Yep, if the roll’s still big enough, I tear it off neatly and make the little point.
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True true confession: I always put out a fresh roll. It was kind of meant as a joke, like your OP.
BTW, I didn’t start out doing that but once I started reading the forum I started to let my mind wander around all the things a guest might do in the room. I decided that a guest wiping their privates and then touching the TP roll was kind of icky. I think it’s safe it’s just the optics of it. I hope the obviously unused roll sends a subliminal message to all guests and an explict one to any guest to actually has that kind of eye for detail. I use the partial rolls in my bathroom. When I have a new guest every night or two those partial rolls build up fast.
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I don’t wear my glasses or a mask while turning over
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If I were hosting now, I wouldn’t either. I’ve always had one day prep time set, windows and doors where I live are always open if I’m home ( if I’m not, doors are closed but not windows).
One of the most ridiculous things on that enhanced cleaning protocol is to wear gloves when handling the clean laundry. If my hands are clean, and the laundry is clean, what are the gloves for- more PPE in the landfill?
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I’ve stopped masking up in my listings during turnover now that I am vaccinated, one less thing. I always mask up in public though, and on the property if I interact with guests.
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I only read the enhanced clean information way back when. I did not realize that my being unmasked in my listings, days before any guest arrive would not be compliant. I am sure they have changed a lot of the guidelines since then I will need to go take a look.
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Last I checked about 3 weeks ago, they hadn’t changed the guidelines on masks and gloves while cleaning. I know I’ve been mulling if I’d just removed that from my listing. At this point, if it results in fewer bookings, that’s okay.
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I will not remove it, the reviews do speak for themselves but I imagine the algorithms would punish me for being non compliant.
I do hereby affirm that I will follow the enhanced cleaning protocols for ever and ever amen.
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Because the Airbnb camera drone will be watching that masked-up and gloved-up you does “Wipe down hard surfaces with soap and water.”
Direct quote. Not sanitizer spray, not sanitizer wipes, not disinfectant. Soap.
I realize hosts worldwide may not have access to disinfectant products, and soap as a surfactant will remove troublesome stuff. But imprecision in instructions drives me mad, all they had to do was add “or a disinfectant agent such as bleach solution.”
All CS reps should be required to run an Airbnb temporarily as part of their training. Ha!
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Nope, they haven’t changed anything. They’ll probably require us to keep to that protocol forever. They do love virtue-signalling, no matter how much time or money it costs hosts.
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I am laughing and laughing. Hilarious! I tend to take really fast and reread really fast. I have only had a listing for five months, but I decided to refresh my listing and I also found a couple mistakes. However my mistakes were not so funny.
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It flies from the roof of the AirBnb emergency SUV that comes to kick out bad guests when a host calls about a party I am pretty sure.
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So you use it on yourself?
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Yes, I do. I don’t personally find it icky, most people would be appalled at my tolerance for “germs” and other gross stuff. I wouldn’t admit to some of it here. But for the idea of an accommodation, yes, I’d argue that a fresh roll each changeover is a good idea. As I said in the post, it costs me nothing extra and might favorable influence a guest or two.
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I keep the used rolls on a shelf in the laundry room to “air out” any germs before rotating it into my own bathroom. A quick spritz with Lysol works, too. I used to tidy up the roll and make a little triangle for the next guest, like hotels do, but when I open again I’ll go to the store and buy the small individual rolls for each guest.
I find that these little touches impress guests for that “sparkling clean” comment and I often get “she’s thought of everything and made us feel special” in reviews.
After all the stupid hoarding I think it makes a great impression.
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You could be describing me. I find most people have a far lower Eeeuw threshold than I do. I’ve always thought we need to ingest some dirt to have a strong immune system. And living in Mexico where things are far less sanitary than the US or Canada, and seeing that what would horrify a lot of Americans or Canadians doesn’t seem to make people here sick, sort of solidifies that thought.
When Iived in Canada, I was once on my way to my best friend’s house, 3 blocks away, for a pot luck dinner. On my way out the gate, I somehow stumbled and dumped the whole pot of pesto noodles I was carrying. I just used the big serving spoon I was carrying to scoop it all up and put it back in the pot, being careful not to scrape right down to the sidewalk.
When I walked in my friend’s door, I laughingly told her what I’d done, and she said “That’s exactly what I would have done”.
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spraying Lysol on to toilet paper that you are going to use on your…? My guess is that is dangerous: there must at least some toxic residooo… " Lysol’s active ingredient is benzalkonium chloride," he tells. "It is a known carcinogen and has been shown to cause blindness in humans
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Well I don’t freaking soak it in Lysol. Just a spritz in the general direction. Sheesh. You know, to generally kill the buggies on the outside of the roll. Plus it’s airing out for about a month or more before I use it. I don’t know about your TP, but if I get mine wet, even the “top sheet,” the entire roll is useless.
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I’d change the sheets but the consensus seems to be ask first in case they’re OK with it. I had a guest back in 2019 who left for a couple of days, wasn’t sure she’d be back, and said I didn’t have to change the sheets. Since she was paying for the nights she wasn’t here, I just tidied the room and left the sheets.
Do you ask for clean-up fee for each reservation? If they pay the clean-up fee for their 2nd reservation, it’s just fair to change the bed sheet…