Stephen T.
UNFIT TO BE IN BUSINESS
Consistent with the majority of reviews on this site, I MUST dissuade anyone from considering using this company. It will spoil your holiday. They cancelled my reservation through Homeaway/VRBO and continued to make a reservation directly. My hands were tied, they wouldn't give me my money back. I can only assume this was to avoid commission charges and negative reviews showing on VRBO. I am taking this up with VRBO. We were locked out of our villa on 2 occasions. We had to pay $250 on 1 occasion for a hotel overnight due to to not being able to contact them on the number they provided. We currently have over $420 held by them, for which I cannot get a response on reimbursement. In addition the management of the villa, the information provided (none), the standard maintained, and the responses from Executive Villas was appalling. The owner, Andy Booth is brash, unapologetic, and refuses to take responsibility for any of the issues raised with him. This is consistent with other reviews on this thread. I'm taking this up with the Attorney General's office in Florida and pursuing a separate lawsuit. Unfortunately this company's strategy seems to fall under the radar when making a reservation, since they hide behind Expedia, VRBO, AirBnB, etc and many holiday makers don't realise what they're likely to encounter until it's too late. There seems no way to rate them directly on the booking search engines. I have also written a letter to the property owners to alert them to the level of service they are receiving from their management agents ( Exec Villas), but it seems they have moved to a different agent already. This would explain why they cancel so many reservations - because property owners quickly cancel their contracts with Executive Villas. Please, be warned.


