Feedback please for recent guest. What review would you give?

[mica555]

I agree with others who say that a mirror is a necessity. Ten bucks at Ikea.

[Debthecat]

Have seen the window glass replaced with mirror glass, with a sink under the window.

[muddy]

@airhost2

feel the shower model will be really nice and work with our ascetic, and hope that our guests will agree.

And how are women supposed to apply make-up, do their hair, or any of that with just a mirror in the shower?

[KKC]

I see nothing negative in this behavior. If this is the only issue, then 5 stars in every category. I don’t know what the written review would say. Man shaves in bathroom? That would make you sound looney.

[airhost2]

Yes, we neglected to clarify in our original post that we have a separate area for this, and you will find it a bit down from the top.

[airhost2]

We certainly don’t mind honest feedback, and appreciate most of the responses, as they were civil, as anyone would reasonably expect and find welcome. Ken’s tone and manner were unnecessary.

We agree that this situation was one that we needed to resolve, and feel that we found something that will hopefully work well within the limitations of our space. We also agree that we should give the guests a positive review and learn from this experience.

[muddy]

When you participate in public forums, you will encounter all manner of writing styles, tone, etc. Some responders are gentle, some will try to sugar coat their advice, some are the tough love types. Some are sarcastic, some are comical, some are serious. But pretty much everyone has the intention to offer what they feel is good advice.

Scolding other posters because you don’t like their “tone” or think it’s “unnecessary”, as if they are one’s kindergarten students, is frankly just as off-putting as posts you may find otherwise objectionable.

[NordlingHouse]

If you ask for advice here, it’s like ordering coffee in Italy. You’ll get it very strong, with no sweeteners.

I wouldn’t mention it in the review, and hope that he won’t.

By now you know the importance of having a mirror over the sink for those of us that shave our faces with manual razors. I trim around the edge of my beard with my electric shaver, but when I use my electric beard trimmer to shorten it I put a used newspaper in the sink, then roll it up into the wastebasket after, saving a lot of manual hair removal. I wouldn’t expect a guest to do so.

As for shaving in the shower, that’s what women may do to shave legs, but I have never seen a man shaving in a shower. I prefer after my shower, when I’m dry and at least partially clothed.

[muddy]

I’ve never known a man to shave in the shower, either. And women don’t use mirrors to shave their legs. Inside the shower stall seems like a bizarre place to put a mirror, but I guess if the guests are okay with it, it’ll work. I imagine if the guests also find it inconvenient, it’ll be mentioned in reviews.

[aelilya]

@HudsonNY

We have a small bathroom with a window and just put the mirror in front

I think this looks cute and user friendly w/ the mirror there. My husband shaves his entire head and beard over the sink with a mirror on the wall above the sink. He would not be able to shave w/o a mirror actually.

I’m glad @airhost2 got some great advice (dry-vac hairs, give a good review, etc). I’d like to add we have quick-release toilet seats that are removed fully during every clean & if someone really had aim-issues, it gets a good rinse under running water prior to being sanitized. No where for pesky little hairs to hide w/o being found!

[Lynick4442]

@airhost2

as there is no mirror in the bathroom,

How can you not have a mirror in the bathroom? Unless you are hosting vampires, I don’t understand how that can be.

[casailinglady]

@airhost2

The problem is, after cleaning over and over, new hairs would appear. Rinse and repeat. We could not risk even one dark black hair being found by our next guest on white porcelain, and they would arrive a few hours later.

This with the hairs is just life. At least mine in my completely white bathroom.

@airhost2

as there is no mirror in the bathroom, but it has never happened before.

Why do you NOT have a mirror in the bathroom? That just baffles me.

@airhost2

We are on the fence as to how to review.

If the rest of the visit was fine and the shaving over the toilet was the only issue, then that’s on you for not supplying a mirror in the bathroom. Where have people shaved before?

Be thankful if they don’t mark you down on accuracy.

