Wondering if anyone has any ideas of sites I can search for a replacement villa for my family holiday please!
We had planned a holiday to Tuscany this summer as a family celebration for my lovely Mum who just turned 80. There will be 8 of us in total - my mum, my brother and his family, and me and mine. We all fancied Italy, somewhere peaceful where we could eat and drink and be together. A pool was a must, especially for my 9 year old and my brothers two teenage girls.
Italy is not a massive package holiday destination but I often book flights and accommodation separately so wasn’t phased by this. It took a lot of hours of trawling but I finally found something on Airbnb that looked perfect, a big villa in a village. It had an above ground pool which wasn’t my ideal but the listing stated that an in-ground pool was being built in time for summer ‘23. I message the owner and she was adamant the pol would be completed in time for our hol (this was late last year)
Booked it, booked our flights… all good. Everyone super excited.
Cut to today when I get an email from the owner saying the pool has not been built. It is 6 weeks until we fly. They’ve offered a 20 percent refund if we want to stick with the booking but state that even the above ground pool won’t be there. We really want a pool so I am going to cancel, they have said they will give a full refund. But I now need alternative accommodation! At very short notice.
I've checked Airbnb, VRBO, booking.com, owners direct ….. any other sites anyone else can think of to book holiday accommodation in Italy? Our flights are Jet2 so not refundable.
I don’t want tell my family about this mess until
i have a viable solution!
Thanks for reading this ramble… any suggestions would be so appreciated 🙏