We leave a basket with local foods/wine/water/breakfast basics as a welcome gift (asking for preferences after people book). We considered charging for it, or for additional baskets, through the Resolution Center, but it is far more valuable as a pleasant extra. It gives us happy guests, good reviews, and as a result more bookings. We figured out the total cost, and cover part of it with our modest cleaning fee, which makes it a little fairer for one-night bookings (onetime expense and onetime charge)—and our guests mostly leave the place very clean.
Actually, it comes out even more affordable than we thought. Not everyone eats everything, and some people even end up giving us a bottle of wine or some other thing themselves. Of course we don't reuse opened or time-sensitive food for other guests, but we ourselves like everything we provide, so we just use it ourselves. It's so much less complicated than charging, and makes everyone happy. Of course it depends on how expensive the food is, and how expensive the place is.
If we invite guests to grill with us, sometimes they contribute some food or drink, sometimes not, depending, but similarly, it ends up working out for everyone.
