You may not have used any of the vacation home rental sites but it’s not as cut and dried as you may think. There is no communication between home owner and renter before they book your place. It’s not like I am interviewing prospective renters. I found out the day they showed up that he was getting drafted.
Gotcha. I had the impression from your original post that there was some direct communication (like with AirBNB or something) that tipped you off in advance.