I don't have their direct contact info for the owner and I'm not sure my friend would give it to me. Isn't there a way to send the owner a question on the site?? There has to be some way to ask a question about a property. I really don't use VRBO, so don't know. If not, why don't you send in a request for a booking and specify you only want 'x' dates. If you're talking fairly soon, based on how low occupancy is EVERYWHERE on island right now, I'd just try that.