy insurance and you will get a one year credit for the unit(maybe).
We rented a unit that was demolished by the hurricane and another that was sold the next year. Where would we go for the credit? Good luck on that.
I think we all need to get tougher with the rental agencies who want to fob all the costs on us while adding their charges on top. Here is what I suggested to the agency:
I think the owners need to think about making their rentals more responsive to these concerns. An obvious idea is they(owners) buy the insurance and the rental money is escrowed and refundable.
Renters, like myself, are going to have to deal with the airlines no-refund policies and the stress of the Covid go or no go test (ruining a vacation), so perhaps the owners are going to have to be a little imaginative.
I would like to know what you think and instead of cowering, let's bark back.
George