bachelor and bachelorette party request

[Mary1687]

Hello. Does anyone have any suggestions about hosting bachelorette parties. Makes me a little nervous to accept requests for these.

[Ana1136]

@Mary1687 there are many questions here.. Is your place equipped for hosting parties? Will your insurance cover it if something happens? Will you charge extra? Will you have separate contract? Will you need to organize something or you will leave the organization to the guest? You have a lovely listing, those kind of parties are almost always on the wilder side, are you sure you want to risk it? If you decide that this is something you want to allow you should communicate clearly with the guest and let them know what your expectations are and what he/she needs to do in order for everyone to be satisfied in the end. 

[Mary1687]

Thanks, Ana!  These are such good questions to think about.  I did ask her  to tell me the  age of her  guests,  (over 30) and if the party was to be held in the condo or elsewhere.  The party will be in a casino close by.  So no organizing on my end. Haven't accepted yet.

[Ana1136]

@Mary1687 so they are organizing a party elsewhere and won't use the property for that purpose? In that case they can party outside as much as they want. You can accept it unless you fear they will bring the party back to the home. 

[Mark116]

@Mary1687   Unless you have a very strong feeling that these are responsible people, I would say no.  Parties are super risky to begin with, and a bachelor/ bachelorette party is even more risky, since everyone is likely to drink heavily.

[Kelly149]

@Mary1687 this is really a how many people is too many in my place question (I think).

I have taken as many as 10 guests (I'm down to 8 on ABB since things have gotten so dicey with support, deposits etc).

I've had may different large groups: bachelor, bachelorette, family, friends, young, old, in between.

Some of them have been absolutely great, some have been horrible and the two types don't neatly filter into any one category and you can't necessarily tell from messaging which kind they're going to be.

My take is that your house rules and expectations must be set for any and every group:

clean up after yourself

no additional guests

no disturbing the peace

etc

Also, your pricing should be going up as the group size goes up to account for the added possibility of issues.

I've also had terrible reservations of 3 people, the whole thing is somewhat of a crapshoot. Good luck!

[Ian-And-Anne-Marie0]

@Mary1687 

The fact they've asked/told you is a good start.

Not all 'parties' are wild affairs and the most of what we have hosted - and been informed about - have been fine. When communicating your concerns about damage to these normal human beings, they're normally quite cooperative. Get the main guest to "invite other guests" to the itinerary so that you get names of all the guests via Airbnb - and then when you do your review it impacts all of them.

If anything it adds a level of responsibility and it notify's guest that they are not anonymous.

I normally send this:

Add guests to your trip itinerary.

Hi ……

As part of our booking requirements we require that all guests are registered on your trip itinerary. You can do this by following Airbnb instructions here:

https://www.airbnb.co.uk/help/article/2369

Alternatively, here is the abbreviated method:

1 Go to your Trips and click the trip you want to edit

2 Click Canny Brow Barn (or the small photo of the listing)

3 Next to Who’s coming click Manage

4 To remove a guest, click Remove next to their name

5 To add guests, enter their full name and email address then click Invite

Thanks for updating your itinerary.