u/Regular-Month-3995

I booked a VRBO for the end of the month back in April. I messaged the owner with a question for our stay later this month, then got a text offering to book directly with the owner to save the fees. The name of the VRBO host and the person who messaged me back through the site are different, but they did get my number and there is a legit website for the house. How likely is it that I'm being scammed somehow? We have a whole plan and I'd hate to ruin the trip by canceling the booking and then being caught up in a scam, OTOH saving $500 sounds great. Any thoughts or insight would be appreciated! (I was scammed early this year by StubHub and am a little skittish because of it ...)