We loved our stay here!

This house is exactly as the photos show. Its decorated beautifully and we had a good stay once we arrived at the house. BUT, check in is not good. We decided last minute to book this stay for the next day. We paid and reserved through the secure VRBO website which included our dates, how many people were in our group and so on. We were surprised when we received a text message from the owner asking us for personal details of our trip including the ages of our children, why we were in the Dallas area and so on. I asked why they were asking this information again and they stated they do no receive this from VRBO and they were also not communicating through the VRBO secure channel. I became uneasy with this process and asked again for the check in details as we had paid for the rental and it was approaching the check in time. They would not provide the check in details until I agreed I would not allow anyone other then the people they were told about into the home, including any visitors we may have from the local area, sign an additional rental agreement outside the one I signed with VRBO and provide them via text message a copy of my driver license. I called VRBO to make sure I was not being scammed, and they assured me that this was a legitimate rental but they also felt it was very odd after reviewing the information I sent them and offered to refund me at no cost and help me find another rental. We didn't want to go through the hassle at 2pm on the day we were supposed to check in so we rolled the dice and sent them all our personal details. Overall, the house is as it appears in the photos. The rental process, the number of hoops you have to jump through to get the check in details, and having to agree to terms outside of VRBO make it not as great.