Original Message:
Charging for contact informationon Redweek.com (by R P.):
kad2 wrote:I am a current owner at two different resorts and was browsing for another week on redweek. After spending over an hour browsing for the right resort, dates, price etc. I was only them notified that I must pay $9.99 to become a member in order to send an email to the person I wanted to rent from. What a disappointment. I have use many sites which are free to people who wish to rent from owners with no problems. Why do you charge to make contact with owners? I can assume the response will include something regarding "quality and safety" issues, however, MANY web sites do this for free. My apologizes to the owners that I never reached. I will rent from others who list on myresortnetwork.com.
The nominal fee is to protect Redweek ad owners and their email addresses from scammers, spammers and tire kickers. On most free websites, owner's email addresses are listed in plain site for such parasites to pilfer freely.