B.C. Airbnb refused refund, despite being in active fire zone | iNFOnews | Thompson-Okanagan's News Source
January 15, 2021 - 7:30 AM A Cariboo couple who argued that nearby out-of-control wildfires and a provincial state of emergency weren't grounds to offer a refund to a family that cancelled their vacation rental have been ordered to pay back the cash. While much of the province was on fire in 2017, the defendant in the case, Remco Wijnhorst, argued his vacation rental cottage was just outside of the fire zone and not subject to a nearby evacuation order and therefore he would not issue a $3,500 refund to Duane and Elizaveta Gingras, who booked and paid for the cottage but wer...
Source: infotel.ca