[NAGDU] FW: vrbo rentals

nellie at culodge.com nellie at culodge.com
Wed Oct 17 21:37:42 UTC 2018


Hi all,

 

Once again I am having an issue with my dog going with us to Florida this
March for vacation.  I am so frustrated in trying to find some definitive
answers from someone.  Here is the response I got from Seeing Eye (which is
not my guide dog school but my trainer that is here from NC contacted) but
as you can see it is not totally clear with vrbo which is the company we
rented our beach house through.

 

Any help?

 

Thanks in advance, Janell and rosy 

 

From: nellie at culodge.com <nellie at culodge.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 4:29 PM
To: nellie at culodge.com
Subject: vrbo rentals

 

               This is coming up a lot. Airbnb specifically has a
nondiscrimination policy that forbids discrimination because of service
animals which includes guide dogs. It's at
https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/1405/airbnb-s-nondiscrimination-policy--
our-commitment-to-inclusion-and-respect?topic=533

VRBO is a little trickier because of the way they're set up an because some
of the homes fall under Fair Housing Act exemptions and it's not clear that
the ADA applies to them. I've consulted with a couple of other lawyers about
their thoughts on this and it's a bit gray with VRBO. I hope this helps.

Melissa R. Allman
Senior Specialist, Advocacy and Government Relations
The Seeing Eye, Inc.

 




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