Pulling my hair out over April accomodations!
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 5:04 pm
Boy, can I just vent? This is getting SO frustrating!
I found an awesome place at a fantastic rate, emailed the owner and everything looked great, but we had to get vacation time approved. We did, and we booked flights for this place's availability, that was in high season. And a Jeep. And then the place was booked!
No worries, I said. I've been researching, I said. There are other places, I said.
I checked on Seascape, emailed and spoke with the owner on the phone. I told him I had to approve the higher rental rate with my husband and I'd get back to him within 2 hours. I emailed him 20 minutes later, because I was at work and there's NO time to talk on the phone at work. When I got home from work there was an email waiting : "Well you lost out again. You were to call back again and no call. I go a request for those date and told them Seascape was available." I emailed him back saying I'd sent a go-ahead 20 minutes after our phone call. He acknowledged that he'd missed the email and offered to cancel the reservation he'd made. I can't let him do that, though, and ruin someone else's vacation planning. So I told him we'd move on.
No worries, I said. I've been researching, I said. There are other places, I said.
I emailed with the managers for Waterklip, and said ok, send me the contract. I hadn't noticed that they don't accept credit cards, and we put our travel on the Venture card. OK. Nevermind.
Dreamshark gave me a bunch of ideas by PM and she thought I should look at Jasmine. I didn't like all this putzing around and decided to go back to the management company that we've always dealt with - Caribbean Villas. I spoke with the girls in the office and thought Jasmine would be appropriate and we could afford it in high season, so....ok, send me the contract. In the email accompanying the contract, it says "payment MUST be by check." I paid this company with the Venture card for the trip with Jillian!
So now I have emails and phone calls made to Windspree, Lavender Hill and Private Homes for Private Vacations. I don't know how you all deal with the stress of the search! I just want to find a place and rent it repeatedly. I do want to point out my mistake of making high season flight reservations without having a place to stay locked in. Arrrrghhh!
Rant over. Thank you for letting me go on!
I found an awesome place at a fantastic rate, emailed the owner and everything looked great, but we had to get vacation time approved. We did, and we booked flights for this place's availability, that was in high season. And a Jeep. And then the place was booked!
No worries, I said. I've been researching, I said. There are other places, I said.
I checked on Seascape, emailed and spoke with the owner on the phone. I told him I had to approve the higher rental rate with my husband and I'd get back to him within 2 hours. I emailed him 20 minutes later, because I was at work and there's NO time to talk on the phone at work. When I got home from work there was an email waiting : "Well you lost out again. You were to call back again and no call. I go a request for those date and told them Seascape was available." I emailed him back saying I'd sent a go-ahead 20 minutes after our phone call. He acknowledged that he'd missed the email and offered to cancel the reservation he'd made. I can't let him do that, though, and ruin someone else's vacation planning. So I told him we'd move on.
No worries, I said. I've been researching, I said. There are other places, I said.
I emailed with the managers for Waterklip, and said ok, send me the contract. I hadn't noticed that they don't accept credit cards, and we put our travel on the Venture card. OK. Nevermind.
Dreamshark gave me a bunch of ideas by PM and she thought I should look at Jasmine. I didn't like all this putzing around and decided to go back to the management company that we've always dealt with - Caribbean Villas. I spoke with the girls in the office and thought Jasmine would be appropriate and we could afford it in high season, so....ok, send me the contract. In the email accompanying the contract, it says "payment MUST be by check." I paid this company with the Venture card for the trip with Jillian!
So now I have emails and phone calls made to Windspree, Lavender Hill and Private Homes for Private Vacations. I don't know how you all deal with the stress of the search! I just want to find a place and rent it repeatedly. I do want to point out my mistake of making high season flight reservations without having a place to stay locked in. Arrrrghhh!
Rant over. Thank you for letting me go on!
We found new acommadations as well so all is good !!! At least we both now have a ticker !!!!