I did not have a stay. This host should not be allowed to remain on vrbo. I placed and paid for my reservation 5 months in advance, the host called me 2 months later and asked if I could cancel my vrbo reservation and pay him directly instead, stating that vrbo charges him too many fees. I declined saying I wasn't comfortable with that but asked to confirm that I still had a reservation, that he wasn't cancelling my reservation. He confirmed that no he wasn't cancelling and yes I still had a reservation. I didn't hear from him again. I messaged him through the vrbo site the day before my reservation to confirm the check in procedures but did not hear back from him. The evening of my reservation (check in was at 4pm, I showed up a little before 8pm) I showed up to the house and there were other cars in the driveway, and the lockbox that was supposed to contain a key to enter the house was empty. There were clearly other people at the house. I called the host- he claimed that he cancelled his vrbo account 2 months prior and that he didn't have any reservations through them and thus I no longer had a reservation. My vrbo account showed that my reservation was still active and neither the host nor vrbo had contacted me to let me know. He claimed that it was vrbo's job to contact me and cancel my reservation. The vrbo agent claimed he never told them the reservation was cancelled thus they couldn't have known to notify me. I was left with nowhere to stay. DO NOT BOOK.