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[I am still oxox]

On 8/10/2014 Caravaggio said: Do you live far from the shore? I only ask because before we got our place and rented we would go down the shore over the winter to see the places so we knew what we were getting. Or look around in season to see what places were like. So sorry you had a bad experience but I agree you may have to chalk this up and move on.

We are about 2 1/2 to 3 hours away depending on traffic

[I am still oxox]

On 8/10/2014 Burnsite said:

You should have left a one-star review, not a three star, but I think you are not going to get a deposit. I would not place a deposit on an unseen rental. One thing about hotels: you change the res. within their limit and they have to give any down-payment back. It's why I prefer hotels.

If I am disappointed by a place I stay at when travelling (it is always a hotel, I don't like b&bs and rentals), I just leave a frank and full review and chalk the unpleasantness off to experience.

My reviews get awards at a site where I post them.

Other people need to know, but if it wasn't bad enough to warrant relocation, I think you should be happy that you registered your sense that the advertisement was dishonest.

People who claim to offer services they _don't_ offer deserve reviews that mention this and other travellers will know better than to book there.

One star was for the place, one star was for the beachfront location and the third star was for the town itself

[minkbunny]

So you didn't like the place

the beachfront

or the town?

[I am still oxox]

On 8/10/2014 minkbunny said:

So you didn't like the place

the beachfront

or the town?

Love the beach and the town hated the ""Condo""

[sophiamarie]

It was "nasty, smelly, hot, etc." and yet you stayed for three (3) nights? Didn't you get the message after the first night? Did you even go and check it out before you brought your own sheets and towels, etc.?

This is a new one for me. Did you pay her up front in full? You do realize that you paid over $200 per night and had to supply your own things? What did the room smell like anyway? Did you check under the bed?

Bedbugs would have been a big concern for starters.

[I am still oxox]

On 8/10/2014 terrier3 said:

On 8/10/2014 ROMARY said:

You stayed for three days.........As Judge Judy often says: ""If you ate the steak"".........

I agree.

You gave the owner money in return for staying at her place.

You stayed for the entire length of the contract.

I doubt you are entitled to anything.

The best you can do is give the place a bad review and warn other potential renters away.

I paid for the 3 nights in addition to a deposit of 300

[sunshine45]

$200 a night would get you pretty much an ""average"" place at the beach....you do pay more to be right on the beach. i definitely would have been upset about the air conditioning situation.

[shoptilyadropagain]

I think since you stayed the full 3 days and didn't make your feelings known until after the fact, you're stuck paying the full amount.

I may have missed how or where you booked the condo but I've used VRBO before. For each rental, there is an option to view photos and see reviews. If the listing does not offer these or there are very few of them, I bypass that listing and move on. VRBO is not without an occasional problem but they work hard to make sure listings are what they say they are and there aren't any surprises.

[occasionalrain]

If you hoped to get any part of your money back you should have waited to give the negative review. Once you left a negative review there is no advantage to the rental agent/owner in giving you money back.

Had I been in your situation, I would have paid with a credit card, notified the rental agent/owner that the place was uninhabitable by email so I had a record of it, and left. I would then have disputed the charge with my credit card company.

[I am still oxox]

On 8/10/2014 shoptilyadropagain said:

I think since you stayed the full 3 days and didn't make your feelings known until after the fact, you're stuck paying the full amount.

I may have missed how or where you booked the condo but I've used VRBO before. For each rental, there is an option to view photos and see reviews. If the listing does not offer these or there are very few of them, I bypass that listing and move on. VRBO is not without an occasional problem but they work hard to make sure listings are what they say they are and there aren't any surprises.

I called her the second I walked in to the place on Thursday afternoon, we rented thru Vacation Rentals dot come similar to VRBO.