Up until this past February HomeAway did not charge a service fee to travelers who book through their website. But that has changed, rather than being up front about it the fee is not mentioned until one gets to the agreement. For someone who has been using HomeAway you may not even know of the fee. Oh it is there and once you submit you have incurred the fee.
I do not object to paying the fee, I object to the way HomeAway informs one of the fee.
It is clearly a way to increase revenues in sneaky, dishonest manner.
I am done with HomeAway, they are dead to me.