DoubleTree Rez in Our Hip Pocket

A lovely morning ... finally the stiff wind that had been blowing for a few days was no more. We had breakfast on our back deck. And then I sat down to read and sip a cup of tea … or two. It was too early for the construction machinery across the arroyo to have begun working. It was nice and quiet. The only sounds were those of the birds chirping. Until, that is, I heard Mui call out my name.

Turns out that he’d gotten an email from Airbnb advising him that the condo we had booked in Toronto was canceled. Whaaat? Not again! Two cancelations in the span of a month? Ridiculous!

I'll skip ahead to shorten the story. The cancelation was a technical glitch per the host for the condo. He had not canceled our reservation. He asked that we give him until the end of the day to clear up the issue. And he did. Airbnb had already refunded the booking, however, so we had to rebook using a link the host provided. All's well now.

Before we got the email from the host, however, we had already spent time looking at alternatives. In fact, we had a room booked at the DoubleTree in downtown Toronto. This reservation can be canceled at no charge before midnight on 24 July. So, we're going to keep it in our hip pocket for now ... just in case.

Now that today’s travel blooper is resolved, I am going to go sit on the back deck and try to do some reading!Read more