Cleaning for a two week stay

[Laura2273]

I have a 2week booking coming up in June and I am wondering what other hosts do for the guests during this kind of time frame.  Do you go in and change the linens, vacuum, etc.?  I will go empty the outside garbage can and recycling bin, but beyond that I’m not sure what if anything I should be doing.  I have spare bed sheets, towels, beach towels, etc for guests to use if they want.  I do charge a one time cleaning fee whether guests are there for three nights or 2 weeks.  I also like to give my guests privacy while they are in my self contained cottage.  

Thank you

Laura, BC Canada

[Jim472]

For me I tell my guests to treat my home as their own. I have a washer/dryer, spare linen/towels, and vaccum/cleaning supplies should they want to use them. My place is pristine when they come in and I feel that's all that's necessary for that "Sparkling Clean" rating and as long as it's not destroyed on departure I rate them as clean and tidy. Other than that, they're on their own.

[Sarah977]

@Laura2273  Most of my guests stay for at least a week, some 10 days or 2 weeks. No, I don't enter their private bedroom/bath at all during their stay except for essential situations, like when I saw the guest had left the windows open and was out, so I went in to close them when it started raining. I texted her to let her know I'd done this, so she didn't come home to wet bed. 

I leave a broom and dustpan in the space for the guests and there are cleaning products and a cleaning cloth and sponge under the sink, which I point out, telling them that I don't expect my guests to do any heavy cleaning, but that they might not walk to walk around on a sandy floor (I live in a beach town) in their bare feet or track it into bed. 

I'll ask them after a week if they have any garbage in their room, so I can take it to the dump with the rest of my garbage (guests share my kitchen, so it's not like the garbage can in their room is full of food scraps), and offer clean towels and bedding after a week, but that's about it. Have had all 5* reviews for cleanliness and everything else.

However, if you get some indication that the guests are slobs (like they leave a mess in the kitchen if you share that with them, or traipse through the house in muddy shoes, or order pizza and take it to their room, you might want to say you need to go in and vacuum and do a quick cleaning at the one week mark, just so you can make sure the place isn't a pig sty, create some order, get rid of leftover pizza boxes, etc. 

[Laura2273]

Thank you for your responses.  

[Ana1136]

@Laura2273 I clean and change the bedsheets every 5 days. But my guests don't have access to washer and dryer and it has to be done. No one would want to sleep in the same sheets for two weeks. 

[Alexandra316]

@Laura2273I offer to send our cleaner in to clean weekly, and let them know that we can supply fresh sheets and towels whenever requested. So far, only one guest has taken me up on it: most people just seem to prefer to deal with it themselves. We do have laundry facilities available.