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\"\"Hurricane Florence did more than trash people’s vacation plans, it trashed Topsail Island. While many of the beach houses are structurally sound, there was a mandatory evacuation order when Hurricane Florence arrived. And that’s good, considering that streets ended up with 4′ of sand on them and there were no utilities by the time the hurricane left.<\/p>\n

Can tenants get a refund for their beach house?<\/h2>\n

I rent out a couple of beach houses<\/a> in Surf City and this is the first thing that I was asked by a tenant who was scheduled to be on vacation from September 15 – September 22, 2018, and also by the next tenant who was supposed to be in from 9\/22\/18 – 9\/29\/18, etc – you get the picture, in fact, Topsail Island is closed until further notice<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Since I take a very personal approach to renting beach houses on Topsail Island of course I offered everyone alternate dates or a refund. Everyone chose the alternate date. But what happens if you rented from someone on AirBNB or from one of the big “rental agencies”?<\/p>\n

You may or may not be able to get a refund. I’ll explain below.<\/p>\n

Mandatory Evacuations and North Carolina Law<\/h2>\n

States like North Carolina who have both a lot of vacationers and hurricanes have special laws in place to protect tenants. North Carolina\u2019s Vacation Rental Act (N.C. General Statute Chapter 42-A<\/a>) protects consumers who rent a vacation home to some extent.<\/p>\n

You get a refund if:<\/p>\n