When my mum and dad got married, they went to London for their honeymoon, they bought an astray in Harrods, and neither smoke ( probably all they could afford, they still have it )
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25 sterling per person with ensuite and breakfast, where about are you based ?
I am proud to say that I have not seen this! Yak.
I have a regular guest who is a clean freak and she cleans my fridge and oven for me. I love having her stay even if I feel a little guilty. I think she may have even hidden the proper cleaning materials somewhere for next time. Seriously best guest ever.
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When I lived there for a decade I loved Wholefoods in Kensington. They had a great oyster and champagne bar on the first floor and you could go down to the vege section and wonder what sort of people would pay 2 quid for a potato!
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Not in London! It’s £40+ for a single, £50+ for two. Rooms around here go from £15 to about £40, flats from £60 to sky’s the limit. Our price is proportionate, we get the right number of the type of guests we want. AIRBNB sends us those silly prompts “Someone would have booked a room with you if your price was £23 cheaper!” So what!
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Wow that’s great value. Whereabouts are you based?
In Norwich. It’s a great city, and people come for a fairly narrow number of reasons, so we don’t have to deal much with randoms!
There’s lots of lovely places in London to go for afternoon tea including the Criterion.
When I lived in London I had a membership for the Tate and would often work from there, if I had a meetings nearby, as the views were so gorgeous.
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Same here. I offer what I already have available for my own use. It takes a long time to go through a loaf of bread and a dozen eggs when you’re single. Fixing breakfast for my guests actually helps me to go through these types of food items and so keeps them fresh.
I was staying with Kiwi girlfriend in London & her brother wanted me to cook Mexican food. Tacos, he said. Turned out Fortnum & Mason was the only place in London I could find corn tortillas! If you think Harrods is pricy try Fortnum & Mason, where the doorman is dressed in tail jacket & striped trousers.
In Juneau, Alaska I offer coffee, tea, milk, yogurt, cereals, butter, and breads. I also furnish sourdough pancake batter if they want to cook their own pancakes. If they want more there are several nice restaurants a 3-5 min walk away. If they want to cook, they can use the shared kitchen (rooms are in my upstairs flat) and the fridge. About 25% eat the cereal/toast, about 25% go buy eggs, about 50% go out for breakfast.
How strange. There are quite a few specialist shops in London selling them as well as some of the more upmarket supermarkets such as Waitrose.
For example here http://www.theworldsendmarket.com/
And here https://www.coolchile.co.uk/
I don’t provide breakfast. I only provide coffee, tea and hot chocolate. I also have a cookie jar filled with individually wrapped biscottis. I also provide a small fruit basket with a few bananas, a couple of oranges and apples. Only costs me $4. If guests want breakfast, there are many restaurants in the area. I wouldn’t go nuts getting them stuff that they might not want to eat and will go to waste.
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When I last lived in Yorkshire (admittedly in 1994!) you could buy them at any corner shop. But perhaps they just aren’t in demand these days.
They are still quite easy to get hold of, not quite sure why you would need to go to Fortnum and Mason to pick them up 
Makes for a good travel story though I suppose
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True … a bit like me when I first came to live in the USA. I was stomping around supermarkets wondering why on earth they didn’t have the most basic of groceries. Then i realised that they did, but under other names. I was complaining to anyone who’d listen that this was such a backward country that I couldn’t even buy any fresh coriander … until I realised that here they call it cilantro…
So many oddities - such as biscuits with gravy. What? Like Jaffa cakes with onion gravy? Don’t get me started… 
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I do NOT have breakfast marked… but I do leave a cookie jar and a container with either fresh muffins or banana bread. Theres also a variery of teas and coffee, granola bars, and fruit.
I don’t allow use of the oven or stove. I do offer snacks, and it’s worked quite well. Instant oatmeal, fruit, etc. And when I cook, I offer around. 99 percent of my guests are reasonable.
In October I started accommodating a homeless friend. I also took on an Air guest who is so cheap that she squeaks.
I am sorry to say that I have allowed things to progress to the point where it’s getting out of control. I can’t prepare food without the guest saying “oooh! You’re making chicken!” Or keeping us waiting 15 minutes using the $10 off coupon I got her … For the Salvation Army!
I own this 100 percent. I got sloppy. This week it’s time to put my big girl pants on and look out for number one. Thanks for listening to my rant!
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When we started over 1yr ago we decided on including simple breakfast, and so far so good.
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Never ever ask what they want, you’ll open a can of worms (NOT for eating!
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Keep it really simple. Kettle with tea/coffee. Breakfast cereal & milk. Maybe Toaster/bread/spreads. All self service/DIY
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Do not cook anything, if you do you could invite negative comments about overdone eggs or something.
Be very clear in your listing about what you provide.