Hi everyone,
I have a query I can't seem to find a direct answer to in any other threads. I have a large house and do not charge a cleaning fee at all, and the price is the same regardless of whether it is 6 or 12 guests.
I set the booking total to be 12, however as the house can sleep 15 and guests can see this in the bedroom layout (which I would hesitate to change as the reason there are multiple beds in some rooms is so that singles are able to stay too rather than only couples wishing to share a bed).
I've found an increasing number of parties are seeing this and then requesting (or just having) extra guests sleep at the house. This is another reason I hesitated to charge extra per guest, in case people just brought in the extra people after check in without my knowledge?
So, I thought a solution may be to charge a higher security deposit for larger groups?
Does anyone have any advice or previous experience with this sort of thing. I'd like to avoid the cleaning fee if possible as my friends have found when you do charge a cleaning fee, guests are much less respectful and clean themselves. However there is a big difference between laundry and cleaning for 6 and laundry and cleaning for 14!
Advice most welcome. Many thanks.