[NAGDU] FW: vrbo rentals

[Michael Forzano]

Have you contacted the person you're renting from to let them know you
have a guide dog? If they have an issue, you can hopefully at least
get a refund and rent from somewhere else. I have had good luck with
Airbnb because of their policy.

Just showing up with your dog and hoping for the best is also an option.

Mike

On 10/17/18, Janell via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
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> 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.
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> Any help?
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> Thanks in advance, Janell and rosy
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> 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
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>                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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