Rent a place without a million rules

[Darius113]

If any of you AirBnB Hosts, homeowners offer a place to rent to the wider public that doesn't have a million rules on departure, I think you would do extremely well.    Like a hotel, when it's time for me to go, leave the place, I just want to leave.  I don't want to sweep, I don't want to load the dishwasher, I don't want to do dishes, strip the beds, place towels in a certain location, take the garbage out.  I'm in a rush to meet the deadline to leave and all this "cleanup" stuff stinks, and just makes departing more stressful.   SO, if any of you HOSTs advertise:  
"when it's time to checkout, just leave, don't worry about doing ANY departure chores, we will take care of it..."     People will love that. 

[Fred13]

Statistics back you up 100%, a string of chores asked of guests (along with the presence of cameras) are two of the most common complaints of guests in the STR arena.

We ask zero from our guests on their way out except double check whether they are leaving anything; besides my clean-freak wife will go through everything any way. 😎

[Kitty-and-Creek0]

@Fred13 

We are the same as you. We tear down the space with our own system, inspecting all linens as we do, cleaning as we go. We deep clean between every guest stay. 

We ask nothing of our guests on departure, in fact we prefer it that way. We've no dishwasher,  the door remains unlocked. We are in the boondocks, with bears, so all trash needs to be handled specially, kept locked in the garage till we can take it to town to the dump and recycling center. We sort their trash to suit the local regulations. 

In short, this departure rules thing is as individual as each home. 

[Fred13]

At least my wife doesn't suffer OCD to the extend of a neighbor we had, who vacuum cleans his lawn (!!). Serious.

[Kitty-and-Creek0]

@Fred13 

🤣There's a shop vac made for that, useful in Autumn for porches, etc. Cooler than leaf blowers!😎

[Helen744]

@Kitty-and-Creek0 now I want one ... H

[Mike-And-Jane0]

@Darius113 If you are not willing to even load a dishwasher I suspect a lot of hosts might prefer you to stay in a hotel. Our checkout tasks ask people to take out the rubbish and lock the door. If people find these 2 minute tasks too much we would prefer they stay elsewhere

[Helen744]

@Darius113 most hosts make it very convenient for guests to manage to keep the home at a similar level to how they keep their own homes. Of course if there is a lack of dish washing liquid , bin bags , sponges , towels , toilet paper  , dish washing tabs etcetera then maybe you have an excuse to trash and leave , but the cleaning fee is meant to cover linen changes , vacumning , bathroom cleaning , kitchen and refrigerator and stove cleaning , garden , maintenance , additional coffees teas milk etcetera being put in place. Unlike a hotel you generally have access to a persons home and may have  extra facilities which require maintenance, if its just a room then you need to look the owner in the face , while you dont do the dishes. Get with the program , its not difficult and generally not a lot to do.give it another go and follow the rules and life becomes happier. buy your mum some flowers while you are at it ...Just my opinion.... H

[Pat271]

@Darius113  I am in a tropical location, and if I could require guests do nothing without consequences, I would.

I have 2 rules: load the dishwasher with any of their dirty dishes, and remove their garbage.

The only reason I ask the guests to do this is because bugs are relentless in our area. Ants and roaches appear out of nowhere if food or garbage is left out. We treat once a quarter, but it doesn’t seem to deter these little rascals.

[Irma271]

We aren’t hotels with large housekeeping staff.  These are private homes.  I treat my guests as if they are friends and family.  And friends and family clean up after themselves.  We take care of all laundry, making beds, sweeping/mopping, disenfecting, vacuuming and provide many amendments hotels do not.  I don’t think asking guests to leave our home tidy is too much to ask.  In addition to being a host I am also a guest snd have no problem cleaning up after myself.  Its called respecting someone’s home.

[Kia272]

@Darius113 Just think! If you started to prepare to leave just a tad earlier, you wouldn't be in a rush. Then, you could clean up after yourself as most adults do. You don't have to strip the bed, or do much else at my place, but you DO have to do your dishes, and leave the place as you found it. 

All this "cleanup" stuff is something that we all have to take care of in our daily lives, unless you have magic cleaning fairies following you around.

Jeez......

[Basha0]

@Darius113  we host homes not hotel rooms. Homes come with many benefits and the least a guest can do is start the dishwasher and take out trash. 

[Lorna170]

@Darius113   I was truly tempted to leave a rude remark.  However, I have learned that not all persons have been trained to be courteous and to take care of their surroundings.  If you cannot bear to wash a dish that you used two days ago, leave your dirty, wet towels on the floor of the bathroom or bedroom and neglect that overflowing trash can with your bottles, take-out containers and other unmentionables, well....

Please understand that you have rented a HOME.  The person who has to come in and clean up after you is somebody's mother.   I hope that you respect yours.

[Branka-and-Silvia0]

@Darius113  I ask my guests to turn off A/C  (or heating in winter) and close the entrance door behind them. More than half of them are not capable to do these simple tasks.

I wonder how they survived all these years.