Compensation for a Mistake in Vacation Booking

Question

We booked a vacation rental (villa) for 3 days in one of the moshavim on a specific date, and we paid in advance. After about a week, we discovered that we booked a wrong date. We informed the property owners that we would not be able to come on the aforementioned date. Our notification was delivered 9 days before the time we had booked. The owner claims that he suffered a significant loss as the place was without vacationers for 2 out of the 3 days. Should compensation be paid, and if so, how much?

Answer

Shalom!
You should pay half of the amount for the days that the property remained empty.

Source

Instruction of our teacher, the Rabbi,

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