Catharine McConnell

[Catharine McConnell @catharinenols]

@CityofHoboken @VeoliaWaterNJ You’re past “precautionary” at this point. Communicating to the community for the past 24+ hours that the water was safe for consumption was irresponsible and wrong. Yet, here we are - no accountability all around.

[Catharine McConnell @catharinenols]

@VeoliaWaterNJ @CityofHoboken @HobokenOEM …After an entire day of Veolia assuring the community that the water was safe to drink.

[Catharine McConnell @catharinenols]

@DaveBiscobing15 @WayneSchutsky @HannaCritch @PerryVandell

[Catharine McConnell @catharinenols]

Trying to stop the spread of Coronovirus by *not* having 14 girls share a house. Unfortunately, @vrbo refuses to offer a refund for cancelling.

They say they spoke to the Governor’s office and “they aren’t too worried about this virus.”

Unbelievable.

[Catharine McConnell @catharinenols]

I am happy to report a new development, in that the @vrbo management company is FINALLY agreeing to provide a refund. No apology for the falsified documents or fabricated information regarding the virus, but for now I’ll take it. Time for @briansharples to fix this for others!

[Catharine McConnell @catharinenols]

@PerryVandell @vrbo Sure, I’d be happy to share the information with you.

[Catharine McConnell @catharinenols]

@WayneSchutsky @HannaCritch And great work to you as well for staying on top of this story and helping to hold @vrbo and their property managers accountable.

[Catharine McConnell @catharinenols]

@vrbo @briansharples When are you going to step up and take some responsibility here? The property managers you work with are YOUR responsibility! Put people and community over profits and do the right thing!

[Catharine McConnell @catharinenols]

UPDATE: @vrbo has ADMITTED that their property managers lied and falsified email time stamps, claiming they sent the emails weeks ago “before we knew more about the virus”, which encouraged customers to continue traveling, to Arizona specifically, saying “we’re not that worried”.

[Catharine McConnell @catharinenols]

@deborahilene @vrbo Raise your voice on this! The way @vrbo @briansharples is handling (or actually, failing entirely to handle) the matter is unacceptable.

[Catharine McConnell @catharinenols]

Short term rentals refusing refunds despite coronavirus https://t.co/KyYWQC2Gup

@vrbo @briansharples

[Catharine McConnell @catharinenols]

@WayneSchutsky GoodNight Stay is fabricating the dates on which they claim to have sent these email communications to their customers and it is completely unacceptable. Others received the same exact message from this management company within the past week. A complete and utter lie.

[Catharine McConnell @catharinenols]

@rsnyder33 @MikeClarkSTL @DaveBiscobing15 @vrbo @abc15 A home in Scottsdale. Is the rental company for your property called GoodNight Stay?

[Catharine McConnell @catharinenols]

@FJJEC @CNNTravel @CNN @foxandfriends @foxnewspolitics @MSNBC Even in the unlikely event that they truly weren’t worried (which I’m hard pressed to believe), wouldn’t encouraging travelers from metropolitan areas where the virus is spreading, to come to your cities, be GREAT cause of worry? @vrbo #FlattenTheCurve

[Catharine McConnell @catharinenols]

@steve_letournea @vrbo

[Catharine McConnell @catharinenols]

@CNNTravel @CNN @foxandfriends @foxnewspolitics @MSNBC

[Catharine McConnell @catharinenols]

@JamieStelter @ny1desk @FOX10Phoenix @abc15 @dougducey @kyrstensinema @MarthaMcSally

[Catharine McConnell @catharinenols]

@packers1969 @JamieStelter @ny1desk @FOX10Phoenix @abc15 @dougducey @kyrstensinema @MarthaMcSally Unacceptable. We now know so much more about this virus and any company with a sense of social responsibility would acknowledge the situation and stop making these difficult times even more challenging for those who are trying to cancel their travel plans. Step up @vrbo !

[Catharine McConnell @catharinenols]

@karenanygaard @CaltoFlor @MEPFuller @vrbo @dougducey It absolutely has to do with the Governor and with the information being communicated to the public and to these rental companies by his office. Our government and companies like Vrbo have a social and moral responsibility, especially in a time like this, to do the right thing.

[Catharine McConnell @catharinenols]

@vrbo #FlattenTheCurve

[Catharine McConnell @catharinenols]

@vrbo Not only do people need information, but for you to take responsibility for this situation and make a commitment to your customers and community to help stop the spread of this virus. Refund your customers and stop leaving it up to the decision of ill informed property managers!