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Re: Another question on rental agreements....... (by Candice and John M.):

jayjay wrote:

donnam326 wrote:

I agree that it would imply that the parties are more serious when a contract is entered into and also your point re damages at the resort. But my question is more from the renter's perspective. For example, you enter into a rental agreement, pay your money to the owner; get to the resort and they never heard of you - ie no reservation. Then what good is the contract to you in those circumstances - and very difficult to track down the person in another country and recover your monies even with an a rental agreement. How can your agreement help you in those circumstances ? Thanks again

There are precautionary measures renters you can take. You can call the resort and ask if the person you're renting from is the owner and if the owner has reserved the rental in your name or have the owner send you a copy or fax of the reservation in your name.

I think, in most circumstances, you can get a gut feeling about an owner during communication concerning the rental. If at all suspicious, then don't go through with it. If you follow through with the above suggestions, you should be safe.

BTW, it was a very good question that had not been asked before here.

jayjay, MD has given me some great info on another forum about rental agreements. I want to run this ongoing ?? I have past you to see what you think. We are owners at the Maui Ocean Club and about to do our 1st rental posting on Redweek. When we get a renter we will have a rental agreement for them to sign, etc. If they want a copy of the resort reservation confirmation before the final payment is made, is is safe to just give them ALL the conf info, meaning the conf. #..or should one wait till the final payment is made (in our case 60 days before occupancy unless the time of rental is less than 60 days out) to give them the conf.#...i/e..send them the copy of the reserv but black out the conf # for our saftey and security..seems like a lot can be done to a reserv. with a conf # until the deal is all wrapped up with that final payment. thanks for any input. mccabin