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At least for those fly-drives, or when you fly into an area prone to wild fires. Airlines also used to be really helpful with putting you up overnight if you had a flight delayed, getting you meal vouchers -- not so much now, if my cousin's experience trying to get home from Ireland is any indication.Originally Posted by AZBuck
We don't worry about it with our road trips, either. But we do watch exactly what is refundable and what is not. We've discovered that many motels have gone to a longer period of "free cancellation." What used to be standard, at least in the grade of motels that we would stay at, was "free cancellation by 4 pm date of arrival." Now, those are fewer. They've gone to 24-hour, or 48 hour, before arrival, "free cancellation by 4 pm on (date one or two days previous to your arrival." In a resort community, you may have free cancellation up to a week in advance, we discovered with many places in Key West as a for-instance.
Our next trip is fully booked in motels. Only one day is cancellable by 4 pm date-of-arrival. The rest are either 24 or 48 hours. All are chains -- we haven't tried the AirBnB or VRBO route, even though we are staying 5 nights in one place.
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