@JohnF

Clean the shit up and move on…

THIS

@jaquo

if the bathroom normall;y takes 10 minutes to clean, you’ve either had some astonishingly good guests or you’re not cleaning it fully (so I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt and say that you’ve had amazingly clean guests previously )

Yup. My smallish bathroom takes 45 minutes to clean, sometimes more. I’m on my hands and knees cleaning around corners, grout, etc. 10 minutes?

@jaquo

Don’t be vague and say ‘the bathroom took longer to clean than normal’ or other hosts will imagine all sorts of unpleasantness. Hair is usually pretty easy to remove with a handheld, lint rollers, masking tape and damp cloths though.

@JJD

It is bizarre that you want to give a bad review for shaving in the bathroom.

@JJD

You might as well say, “would not host again” since I really doubt these guests want to stay with you again anyway. You didn’t even meet their basic need for grooming.

Please, please do NOT click the “would not host again” button. Because they sound like perfectly fine guests who would not be able to IB a place like mine with that ding.

@muddy

When I clean, the first order of business is vacuuming everything from the ceiling down. Once that’s done, the wet cleaning takes place and there aren’t any hairs or dust or other detritus to get stuck to a wet cloth, or a mop and get moved around. Then I’ll finish off by vacuuming my way out the door, to pick up any little bits of anything that’s fallen during the cleaning.

And this is why 10 minutes is not long enough to clean a bathroom.

[Brian_R170]

I had a guest that shave a full 3-inch-long beard and just let it all go down the drain in one of the sinks in the master bathroom. There was black hair everywhere and the drain was clogged. There’s a small waste bin literally 18 inches from the edge of the sink. It took about 20 minutes to clean and unclog the drain and I didn’t mention it in the review. It’s part of the job. Sometimes you do more, sometimes you do less.

Honestly, what was much worse was that there was one white hand towel and one white bath towel where lots of the black curly hairs the wove their way into the fabric and didn’t come out in the wash. I spent time with tweezers and a magnifying glass picking them out.

@airhost2

The problem is, after cleaning over and over, new hairs would appear.

With hair, always do a first pass with a vacuum cleaner as long as the surface isn’t currently wet. Use a brush attachment on your vacuum to do around the toilets and sinks. Buy a stick vac if your current vac doesn’t support accessories.

@airhost2

We have an area next to the bathroom with a mirror, makeup mirror, outlet and hair dryer.

Does it also have a sink? If not, I would say that’s the root of your shaving problem.

[Brian_R170]

@JJD

How much does one of your towels cost?

Haha, good point. We buy at Costco I think they were about $5 each for bath towels and $1 each for hand towel. Still, they were almost new and I’m usually inclined to fix-it vs. throw-it-away from an environmental perspective.

[airhost2]

@Brian_R170

With hair, always do a first pass with a vacuum cleaner as long as the surface isn’t currently wet.

Yes this was quite a lesson and we thank you and the others who mentioned this. Honestly, we simply panicked when we saw the black hairs all over the white porcelain; our anxiety grew each time that we cleaned and new hairs continued to appear. It was not our best moment.

Our next guest was due to check-in only a few hours later and we cringed at the prospect of them finding one. If there ever is a next time, we now feel far more confident about how to handle it and not make things worse for ourselves.

[airhost2]

@casailinglady

Please, please do NOT click the “would not host again” button. Because they sound like perfectly fine guests who would not be able to IB a place like mine with that ding.

We agree and were anxious for our next guest and what might have been; It is on us to anticipate the needs of our guests and exceed their expectations.

[airhost2]

Thank you so much for educating us as to the nature of public forums; we honestly had just no notion until this very moment and are tickled pink.

[muddy]

So shall I now chastise you for your sarcastic “tone”?

[gypsy]

I would hang a mirror in front of the window. See Hudson NY photo, hang it as stably as possible, I realize you may not have a window like that one. Or get the extendable kind to place next to window, be sure that it swivels as well. The new mirror needs to be useable from in front of the sink.

[Atlnative]

@muddy

I’ve never known a man to shave in the shower, either.

My husband does it ALL THE TIME. He has a little mirror on a suction cup on the shower wall.