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Consumer Alert: Vacation rental owners are suddenly canceling reservations. What are your rights?
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Consumer Alert: Vacation rental owners are suddenly canceling reservations. What are your rights?

A rash of last-minute cancellations is leaving our readers high and dry. Here's what to do.

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Christopher Elliott
Aug 07, 2023
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Just before Greg Marquise boarded his recent flight from Charlotte to Paris, the owner of his Airbnb in Nice, France, contacted him with some bad news: Because of "plumbing issues," his rental was canceled.

And he's not alone. Sudden vacation rental cancellations are spiking this summer, according to our case records. I even experienced a last-minute cancellation in Indonesia. (More on that in a minute.)

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