I had a similar guest and took a few precautions and had an uneventful stay.
Or you could just have a bottle of FF cleaner at the rental that your cleaner could use if you got a request like that.
Itās more than one product that our cleaner would need to switch out to guarantee a total FF experienceā¦ floor cleaner, dish soap, hand soap, all purpose cleaner, windex, toilet bowl cleaner, laundry detergent etc. Iād rather they are comfortable and we arenāt scrambling.
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I am mostly fragrance-free by choice, but am wondering:
With regard to COVID cleaning practices, is there a fragrance-free disinfectant available?
Regarding a request for fragrance-free, I would happily comply!
You sound like the opposite of a āfussyā guest to me! This is a very real and not a rare condition, so I appreciate your desire to be practical and very reasonable while merely attempting to minimize your discomfort also appreciate the discussion you opened here, as Iāve learned a lot.
Just a quick related anecdote: while dating my husband years ago, I developed hives and an allergic response every time we cuddled on his couch! No allergies to speak of up to that point in my life. Fortunately it didnāt take me long to discover it was heavily Scotchguard-ed.
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Soap and water. 70% rubbing alcohol. Sunlight (UV).
I too have chemical and fragrance allergies. After I book the place I send a note about cleaning in fragrance and die free for the linens and towels and to remove all air fresheners from suite. To not use carpet fresheners (I also look for places without wall-to-wall carpeting) I also offer to pay for the laundry detergent and ask for no dryer sheets. (I use fragrance free fabric softener and wool balls for the dryer for my Airbnb suite . Even though I have offered to pay for the laundry detergent, they never ask me for the money. Iām also finding that many Airbnb hosts are switching to fragrance free because of guests requests.
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I am sensitive to certain scents. One time I was on the spice aisle of Whole Foods & began sneezing uncontrollably & blinded by tears. Kind people gave me tissues as I tried to exit the area. Apparently lovely Subaru driving, all things organic, hair in simple ponytail people are kind, caring & tote boxes of tissues in their giant purses.
You ask for all this after you book a place? Sorry, but thatās exactly the kind of behavior that pisses hosts off. The host then has to try to get the guest to cancel.
Iām not allergic, but I canāt stand all those chemical scents, either. But I would send an inquiry message to the host before I booked anything, to make sure they were williing to accommodate my needs. As guests should do whenever they expect special treatment. A guest who books and then does this, throws up red flags of entitlement.
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I had a guest ask for sheets washed in fragrance-free detergent after she arrived! She hadnāt yet stepped foot inside and made it an āoh, by the wayā¦ā
I offered to immediately begin helping in the rehousing process (āLetās get you someplace that can guarantee that!ā), but she insisted they would make the best of it.
Making the best of it: Those poor possibly-slightly-fragranced sheets were stained with food and ripped (with forks? knives? who knows?) by stayās end. I guess when you are using your sheet as a tablecloth and cutting board you are pickier about detergents?
Anyway, not disparaging the fragrance-free crowd ā Iāve had lovely such guests ā and that particular one has such a negative review from me I doubt she can bother any of you.
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Couldnāt have said it better myself.
More red flags than a Chinese parade.
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Interesting discussion. We use a particular brand of natural cleaners. Some of them do have scents, but the scent is completely gone within seconds. The same is true for our laundry detergent. It has a scent, but by the time the load is done, you donāt smell anything at all.
I donāt know if that would qualify as fragrance-free for sensitive guests. It works for me, and I am quite sensitive to fragrances.
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Iāve used Biokleen free and clear laundry soap for much longer than Iāve been an Air host. Also Ecover dish soap comes in unscented.
Recently ordered some online soap that was supposed to be scent free for my rental and it was ghastly. I maintain, that if youāre exposed to scents, you lose your detectors for them. The woman that made the soaps even disputed that they had any scent after I sent them back.
One problem is that while scentless, natural cleaning products may be readily available in first world countries, they arenāt in many places. There is one brand of toilet paper available to me in Mexico that doesnāt proudly proclaim ācon aroma!ā. Even ones that donāt mention it on the packaging have proven to be disgustingly scented.
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Hmmmm-I wonder if she was like the Amazon candle review.
It went something like, āWhile home quarantining with Covid, I ordered these scented candles. They have NO smell. I was looking forward to enjoying the Lemon Verbena. I had to pay the return shipping! What a rip-off.ā
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I had to read the review twice to remember no sense of smell & no sense of taste were definite symptoms ofā¦.
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I have on my site that all products in the rental are fragrance free. Just got a booking from a guest that said she really appreciated this and wishes everyone would catch on.
Sheās someone that has 15 -5* reviews.
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I am glad some hosts are accommodating this. Iāve received a few inquiries for this in the past but donāt accommodate it. Thereās a host near me that advertises scent free so I send those folks her way.
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I donāt blast it out there, just one little sentence at the end of the description of my place.
Maybe I should announce it in the beginning right after fully vaxxed and love guests that are too.
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