I don't do same day check out and check in new guests. Too stressful with my work, and since I rent a room in my apartment I really appreciate that private evening!
I've become a real neat freak, and my motto for cleaning is that the guest should feel as if they are the first ever to use the space.
Always super clean. Toilet brush is replaced as soon as I see a bit of discoloration. Pump dispensers (transparent/translucent) for hand lotion, shampoo, shower lotion are always topped up if contents are lower than max. 1 cm from top. I also check and remove any dried product stuck outside the pump head and underneath (running water and toothbrush).
Very important that all surfaces are wiped dry and the shiny ones have to sparkle!
Toilet paper - always a new roll! plus some extra on the shelf.
In the bathroom I leave make up remover pads, some Q-tips in a closed container, a little pack of tissues you can just pop in your bag, and if I get any extra cosmetic, body, or hair product samples I'll leave them as freeby too.
In the guest room I have a Nespresso machine which I always bring back to factory condition cleanliness, replace the water.
Electric tea kettle is emptied and turned over to drip dry. Treated for lime build up before it really becomes apparent.
Of course Nespresso cups, little glass containers for tea, for brown sugar cubes and white sugar cubes are always filled. Napkins too as well as the water bottles in the super clean little fridge too.
Then tacky but nice (at least I'd like it as guest) some little Dutch caramel wafel cookies wrapped and tied up in cellophane as a welcome gesture.
With the way I place or hang things I kind of geek out 😉
When installing exhibitions it's usually important to line things up the same way that graphic design is arranged - line it up with something, don't do slightly diagonal or crooked, do it properly diagonal or crooked so it looks intentional, or lay it perfectly straight.
So I have this system where my towels or dispensers in the bathroom are lined up or centered with the darker grout of tiles or with other elements. Toilet paper with the glued down starting edge toward the wall just looks nicer. And the same with the reserve rolls on the shelf - no paper ends visible.
All towels hang completely straight.
All little containers and dishes in the room on the placement section on top of the fridge.... House manual, little tray, everything, haha.
Sounds crazy, but the same way that it looks nicer in photographs, it all makes it lookscalm, organized, and fresh.
My personal problem is that I love this 'hotel look' so much that I do it in my own bathroom too!!! ummm.... daily...