yet at this point we better understand the taint of vrbo. What more do we need? We trust this fellow FlyerTalk member to be honest and now we see that they’ve been offered this bribe to remove a review. We can immediately infer that such bribes are standard with vrbo. While other review sites (eg abnb TA) might not yet be guilty of this egregious activity, we at least have new awareness. We’ve all learned a new trick.

So I stand by my suggestion to take the money and never again trust vrbo. Else just never again trust vrbo while not taking that free $250. I guarantee that this 3-star review will find a way to disappear within the vrbo review list. So take the money else vent in 3 months that the review has been scrubbed and zero money.