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How is the accommodation taken care of when you go on holiday?

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‎04-02-2025 04:03 PM
Ashleen2
Level 3
Valletta, Malta
‎04-02-2025 04:03 PM

How is the accommodation taken care of when you go on holiday?

Hi all so I have been hosting since September last year and doing quite well. My partner and I do the management and cleaning since we only have one property and it only takes 2/2.5hours to clean, tidy, change linens and throw out the trash. I usually take linens (got enough on rotation) home to wash and air-dry there though I have a dryer if needed. We are already quite booked for the next three months.

 

My question is what do similar hosts do when you decide to go for a holiday yourself?

A. Get a company to take care of it all the time?

B. Find someone to do it only when you are away?

C. Block the nights you are away on holiday and are ok with the financial loss?

D. Something I haven't thought of?

 

Just curious as B. would be my ideal option, though I don't know if many companies would have even done that since they would be such one offs and not profitable for them.

 

Thanks in advance!

‎04-02-2025 04:03 PM
Top Answer
‎04-02-2025 04:42 PM
Shelley159
Top Contributor
Stellenbosch, South Africa
‎04-02-2025 04:42 PM

Hi @Ashleen2 

I make sure guests check in before I leave, and check out after I return. You can set this up in the Professional Tools calendar by making a rule to block anyone from checking in and checking out while you're away. Sometimes when I struggle to get a long enough booking, I start relaxing the blocks a bit closer to the time (for example, by allowing check-out a day or 2 before I'm back, and then I just leave the remaining nights open).

It's ideal to have check-in at least the day before you leave, as most questions and uncertainties are on the first day, and you relax much more once you know the guests are properly settled.

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‎04-02-2025 04:42 PM
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‎05-02-2025 07:50 PM
Ashleen2
Level 3
Valletta, Malta
In response to Lorina14
‎05-02-2025 07:50 PM

Ye I wish to see if I can find someone else in the same town ideally to do the same. Thanks for the advice!

‎05-02-2025 07:50 PM

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