Is this a rental agent for private owners?
If so they will certainly make a service charge and VAT on top for the country they are based in which may be a different % to ours.
If I book through an agent for accommodation say hotels I always check with the hotel cost as well sometimes it's less.
Another reason I also check now with the hotel is because: for the same holiday I booked two hotels with different agents when we arrived both hotels had closed down and had been for some months.
My husband and I were staying in a town we knew well so could sort this out but say someone with children had arrived not knowing the area this could have been a real problem as it was 11.30 pm.
Have you stopped buying papers?
Retiring and living frugally in money from downsizing after years of stress


