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Re: PayPal (....is NOT necessarily your "pal") (by KC):

Re: >> ..... if the buyer in the last moment will say - I don't want to go now. You will lose the whole thing if you pay him everything back. Do you think it is fair? <<

Your concern is apparently one of rental terms. My issue was/ is renters using Pay Pal. They are related (but entirely different) subjects.

However, since you've asked, I'll be glad to clearly answer regarding what I happen to think is VERY fair. Use an escrow service, in which the prospective "renter " pays a 50% deposit right up front. If he/she later cancels the rental, he/she will NOT, by contractual, signed agreement, be entitled to ever get that 50% deposit back. In that situation, you ("landlord") have no risk whatsoever of "losing the whole thing" --- AND you might well still be able to rent your week. Even at half the original rental amount (because of shorter notice), your "net" proceeds would ultimately end up being just about the same. That's fair, in my book.

I don't like "one sided" deals and PayPal, in my already clearly expressed opinion, affords the most one-sided arrangement imaginable. The money *recipient* is the **ONLY** one protected in a non-tangibles PayPal transaction --- and THAT is not fair by ANY standard or measure.

Edited to provide link to Redweek's rental escrow; http://www.redweek.com/help/rental process/ escrow ......... and they *DON'T* accept PayPal for payment.