Is Poo-Pourri main stream, or is it considered a fringe product? We used to have an easel mount ‘how to use’, do we still need signs like that for Poo-Pourri?
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Every day is a school day? Or something else?
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Costco sells it, so it’s pretty main stream. I’ve had it in my rental (and my house) for several years now. I just leave a bottle on top of each toilet and let people figure it out since the bottle has instructions. I don’t think everyone uses it but enough do that I’m going to leave it.
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As minimal and simple a kitchen or kitchenette as you can get away with makes for easy turnovers. If you can do without a stove and oven that’s a big help. I honestly can’t believe the state some guests leave the oven in. I think the majority of guests don’t use the stove or oven at all…but the ones that do often leave a nasty mess for you to clean up…not to mention sometimes cooking odors that must be eradicated.
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Yes, remote monitoring and power control is very handy if not absolutely necessary.
I would suggest remote power control of hot water, so it can be turned off when the let is vacant. A remote OUTDOOR camera set to monitor the entrance or (preferably) driveway. This is handy to check on trades people that you engage to do work when you can’t be there, also if less-than-honest people are hanging around.
Where I am full-time unlimited WiFi is expensive. I have found a company that lets you control the wifi remotely, turning it on and off when you need to. They then charge you only for the days the wifi is active.
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PLEASE as someone with allergies, do NOT spray with Febreze, which is filled with allergy trigger chemicals. I use citrus sprays, preferring lemon oil sprays, which can kill bad baby diaper odor and just about everything else.
One of the best way to speed turnarounds is to have hard floors with only a few area rugs, and a “no street shoes inside” house rule.
The absolute best cleaning equipment purchase was a robot vacuum. First it was a used Roomba, which lasted as long as you would expect at $25 robovac to last. But my bad back wanted another one, and I’m happy with the Ecovac that was on sale that day on Amazon for $200.
I turn the room, pull the corners of the duvet up on to the bed, turn the chair upside down on the desk, start the Ecovac in its charger on full room mode, shut the door, and it messages my phone when it has parked itself. Move charger to the next room, restart. No dust bunnies, and many “sparkling clean” in reviews. My cleaning’s not perfect, but the clean floors create that impression. 
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Finally after my favorite Lemon-Mate went out of business, there is another product that doesn’t have floral content, just citrus oil.
Just a happy customer.
Someone already mentioned this, but I second it! Have two sets of everything! Sheets, pillow cases, blankets, duvets, towels, shower curtains and liners, throw rugs, throw blankets, etc. then take it all home to wash between guests.
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Three is even better. Just in case you go to put clean sheets on the bed and notice a small hole or stain on it you missed before washing. Having an extra clean set, when one set is dirty, can be handy.
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I highly recommend Aquanta for attaching to water heaters. Mine is electric but they can work almost as well for gas ones.
I also recommend (and use) Sense Energy Monitor. It is probably not the best one out there right now but it was what I started with and is definitely quite sufficient for STRs. I was able to be alerted that a guest left the stove on one day. He had already left for work so I was able to go over and turn it off for him. It had been on for a couple hours already by the time I got the notice but it was better than paying for an empty stove to be on for 11-12 hours.
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I don’t have a kitchen in my airbnb but I have an induction cooktop in my home. After hearing of an elderly teacher of mine catching the sleeve of her robe on fire from a gas cooktop I decided that wasn’t for me. Now people have also caught on to their environmental impact. For years I had an electric coil cooktop and they are inexpensive but there were multiple other things I didn’t like about them. As long as my induction top lasts as long as my others did I’ll keep buying them. Having them go off when the pan is removed is one of my favorite features.
Thanks for that. Yes, a gas cooktop is definately out for me! No way would I trust some of the guests with it!
Re tha induction cooktop, my only reservation is the cookware. We have a lot of stainless steel with thick bottoms. Will they work? What about enameled cast iron? My electronic knowledge and experience suggests the’d be ok, but “notin’ like reality!”
Cheers.
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If a magnet sticks to the bottom of your cookware it should work on an induction cooktop.
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In Hong Kong, I stayed at a friend’s super high rise apartment where the shower, toilet and sink were all in the same cement-floored space with a big drain. I thought, hmmmm, well no worries for them if the toilet or sink leak or overflows. Quite smart, albeit cramped (it was a VERY tiny space).
I have read many posts from hosts who were upset that all their Chinese guests flooded the bathroom, and didn’t put the shower curtain inside the stall or tub when showering. They assumed the guests were just being disrespectful and clueless.
No, they are just accustomed to a bathroom being a “wet room”- they aren’t aware there is a wooden subfloor in bathrooms elsewhere that will be destroyed if the floor is awash in water.
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I’d put this in the house manual as a feature.
Here a sign seems unnecessary because if they go out and buy a spray and use it, so what? What is that to you? Will people see the sign and think ‘Great! I don’t need to buy a spray. How wonderful!’ I don’t think they or you will get much benefit from the sign.
I use signs when I’m concern about damage to property or for significant convenience to guests.
For example, on the back of the toilet seat cover there is a decal that says something like "Flush only toilet paper, nothing else even if described as ‘flushable.’ I do that because people sometimes don’t know and if they do flush problematic stuff the clogs might not happen right away, can’t prove they did it, etc. I can’t count on everyone in the household reading and recalling the guidebook, so here a sign makes sense to me.
I don’t fully understand the automatic fan from your description. If the fan is “automatic” but doesn’t automatically and noticeably turn on when somebody is using the bathroom, then the automatic functionality is a failure.
Yes, most places I have been with extractor fans have had the fan wired to the light switch. When you turn on the bathroom light, the fan kicks on.
Not sure I understand your comment. It goes on but since it is remote from the bathroom, you do not ‘hear it’ go on. Like many hotel bathrooms, or virtually every New York City apartment bathroom, it just ‘is’.
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