Why do holiday cottages have so many rules?
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2017 8:41 am
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Nail. Head.Joanna wrote:After all, it is self-catering.
I wouldn't even dream of putting up a "to do" list for guests to deal with when they leave. I don't know what standard of guests one get in a cottage in the UK, but it wouldn't go down well with guests where we are. They are not paying that sort of money to have "school rules" put under their nose....The truth is that having paid £900 for a week, I do not want to vacuum the dining room free of charge. Of course I will always ensure a rental property is tidy and respectable, but sorry, scrubbing the shower really isn’t my job. If it were, we wouldn’t be turfed out so early for the cleaner (the clue is in the title) to make the accommodation ready for the next arrivals, would we?...
I agree, and most guests do leave the place clean and tidy, although we never know until we open the door.AndrewH wrote: I wouldn't even dream of putting up a "to do" list for guests to deal with when they leave. I don't know what standard of guests one get in a cottage in the UK, but it wouldn't go down well with guests where we are. They are not paying that sort of money to have "school rules" put under their nose.
Precisely, and that's all most of us ask. Where this article irritates is in the implication that such requirements are usual in the rental business (although lamentably it does happen occasionally). So we're p*ssed off at the broad brush treatment, which does nobody any good - the martinets only feel more justified in their demands and everyone else suffers by reflection.The Olive Grove wrote: I agree, and most guests do leave the place clean and tidy, although we never know until we open the door.
Not entirely alone Andrew, I agree in part with her too. However there's an enormous difference between "not cleaning" and leaving the place like a pig sty.AndrewH wrote:Contrary to everyone else, I absolutely agree with this Telegraph writer.
Horses for courses, I guess. Out here 'maid service' is expected, whatever the level or quality of the accommodation and you take what comes. But then these jobs are easily filled, because of the unemployment situation. I should add that we do our own maid service at the end of a stay, though otherwise "self-catering" means self-catering. OH is a bit of a perfectionist and not a good delegator!Nemo wrote:I do have a departure list; it's not school rules, it's a gentle reminder that they've stayed in a self catering place and the cleaner that will come and clean after them isn't their maid. There's no cleaning needed but taking away all their detritus is all that's required so the cleaner can actually clean the minute she steps through the door.
Interesting Tivoli. I can quite see why an owner might want to pick through the leftovers to save waste, but my cleaner may be doing two, or sometimes three cleans a day, at least twice, or sometimes three times a week. All for off site owners. Can you imagine how many leftover bags of peas or chips she might have to deal with if the guests didn't take it or throw it away? Sadly there's not usually any more exciting leftovers at ours than this.Tivoli wrote:Wow! I would be furious if guests chucked their surplus food away instead of leaving it up to me to decide what to do with it.