Poor Hygiene from guests

[Yohana7]

Hi, is there anyone here have any policy or house rules for their guests to maintain hygiene while they are staying?

I have mostly nice memories about my past guests, but there are also some shocking ones and had me feeling really nervous about hosting them. 

There was 2 guests in separate bookings who were just filthy and not really keeping theirselves clean, ie not taking shower for 2-3 days in a row, while during those times they were walking everywhere in the house (gosh the awful stench from their body and their feet smells were just imprinted on the floors), seated on the lounge (I had to sneak to quickly wipe it with disinfectant after they left), and not to mention the bed where they slept and the whole room was just so stink.

I was having lots of hesitation about whether I should say something to the guest or not, worrying it will put both of us in awkward situation.

[Sarah977]

@Yohana7  I'm afraid this is just too personal a thing to find a way to mention in house rules or even in person to the guest and not anything you can enforce. 

Perhaps you need to take a look at why your listing is attracting people like this. Is it too cheap, maybe?

[Yohana7]

Hi Sarah,

Thank you for giving your thoughts!! 

I am really holding myself to make the confrontation, therefore I am biting my nails because of it,

My listing is not too cheap considering that it is only a private room with shared common facilities and for the location, however it is not expensive either. 

[John1080]

@Yohana7 , I'd agree with @Sarah977  that perhaps your place is too inexpensive. I took at a quick look and saw the base rate is $27 per night.

Of course, I don't know the details of the area, the going rate, etc, but that seems very cheap to me. If you're booked up solidly or very nicely, especially for quite some time out, I'd look into raising the rates in hopes of attracting a better class of guests.