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When searching for a villa on AirBnb/Homeaway it is easy to filter for 'Free Cancellation'

Each listing will then have the specifics but you are not going to be tied to a booking many many months out.

Having sold DVC here and refunded them in full I'm fully aware that each owner will have their own policy and flexibility. When I sold I was not expecting to refund, but did because it was the right thing to do. Based on that experience I will have more specific cancellation conditions (which each of my renters would have met so actually no material difference to me).

We have seen countless threads where Airbnb/Homeaway are jumped on as the bad guys. What is clear is as a renter I will never book somewhere that doesn't have a flexible policy, even if that means I pay more for the villa/apartment.