Dear Colleagues
To encourage long term booking I apply high discounts to these reservations .However the very high increase of prices of energy (gas,oil,electricity) puts a complicated problem for this kind of booking which I faced this year (2021-2022).The combination of high prices with low temperatures during winter (and very high during summer) has taken the corresponding bills to that heights ,that if I add the rest bills ,like internet,common expenses of the building ,cleaning expenses,services etc plus taxes it remains almost nothing .
One approach to the problem might be to rearrange prices so that to compensate these expenses.However it is not possible to foresee the exact impact of the above factors on expenses and of course it is not fair to charge beforehand with additional fees people who for any reason will not have very high consumption.
To tangle this enigma I suggest to apply the following fair-i hope-approach for long term residents from 1/12-28/2 There will be an allowance in heating bills up to, say, 60 euros per month . The exceeding amount will be paid by the guest at the beginning of each month (the bill will refer to the previous month) .The justification document will be the relevant receipt .
All the above must be included in the listing and must be repeated at the moment of the reservation in case they have not been seen
Of course if guests do not agree with the above they may cancel the reservation according to the cancelling policy
What is your view ?
Ioannis