Originally Posted by
greentravelgal
Also - in researching options - I realized that Home Away (or VRBO who I have used for YEARS) has followed AirBNB in not only charging a "service fee" but also dynamic currency conversion. I'm a big believer in private home rentals - have done it for more than 20 years for family gatherings - but I think AirBNB has ruined it for all of us.
Is this a new "enhancement" (as our friends on the BA forum use the term)?
I booked 3 places in Italy late last year on HomeAway. I used HA payments. (Rentals coming up next month.) There was a service fee (ugh) but everything was paid in euros using my US card with no foreign exchange fees. In fact, the days I booked were based on the exchange rate. I saved a couple of hundred dollars by paying attention to XE.