11/22 • FloridaTampa

Michigan couple gets eviction notice at VRBO vacation rental in downtown Tampa 1 day before surgery

By: Jackie Callaway | Published on Nov 22, 2022

TAMPA BAY, Fla. — It was anything but a vacation for Grand Rapids resident Dustin Rehn and his wife Amy Brumwell. They were on a mission. Brumwell needed to come to Tampa in September to undergo a specialized procedure at Tampa General Hospital to fix a hole in her heart.

Rehn used VRBO to rent a unit for five days in a high-rise in downtown Tampa near the hospital.

“She had to do two days of recovery afterward. And so we kind of wanted a living space,” he said.

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