She also suggests carefully reviewing the contract. "If you are booking through a vacation rental site, review the owner's uploaded rental agreement, and the site's dictated cancellation policy ...

Legitimate sites like Airbnb and VRBO have protection policies in place for renters and rental owners, so you may be able to ...

But with roughly 115,000 vacation rental companies available ... they should pay careful attention to reviews and consider booking rentals that display the Superhost badge, an award only given ...