Kitchen staples for guests

[Lisa8805]

Hi, I'm just wondering how many hosts leave kitchen staples, like flour, honey, etc. I think one of the nice amenities of my home is the well equipped kitchen. I know that my family and I like to cook together in homes that we've rented and appreciated the staples left for us to use.

[Helen3]

It really depends on the listing . You will be able to see in the listing description what hosts might offre in the way of food/drink @Lisa8805 

[Marc14025]

I just have the essentials - tea, coffee, sugar, and milk in the fridge. Hope this helps.

[Kavin14]

As Marc updated basic items are like making tea or coffee with or without milk. Rest are individual choice, hence it's quite difficult to understand their needs which they manage themselves. Sometimes I offer other items on demand during the guest stay.

[Kelly1434]

Hey,  depends on what type of listing you have.  My apartment is based in a city so everyone normally eats out.  I just leave salt, pepper, sugar, coffee, tea, and sweetener.  Hope this helps.

[Leo107]

At mine, I only provide unlimited mineral drinking water, soap, shampoo, tissues and wipes. I guess it depends on your area or local practices.

I don't provide kitchen staples because it needs more monitoring of the expiry of these items and furthermore guests can easily get this at convenience store just outside the property

Understanding local practices from other home owners  allows you to shine and differentiate yourself from the rest. 

[Kwesi-Quao0]

Hi @Lisa8805 ,

It really depends on the type of guests and their needs!

I always make sure to provide essentials  like a coffee maker, basic cooking utensils, and some essentials to help guests feel at home.

A well-equipped kitchen can truly enhance the experience, especially for those who love to cook. Keeping a few staples like salt, pepper, and cooking oil can make a big difference.

I believe small touches like these help create a warm and welcoming stay

[Lev226]

I have two airbnbs. One is an expensive upscale beach house, and we have almost everything there. Another one is in Florida where the bugs can become a problem. We offer only tge basics, including coffee, salt and pepper, creamer and tea. We need the place free from food. 

[MandM-Homes0]

At ours, we only provide the bare cooking essentials like oil, salt, sugar , coffee and tea.

I think leaving more than that is okay for short stays but would be more costly for longer stays and you risk the client saying you didn’t provide enough for the stay.

[Mattias57]

I have quite a lot since we also use the ourselves. People are sometimes not sure if they can use it. Many appreciate not having to shop every tiny thing needed to cook decent meals. I also try to create premium (and charge at a rate too) living and then I market that they can cook with everything they can expect in terms of utensils.  Personaly I detest renting a nice place that has one wonky saucepan and a dull knife as only alternative... that happen again to us last summer in  Italy. 

[Lorie157]

Hi,

I have 2 properties. In my smaller property (studio), I leave olive oil, salt & pepper, coffee, tea and sweeteners that are single serve packets. In my larger property, where I anticipate poor cooking, I have all of the same stuff and additionally, I also have spices, honey and flavored syrups for the coffee. Personally, I would be hesitant to use a product that others have had full access to, like a container of flour or sugar. But that may be because I’m a bit of a germaphobe 😊, so I assume the same for my guests. 

[Kristin1918]

I provide coffee to get them started salt pepper and olive oil.  The rest I don’t.  I don’t use things left in places and you never know how old they are or what people have done to them.   So I feel like it’s untidy to leave a bunch of stuff.  And never do I leave condiments in the fridge.  Just think it looks dirty 

[Saba208]

I like to leave basic essentials that are individually packaged from a safety and health perspective. I do not use anything left open when I stay in airbnb and I always like to extend that same courtesy to my guests.  I hope this helps

[Mark5779]

Hi @Lisa8805 , Our cabin is listed as a romantic get away.  Although we have a well equipped kitchen, we only provide coffee, tea, creamers, sugar, and sweetener for the first morning. We also have basic spices, black pepper, salt, and cooking oil.  It's been our experience that either the guests will go out for food (eat there or bring back), or they will bring everything they need with them. We've only had a few guests that have actually cooked a whole meal. One was the guests over Thanksgiving, and the other was a couple that had planned on not going anywhere and they brought everything they needed to cook.  

Mark & Ruth

[Katha583]

We stock our kitchen with all the basic spices, oils, sugar, flour, honey, etc. The guests really appreciate that everything they need to cook with is there for them and they don't need to incur another expense during their vacation. We do visit our property at least monthly, so this makes it easy to inventory our supplies and restock accordingly.