Yes, horribly sad and REDWEEK doesn't even monitor this forum since people are posting unrelated ads about BITCOIN and other junk. We just have to show them our disgust by exiting their platform. Jay, what you mention above is a travesty -- there are often locals that would be willing to take a last minute rental for a deeply reduced rate.
Redweek is CLEARLY unable to handle last minute changes and fearful that can't put through a last minute rental so instead of giving owners back that option, they just deleted it altogether. What a shoddy business model.
You can always try Craigslist, but it's localized. I'm hearing about Tug2 and there are sites out of Florida and Utah that rent weeks out for owners as a way to resell timeshares. For Maui VRBO is too complicated but it may work for your location.
Kristina A.