Until I saw both the desk top and carpet were involved, I thought the $2,000.00 claim was a bit over the top. Now, maybe you're lucky she didn't set the place on fire. Having survived a couple of European trips with a pair of daughters, now financially independent enough to travel and wreak havoc on their own, I sympathize, but like the "____ for Dummies" series, this is one of those pre-travel educational areas which more of us should be concerned enough to "pre-brief" as the military use to put it.

You'll know next time.....(after you've replaced to $2,000 in your vacation fund). Let's face it. It's not as bad as had she been driving the rental car in the right lane (which my 16 year old attempted one day in an English parking lot).