1 year down, ready for round 2!
1 year down, ready for round 2!
Over the past year I've read with great interest the multitude of posts on LMH, but having no previous experience of running a holiday let I felt I couldn't contribute any advice to them
However I'm pleased to say we have just celebrated our first successful year in business and I hope to be able to eventually contribute to posts in the future since I now have a little more experience under my belt.
It's been an interesting year and we've met all kinds of people, in general we've only had really two bad experiences, the 1st two sets of guests actually!
This did make me wonder if every guest would be like this and if it would be worth the effort of providing clean, modern and comfortable surroundings for them just to trash it
I'm pleased to say however that in general most guests have been lovely and treated our property with respect, some have even left thank you cards and chocolates.
So, just a thank you really to LMH'ers and your invaluable advice
However I'm pleased to say we have just celebrated our first successful year in business and I hope to be able to eventually contribute to posts in the future since I now have a little more experience under my belt.
It's been an interesting year and we've met all kinds of people, in general we've only had really two bad experiences, the 1st two sets of guests actually!
This did make me wonder if every guest would be like this and if it would be worth the effort of providing clean, modern and comfortable surroundings for them just to trash it
I'm pleased to say however that in general most guests have been lovely and treated our property with respect, some have even left thank you cards and chocolates.
So, just a thank you really to LMH'ers and your invaluable advice
Hello and welcome! This forum was invaluable during some of the darker days of our first year. Even in the unlikely event that you don't find the answers you are looking for, you will at least find something that makes you laugh on a bad day
Regards
Anne
If there's no such thing as co-incidence, then why is there a word for it?
Anne
If there's no such thing as co-incidence, then why is there a word for it?
Thanks everyone for your comments and anniversary congrats
After first opening I had prepared myself for the worst after reading some LMH horror guest problems (didn't let OH read them as he'd have changed his mind about doing it!), but consider ourselves lucky that the worst we've had was urine on the brand new carpet and in new chest of drawer (OH discovered it after taking his shoes off and got a wet foot ) and used ladies sanitary items shoved under said chest of drawers...all from same guest!
After first opening I had prepared myself for the worst after reading some LMH horror guest problems (didn't let OH read them as he'd have changed his mind about doing it!), but consider ourselves lucky that the worst we've had was urine on the brand new carpet and in new chest of drawer (OH discovered it after taking his shoes off and got a wet foot ) and used ladies sanitary items shoved under said chest of drawers...all from same guest!
Tavi, same guests also seemed to have trouble using a bin as we found multiple sweet packets shoved in to each crevice of the new sofas and under them.tavi wrote:gawd almighty minx, I think I would have given up if that had been my first guest.
Congrats on your first year and here's to many more.
Oh and blood on the sheets (fair enough accidents happen) and up the wall
They were the 2nd guests (never again!), our first guests weren't so bad, they were just serial tea spillers leaving multiple trails from the kitchen to the bedrooms, leaving little motorways across the new carpets
And funny looking custard consistency yellow gunk all over bathroom, no idea what it was!
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