Vacation Rental Owners

[gto-mx]

Hi Don;
I appreciate what you are saying and would have to stand down if it were not for the global destruction of small business that these business models have wrought.

I was with this company for 4 years, they saying they wanted to help me... an owner. I bought in and was happy (hooked), then, they said... we are changing our model now and from now on we will collect all the money.

This is no different than what Visa/MC have done to fraudulently market their points programs "as if it was they who were paying" ... but it was the merchants all along that were paying.

Trip Advisor and Home Away are global companies that are being absorbed by the "hotels.com" model. This model works extremely well in a world where people have stoped being "human" and only behave as a consumer.

As a "consumer" your comments are right on the money... hey, read the rules man!

What is someone to do... when it has become clear that the internet is now totally monetized.... Capital, who has no loyalties, only consolidates power.

I believe that individuals have an obligation to be aware, to act as citizens, not just consumer robots.

I have seen the awful destruction of small business hospitality in Europe, in Asia. This is a serious global problem for humanity.

Compliance (yes, there is a movie)... following the rules... this is how police states come into being.

I know it is a beautiful place, a paridise. I just thing that citizenship calls for more!