request for feedback on our VRBO attempt

[Tom King]

The Coretec + luxury vinyl plank was a win.  With beer, wine, kids juices and drinks spilled pretty much everywhere, it all mopped right up, and looks like new again.  Pam says she will be finished inside by 2 this afternoon, then I can go to work on the outside.

8 adults and 3 children coming Friday.  At least they're honest about the number, hopefully, and have two 5 star reviews as guests. 

[Chestnut]

  I've been a part of many rentals with 11 other very drunk 20 something guys and left the rental cleaner than when we arrived. That's a bit disgraceful what they did.

If you had enough good reviews I'd have left them a bad review but it probably wouldn't accomplish much they probably just create a new account after they get poor reviews.

 

[legenddc]

Always a good idea to have the cleaning supplies readily available and easily accessible. Chestnut's comment made me remember the time we had to mop the floor with some t-shirts around a broom after a long weekend that may or may not have involved drinking games.

Our luxury vinyl plank flooring seems to be holding up just fine to the kid abuse 7-8 months in so far. It does seem to destroy our socks fairly consistently.

[Tom King]

The cleaning supplies for guests are in a closet in the laundry room.   The house book tells where everything is.  That closet was the only one in the house that nothing was used out of. 

In the bedroom closets there are extras of everything, including what should have been more than enough blankets for everyone even if the heat quit.  Every piece of that was used and had to be washed.  I think they must have had a bunch of kids sleeping on the floor.

The good thing about the weekend was that the severe wind rolled big waves into the cove for two days.  If you remember the cove that I started cleaning weeds out of a couple of years ago, you wouldn't recognize it now.  The big waves scrubbed the sand bottom to the point that you can see nothing but sand on the bottom.  There is a big roll of debris all along the beach, but I can get that up with the tractor bucket after it dries out.  I'll try to remember to take a picture tomorrow.

[Tom King]

2nd renters showed up, and we can tell right of this is going to be a much better experience.  Very smart educated people with a really nice 10 year old girl.  The girl wants to live here.  Other couples coming tonight, but we expect more of the same.  This is a lot more encouraging.

[Tom King]

This last group left the place like they found it, even carried the trash to the road on Trash Day after I told them I'd get it, and straightened up the fire pit.   They want to come back and will be welcomed.

[Tom King]

As we approach the end of the first Summer, it's looking like we have a real hit.  We now have a bunch of five star reviews, and almost all say they want to come back.  I'm still working on the place between renters, but that has been very few days this Summer.  The ones that left today even started a load of laundry for us before they left.

Ever since that first Christmas experience, every group since, including a large wedding party last weekend (wedding held in town), has left the place almost as good as they found it.  All the ones who want to come back are especially particular with everything.

I think it will only get better if I can ever get grass growing on the whole point, and finish that little bathroom house down there, so we can host weddings.