'I feel like I should get at least some of my money back': Trip organizer charges friend $700 for bailing on vacation despite finding someone to take their place

Planning a vacation is a stressful business. If you're renting an Airbnb, someone has to put their card down, and that can be a financial burden. If you're the one in that situation, odds are you're probably being scrupulous about who pays you back and how much. You don't want to be left with the bill at the end of the day. So hopefully you have friends who share your concern. They will do whatever is possible to make sure you don't end up in the hole. 

But what happens when cancellations occur? Surely it depends on what's refundable and what's not, but any change in the number of people can throw off the whole ecosystem. The number of people who are splitting the cost can dramatically alter what each person is paying. It seems right that the person who cancelled should be the one to bear the brunt of the cost, but is that always fair? Does that leave room for the trip organizer to skim a little bit off the top? Should they be able to do that, given the work they've put in? 

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