They probably knew they broke the toilet handle and didn’t want to fess up to you…
Handle was not broken . It was chain inside that got loose. Waa simple fixing .
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They were still probably trying to avoid you because of it.
I don’t think so . I don think they even realized it happened on a last day . But anyway its not an excuse for adults to act like this.
A Bengal cat! Curiously my neighbors at the cottage brought one. What a gorgeous animal! Started purring as soon as she saw me. But their malamute was jealous!
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I fully agree. Unfortunately people do what they do often times, regardless.
They are precious - as fun and funny as they are beautiful. I had litter mates, and they were a constant joy. Sadly the female passed last autumn (age 16) but my little man is still trucking along! He acts like a kitten. His energy level has barely diminished. Although he can no longer jump from a seated position to the top of the refrigerator like he used to!!
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I totally agree. It’s just “common” courtesy to both let your host know if anything was damaged or not working while there and also to alert when you leave.
As it turns out, the no-goodbye guests contacted me 3 days later, saying they’d not had internet access for prior few days. I find that hard to believe in this part of the world , but whatever. The thing that sort of annoys me is that the TV isn’t working right when I turned it on just now to prepare for next guests (arriving tomorrow for. Month). I’d specifically asked the former guests to please alert me if anything needed attention or repair since I typically have short turn around times. The shower curtain rod was also wonky…another thing they failed to mention. They must’ve pulled on it pretty darn hard to pull nails out of the wall!
Anyway, now I’m having to call in a super favor with my handiman to come do quick repairs on a holiday (Labor Day in US). Annoying.
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What is it doing or not doing?
My guests through 4.5 years of me hosting failed many times to tell me if anything broke.
Dont know if the reason is because they didn’t want to be in trouble …but some groups did not tell me things that couldn’t be possibly their fault.
One group had no hot water for 4 days and if my husband didn’t stop by to get mail they would keep not having hot water. There was problem with furnace.
So what to do? Should we message them from now and then ? Or tell them we have right to enter house and do check up every few days at least
The picture quality is off on cable. They’d gone via AppleTV to other streaming services. So either they didn’t know, or that was their work around. Anyway, I’ve had the Cable company reset signal so all is ok now. The handyman is here now reinstalling the shower curtain rod. Although, hilariously, he initially installed the curved rod so that the curve arched upward rather than outward. Oh dear; i hadn’t thought i needed to be explicit.
In sum - It’s just annoying to have to find these things out the night before I both start a new job and have a couple arriving all the way from Australia (I’m in US) for a month. It makes for a slightly stressful holiday Labor Day when it simply did not have to be so complicated if only they’d spoken up and advised.
All my other guests have always let me know if there was anything that needed addressing - and each time i saw them (maybe once a week?) I’d cheerfully ask if there was anything needed that’d make their stay as great as I’d hoped it was going. I’ve never gotten less than 5 stars…and it’s now a Plus Property (jury still out on that one), so obviously I’m a conscientious host. I would’ve preferred they just be straightforward.
Oh well. Not worth ruining my night over.
Have a great week everyone!
September 2
Newbiehost:
the TV isn’t working right
What is it doing or not doing?
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My Bengal girl is very bossy and likes walking around outside with her harness and leash.
I’m sure I’m not the only host who has had guests actively cover up damage. One guest broke off the pull chain on the ceiling fan and managed to lay it back it place so it didn’t look broken. We didn’t discover the issue until another guest checked in and pulled on the chain to adjust the blade speed.
Regarding any review - I probably would NOT review them unless they review you. If you review them first, they will be notified which may prompt them to give you a less than great review. I have very high reviews but frequently do not review average guests if I did not get any feedback from them during or after their stay. I would always rather have no review than anything less than 5 stars.
I agree, but I insist on reviewing guests who deserve less than 5 stars. I just review them in those last few minutes and they won’t have time to write a return review as the clock runs out. Also, because they didn’t write a review, they won’t be able to respond to mine but I’ve still informed other hosts.
If we don’t review the average or less than average guests, then we keep passing them about and being surprised that they weren’t great guests. We have to write honest reviews for other hosts to know about them.
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Thank you for saying what’s on my mind as well. Hosts who can’t be bothered to review every guest are taking from the system but failing to give back in fair measure.
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Oh, a couple of weeks.Thats different- but did they pay for that?
No they didn’t. They sont owe me anything as they stayes sxactlybhow they paid…but I blickes calendar for them for upcoming 2 weeks