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If you’re hosting a private space in your home, make sure you have locks on the bedroom and bathroom door nobs. However much you may trust your guests and they may trust you, you’re still strangers! Give everyone peace of mind by being able to lock the door should they so desire. This applies whether […]
I recently had a long conversation in the home of a friend of mine. (And, spoiler alert, this is what led to my new “spin” on hospitality!) Although she’s American, she has spent many years abroad (including Japan and Turkey). Consequently, she has adopted many of the traditions of hospitality that are so common and […]
Are there certain things you don’t want your guests to do in your space? Perhaps you don’t want them to smoke in the house, or you’d like them to take their shoes off when they enter, or you have certain quiet hours that you want enforced. Make sure you include them in the house rules! […]
Introducing hygge to your guests’ “home away from home” will ensure your guests have an outstanding experience during their stay! Every now and then I come across a word in another language for which there is no English equivalent, but there should be. Once such word is hygge. Hygge (pronounced hue-gah) is a way of living […]
As I’ve written about before, one of the hardest things about running a short-term rental is standardizing the cleanings. Of course, it helps to have a good cleaner – and if you’ve found one, make sure you do everything you can to hold onto her! But the nature of this business is that sometimes you’re […]