I just found out just now from the Smart office.
Actually, I can monitor the bandwidth from the mainland and move a certain amount of bandwidth from mainland phone to island phone to limit usage. Limit 2 gigs a day.
You have to have a router that will save usage records and computer id. My router keeps the last 90 days in memory and I download that and save it. But if my computer is slow, I can instantly check to see how long they have been online and how much data they are using
I put it right in the listing that they are limited to 1 gig for their entire stay. Additional gigs are $10 each⌠Failure to pay for gigs used will result in a negative review
Think will go same way, and be explicit on the description. Yes 2 gig per day is a tad nebulae; 1 gig per day will do.
Could I ask you and pick up on your knowledge?
Where do you go in the computer to check, and with router where do you check, I am clueless???
Thank you!!
This is great, I will do the same with my AC. The devise is expensive that I can plug AC to, but it can be controlled via Internet. So instead of getting upset, if they override 72 degrees which is Manufactures set temperature and go down to 64 I will up it to 72 and if they leave AC on charge them $10.00 per day. Great idea!!!
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Mearns, yes limiting guest to what is normal and customary is great as long as it can be implemented. I hope you and I can collect from those guest that are ignorant.
I do have security charge as requirement with airbnb, but I felt it was to much trouble or airbnb will make it cumbersome for the Host to collect.
Because I have two Smart phones, I could buy/put the 25 gig package in one phone and just transfer gigs when guests arrive, 1 gig per day times their stay; i.e. they are staying 5 days, put 5 gigs on router. It is a 10 second move. They run out, they run out. They also have a phone on island to send text message or call me direct if need to. This could work out very nicely. :).
Well originally, the post was about leaving the AC on so you can see how much it drifts around here. 
Also I think people sometimes donât mean to REPLY to you, and just hit reply to the thread above it. Donât take it personally!
As long as the windows are closed, itâs not very important if the AC is on or off. Once the desired temperature is achieved it will go off itself. Sorry for my English
Also a matter of âdegreesâ. Set it super low (i.e.62 F), it will cycle a lot less and use five times the power than set ultra high (i.e. 82 F).
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DV, when you live curtains wide open, south exposure, outside temperature 125 and AC is set at 64, it never goes of, it works overtime until it brakes down or turns it self in to a fire bowl.
Yes Violetta, that is true I guess
Put a timer on the a/c?
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Not to be too pedantic or cute, but given my career the kind of âillegal activitiesâ I have dealt with are espionage, tax evasion, securities fraud and such like and I think youâd be hard pressed to exclude the perps.
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I consider things like turning off lights, fans, A/C, heat, emptying trash, cleaning, closing windows and/or blinds to be part of insuring that the house is âmaintainedâ properly. I include this in my House Manual and it is posted in the room:
SHEETS, TOWELS, ROOM CLEANING, ET CETERA.
- Long term guests (11 nights or more) - Sheets and towels will be changed weekly or at the hostâs discretion.
- Trash bins in guestâs room will be emptied on Saturday or Sunday in time for garbage pick-up service (on Monday mornings, which begins at 6 AM).
- Windows left open (or closed) in the guestâs room may be closed (or opened) at the hosts discretion due to hot, cold or inclement weather in order to protect the house from rain, to prevent heat loss or promote cooling, depending on the season.
- Monthly room cleaning for Long term guests - generally clean as needed.
In the House Rules is where I list the doâs and donâts, like no food in the room, etc.
What about putting a timer on that switch for the A/C? One of those things that you have to rotate to the amount of time you want it on⌠then it shuts off automatically? If they are in the room or unit, they can always turn it back on, but if they are not there, then youâve saved yourself a headache and some $$$.
I just remembered⌠in the USA there are also thermostats that can be controlled remotely. They are not cheap and your place has to be configured/wired for it, but it might be a way to take back some control. If you contact the guest and they say that they have left, they you could remote in and turn it off or change the temp setting to something more appropriate.