When Amy Boyle arrived at her Airbnb rental near Paris, she knew she couldn't stay. The closet-size apartment was poorly ventilated and reeked of mold. "The pictures on Airbnb looked so lovely," says ...

It really wasn’t that long ago that if you were traveling somewhere and needed a place to stay, your only option was to book a hotel (or motel or bed & breakfast). But after its 2008 founding, online ...

Each day an advertisement remains online counts as a new violation, according to the new ordinance that was passed unanimously on Oct. 21, and the fines escalate sharply: $1,500 for a first offense, ...

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Vrbo last month reversed a longstanding policy on guest refunds and host cancellations, tipping the benefits toward guests and away from hosts when there are major travel disruptions. Under the new ...

Expedia Group’s vacation rental company Vrbo is rolling out its anti-party technology across the U.S. following a yearlong pilot that it says prevented hundreds of unauthorized event bookings. The ...

Since 2006, Atlantic Beach has prohibited short-term rentals of less than 90 days, but recent complaints suggest violations of this ordinance.

A guest uses the hairdryer that came with his Vrbo rental, and the next thing he knows, he’s being blamed for a major electrical problem and hit with a $1,000 bill. Here’s what happened. Vrbo took ...

DEAR TRAVEL TROUBLESHOOTER: I booked a vacation rental in Paris through Vrbo. Vrbo charged $863 to my credit card. A day later, the owner contacted me, saying the house was not available. He said that ...

DENVER (KDVR) — The FOX31 Problem Solvers have a consumer alert from a Denver woman going through a Vrbo nightmare. This was the host’s very first time renting her place on Vrbo. After everything that ...