Yep we just learned that this week too. I keep trying to tell myself that maybe the person we rented from really needs the money and it's helping them out. I hope so. We're from NY so while we're open to the idea of a resort-only trip the travel down TO Florida with a 3 year old (we're supposed to be down there for her 3rd birthday and our wedding anniversary
) is what concerns us. Can she even keep a mask on for 3 hours for a flight? But a drive down means 3 days each way adding a week to our vacation and 4 additional hotel days along the way and back.
It's all so disappointing. Loss of vacation AND loss of $3800 is a double gut punch. We knew it was non-refundable so it's my fault in the end. Lesson learned the hard way. We won't rent again, especially when the savings was minimal and we've always been happy in the moderate resorts anyway. Now the "savings" is the exact opposite. The safety of the Disney refund policy is worth the added cost.