Okay - this is weird

[konacoconutz]

@Yana_Agapova

Hehe, can’t do it because contains some graphic language .

LOL!!! From Billy BOb??? No way!!!

[konacoconutz]

@Kirsty_Jane

To be honest, if guests seem like they can’t speak English from there Air messages I decline them. Its just too difficult, and after a bad experience I just cant be bothered

I know what you mean. Even though I try to be clear, I have found the same. Germans and Swiss are usually good though. It’s the Asian countries that I’ve had trouble with. Don’t get me wrong, I had an awesome time visiting both Korea and Japan and loved the people but I have found those guests were the worst at understanding directions and didn’t follow house rules probably because they could not get through reading my instructions.

[konacoconutz]

@Mo_In_TO

some cold jalapeño peppers in their room and thought - oh, that’s not good. And yesterday ran into the father outside coming back with some groceries. Again, not good. We’re not Nazi’s about the kitchen, we just don’t want it completely taken over.

Omg… This sounds like a complete “lost in translation” situation. Can you email the daughter who booked them and let her know you only allow light cooking? Otherwise I fear you will have a Kasage scenario!

After reading about problems hosts have had with guests who book their non English speaking parents, I will never ever do that! Actually most guests booking Hawaii are the same ones who stay in the room.

[konacoconutz]

@Yana_Agapova

I cant remember what rules you had about kitchen. I had recently several long term inquires, like a 10 days and longer and had to decline as guests immediately asked about cooking. My rules state that kitchen is not an amenity for guests but i allow warming up and storing food, also to make toast and use small oven.

I am experiencing not a very busy holiday season, but i looked at the amount of inquires i had and if i accepted all the cooks, i would be book solid until end of January. SInce i went through 2 weeks of non stop use of

I cannot believe how or why it is that your property attracts cooks!!! You are very smart to surmise that a long stay means lots of cooking. Also it is a red flag if you’ve got it all over your description that you only allow light cooking yet they are still asking about it!!! This means that they either haven’t read it or they are hoping you will make an exception for them. Wow.

[Yana]

No, Kona, I already took off even light cooking option, now it’s only warming up.
I will stick with my one-two days guests, though it’s more work to change beds and clean.
I was thinking even if I allowed cooking. I have a guest over Christmas weekend who rented my room for only reason that she needs to study for bar exam. She is local and have relatives over weekend staying but she needs to study and needs piece and quiet. How it will be possible to combine her and people who will create so much noise on a kitchen! Or I have guests who “warned” me that over 4 days she is staying for New Years they are going to party heavily in Miami beach, then sleep half a day. They asked me if my house is quiet and they can get some sleep during the day. I have no problem moving around the house quietly , and make noise on a kitchen when they are off partying at night. PLus i dont really cook as much anyway.
Not to mention my husband who is working 80 hours a week now because of the season.
Kitchen use creates a lot of noise and disorder, and its my only option to not allow its use.

[konacoconutz]

@Yana_Agapova

No, Kona, I already took off even light cooking option, now it’s only warming

I’m so glad you did this. It will help you attract the sort of guests who are truly a fit. I’ve realized I don’t want people who are expecting any sort of fancy at my house and then get here and are disappointed because they don’t have granite counter space or a dishwasher in a kitchen that is not even advertised. It’s so unfair of them to ding me on something that’s really a bonus factor in the first place. It is sometimes hard to screen out the ones who claim they are easygoing and get here and turn out to be a nightmare.

It’s just not worth their damn money if they get here and I know they aren’t happy and I stress out the whole time they are here. Just like with you, not worth the money if they are just after the kitchen. Like that girl who was on her way over with the spaghetti sauce and was not to be defeated in her attempts to cook.

[Mo_In_TO]

@konacoconutz

hard to screen out the ones who claim they are easygoing

Actually, that screams false advertising. People who actually are easygoing wouldn’t think to mention it.

[Mo_In_TO]

@Yana_Agapova

I cant remember what rules you had about kitchen.

Sorry - not clear whether you’re replying to me. I’ve never listed the kitchen as an amenity, but informally, if the guests seem reasonable, I let them use it. If they ARE reasonable, it’s never a problem, and some of our longer term guests are young people moving to Toronto - it would be unreasonable for me to forbid them from cooking.

[Mo_In_TO]

@konacoconutz

Omg… This sounds like a complete “lost in translation” situation.

The guests are fine. I pre-warned the daughter that the kitchen was not suitable for guest use - she checked with them, and that was fine, even though they’ll be here two weeks. It was just me noticing that they’re eating cold food in their room that had me feeling guilty and softening the policy a bit. The daughter was here this morning and said it’s okay, they don’t need the kitchen. As a reminder, we do offer a generous continental breakfast that we refresh daily. So that means they have a fridge, table and utensils that they can eat with. Also a toaster, coffee maker, and tea kettle. I wanted to put in a microwave, but discovered our wiring doesn’t support it. Technically, a microwave requires its own 15 Amp circuit. If I’d known that, we wouldn’t have one in our kitchen!!

[konacoconutz]

LOL!!! Thanks for that!