On Your Side has had to help everyone from recent high school graduates to families. They all thought they were booked and paid for, yet got scammed.

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Jennifer Austin had no reason to believe the vacation rental she booked on Vrbo was a scam. The photos of the home in Oro Valley, Ariz., featured a cozy living room with overstuffed furniture ...

South Dakota BBB Vice President, Jessie Schmidt, said, “Vacations are fun, they cost a lot of money, why not have guarantees ...

To prevent future vacation rental scams, Vrbo has listed several tips for customers to use when planning their vacation rental room.

While vacation rental sites like Airbnb and Vrbo have protections to protect users from fraud, scams creep their way into every industry. Vacation rentals aren’t excluded. Here’s how you can ...

It can be very exciting to receive an email, direct-mail letter or phone call letting you know you’ve won a "free cruise" or ...

It might have seemed like the perfect vacation rental, but you get there only to find that the property is occupied and not for rent.

Using fake names and addresses allowed them to continue listing properties after being banned from Vrbo because of complaints and to evade local rules and regulations governing short-term rentals.

JASON LEE JASON LEE The Better Business Bureau of Eastern Carolinas is warning travelers to be on the lookout for scam listings of rental properties. Scammers list vacation rental properties ...

Del Amo warns vacation rental scams are flooding craigslist ... and also shared several tips to avoid scams. Both companies have also asked users to report any suspicious activity.