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Negotiating vacation rental fees
Posted on 4/19/23 at 7:28 am
Posted on 4/19/23 at 7:28 am
Has anyone had success calling a rental agency to get some of the added fees reduced or removed? It’s out of hand.
For example, a week cottage rental on 30A;
Lodging: $4200
A&E fee: $100
Departure Clean: $500
Amenity fee: $400
Damage Waiver: $175
Processing fee: $200
Travel insurance (optional) $400
Subtotal: $5975
Tax: $675
Total: $6650
That’s $2450 in taxes and fees for one week on what seems like bullshite numbers. Any of you guys have luck negotiating those numbers down or is the general attitude of the rental agencies that some chump will pay it?
For example, a week cottage rental on 30A;
Lodging: $4200
A&E fee: $100
Departure Clean: $500
Amenity fee: $400
Damage Waiver: $175
Processing fee: $200
Travel insurance (optional) $400
Subtotal: $5975
Tax: $675
Total: $6650
That’s $2450 in taxes and fees for one week on what seems like bullshite numbers. Any of you guys have luck negotiating those numbers down or is the general attitude of the rental agencies that some chump will pay it?
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Posted on 4/19/23 at 8:02 am to BitBuster
Google the place and see if it's listed elsewhere. I've had luck doing that when it's been listed with outrageous fees on VRBO/etc and then found on a different (personal) site with way fewer fees. May not have been a rental agency though.
Also, these outrages fees and prices are just laughable now for a week in the panhandle...
Also, these outrages fees and prices are just laughable now for a week in the panhandle...
Posted on 4/19/23 at 8:02 am to BitBuster
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some chump will pay it
those fees are the profit for the agency on the rental. They are not negotiable terms generally
Posted on 4/19/23 at 2:08 pm to BitBuster
Sounds like you need to book in Destin instead of Watercolor.
Posted on 4/19/23 at 2:25 pm to BitBuster
The best you can do is search that property and try to get it through another way…will not work for Seaside or Watercolor. Rent a place in Old Seagrove if you want something with no amenities fee…but then again, you won’t have any amenities.
Posted on 4/21/23 at 6:01 am to BitBuster
I have a friend who makes travel plans to a destination but doesn’t book lodging until less than 2 weeks before he leaves. He finds available properties on VRBO or Airbnb, contacts the owner/manager and makes a much lower offer than the advertised rate. He says he gets rejected a lot but always finds something for half price or better. I don’t feel comfortable traveling like that but he makes it work. Many owners would rather collect something over their own costs rather than their property generate nothing.
Posted on 4/21/23 at 6:53 am to BitBuster
I just don’t rent from a system like that. Not sure what agency that is, but those are super high. I’ve noticed VRBO and Air BNB have very high fees but not quite that high. I’d look to some local old school rental agencies that don’t have those high fees. You may have to search, but usually they can be found.
Posted on 4/27/23 at 12:40 am to BitBuster
quote:
For example, a week cottage rental on 30A;
Lodging: $4200
A&E fee: $100
Departure Clean: $500
Amenity fee: $400
Damage Waiver: $175
Processing fee: $200
Travel insurance (optional) $400
Subtotal: $5975
Tax: $675
Total: $6650
That is nuts. I wouldn't pay that for a week at the Bunny Ranch.
I could go to Vegas 3 times for that.
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