Saturday, September 24, 2011

Money Saving Tip #164: Negotiate your Vacation Rentals

Recently, my family and I went on a beach vacation to Destin. Rather than going through a management company to rent a condo, we visited a website where individual owners rent ther own units. The reason we did this was to avoid extra fees from the management company, and because we wanted to have the ability to negotiate for the best deal. I emailed about 20 different condo owners. Within a few hours, we had several owners who were willing to discount their condos. We found an owner who was willing to give us a great discount.

Because we used this website and negotiated, we saved about $350.00.

The website we used is vrbo.com. This site rents vacation units in the entire world. You can rent here in the USA or other international countries. They rent units in all landscapes. They rent in mountains and other tourist locations. Check it out!