[Updated JAN 2024] Tried and Recommended Products for Airbnb Hosts

I provide white (and raw if I have it at the house for myself) sugar, the pink sweet and low packets and stevia packets.

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Yes! I have made the decision to use no fragrance, hypo-allergenic products in our unit for all guests. It is listed as a feature. Obviously most people donā€™t care, but for the few that do it is a bonus.

A few days ago a guest spilled shoesā€™ polish on the white wall.

I found this product online and it was a game changer: high quality fixes in a few seconds

I canā€™t tell what that is at all. In German and upside down.

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Wow, what a great list of suggestions and helpful ideas. Iā€™m fairly new and therefore am learning about all of the work associated with keeping a place clean when it is constantly being occupied.

Welcome to the forum. We are full of helpful ideas and suggestions. If you can stomach our no nonsense approach at times, the knowledge gained can be worth the price of admission.

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I was amazed by the suggestion of installing a Wi-Fi access recorder.

The last thing my wife and I thought a guest would do in our home is to download illegal child pornography, let alone copyrighted materials online. Yikes!

Not needed. Use OPENDNS.com, and set filters to block what you donā€™t want them downloading.

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I didnā€™t realize they had two free options. Iā€™ll have to check it out sometime. Thanx!

There are very good ultrasonic things that you can buy for some $40 from a hardware store. I have bought a few different ones. They have rodent and insect ones. Raidar is the brand I bought, but, there are other brands. I had a rat and mouse problem in the ceiling of my cottage for years, but, after putting a few of these things in, nothing. I sometimes stay in the cottage, and, I have a keen ear for hearing rats and mice - thereā€™s been nothing. Soā€¦ these things just deter, they donā€™t kill. Theyā€™re brilliant.

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Thanks Lynda ā€“ after reading up on ultrasonic devices I am sold on the effectiveness of them! Iā€™ll add that to the recommended products list :slight_smile: Thanks!

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Interesting about the ultrasonic devices, my hate and fear are spiders, are there any devices that definitely work on spiders? I bought an expensive one and I am convinced the spiders dance around it - mockingly.

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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Y8AHZYC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Great emergency rechargeable. Important if you have outages.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001F51ALW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 - Great housekeeping card. Small profile for closet storage.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007Z9OJE2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Use these with the housekeeping card for ā€œfall throughā€ items.

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I searched this thread for my favorite house-saver and did not see anyone mention Damp Rid. We keep Damp Rid in every room of the house when it is vacant. (whole house listing, weekend road trip destination)

This absorbs excess moisture in the air, preventing any musty odor or mildew from forming. Our cleaner takes them up and stores them in sealed plastic storage bins before guests arrive. We use the giant 4lb tub. It lasts a long time. Costs me $100 or so for each set, but what does it cost to replace moldy drywall? Well worth it for us.

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Ecolabs Kay Specialty Cleaner and Polish

I had a bottle of this in my garage, left by an old roommate. I was going to toss it as Iā€™d never used it but decided to try it on some painted wrought ironwork first. It was amazing. I have a LOT of iron fencing on my property and painting it is a pain. This is going to save me so much time and work.

The package says ā€œfor metal, wood and hard plastic.ā€ Iā€™ve tried it on all those things and itā€™s just meh, except on oxided painted metal. As for where to buy it, I looked extensively online and couldnā€™t find it. I got the last 5 bottles currently on ebay but it appears that someone sells it there from time to time.

Here are some before and after pics. These are all spray, wipe, then polish dry. No strenuous rubbing or buffing.

Letā€™s try thisā€¦wow!

Right side done, left side untouched.

Weather lock set on afternoon sun facing side of home

Dogs scratch at all the gatesā€¦superficial scratches are nearly invisible after treatment.

Finished front entry looks freshly painted.

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Amazing looking before and after shots. My husband restores vintage European motorcycles. Recent projects include a 1929 Triumph and 1954 Matchless. He does a lot of metal polishing. Iā€™ll have to ask him if heā€™s familiar with this and see if he knows where to get it.

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I have a question related to the blue thing that is supposed to make the bed sheets white. It says on the label that it needs to be mixed with water and added to the final rinse. The thing is I wash my bedding in the washer. It would be very clumsy to watch the washer for the entire cycle to figure out when the final rinse is in order to stop it, open it and pour the liquid over itā€¦ how do you do it? iā€™m clueless. thanks in advance.

My machine has a separate slot- where you put the fabric softenerā€¦same plus for the blueing stuff.

Thanks, mine does too but the thing is I cant put there like 2 qt of liquid, because on the bottle it is said to dilute the blue thing in water first.

Are you talking about blueing? I use it. Put about a tablespoon of it into a cup of water, dump into your washer while it is full of water entering the rinse cycle. Be careful it stains bad.

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