I had always in the past sent a special offer including the pet fee, so that is no change for me (unless they mean I must wait until after the person has checked out to "resolve" the addition of the pet fee?). However, the fee was in my listing description, not the rules (but has since been added to the rules, per their request).
My problem is that the people who checked in yesterday (instant booked that morning, before the email was released) brought two dogs with them without notifying me. Not only do I have a pet fee, but there are also extra steps I do to the home before pets will be visiting.
First of all, am I screwed because of this rule change? Or not, because she booked before I had the chance to update my house rules to the new change?
Secondly, I think their third guest ended up sleeping out in their van (I was not notified of this, I was just making an inference from the extra third person space I set up having not been used). So the $20 for the third guest is the same fee as the $20 total pet fees. I do not have to wash the unused sheets or blanket, but I also had to set it up (which is not normally set up for use), and I could assume he may have come inside last night to use other facilities? I don't know. I was not home last night, and only came back once they were already in bed.
Regardless, it will be reported in my review of them, since I feel they did me a disservice by not notifying me they were bringing two dogs, but I may not bother with trying to claim the pet fees. What do people think? 😕