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Anyone do weekly rentals?
By: Thebeachhouse Date: January 3, 2024, 7:09 am
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We are considering switching from B&B to weekly rentals in our
kitchenette rooms. We are wondering if it is more accepted to
do a Saturday to Saturday week or a Sunday to Sunday. We are
also considering a four or five night minimum stay.
Thoughts?
#Post#: 418--------------------------------------------------
Re: Anyone do weekly rentals?
By: gillumhouse Date: January 3, 2024, 7:46 am
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I rented my 2 shared bath rooms to pipeline workers by the week
- no breakfast (they had the fridge & nuker upstairs) and put a
Keurig in the dining room. I gave them a deal - rent due on
Saturday and cleaning once a week (and I had a steady income
plus my best room still available). I had great people - I was
lucky. Would do it again.
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Re: Anyone do weekly rentals?
By: Arks Date: January 3, 2024, 4:54 pm
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Might work if you are in a busy tourist area. Definitely not for
me, where most guests stay fewer than 4 days. Definitely, for
you, easier to get rid of breakfast and all the allergy/personal
choice restrictions that go with that.
I'm really quite amazed at all the hoops B&B owners go through,
to serve that breakfast. I say let them go to a restaurant, the
real professionals in that department.
Except Gillum, who goes above and beyond!
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Re: Anyone do weekly rentals?
By: JimBoone Date: January 4, 2024, 5:06 am
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We are considering switching from B&B to weekly rentals in our
kitchenette rooms. We are wondering if it is more accepted to
do a Saturday to Saturday week or a Sunday to Sunday. We are
also considering a four or five night minimum stay.
Thoughts?
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I can only give an opinion rather than experience but seems like
Sunday to Sunday would allow for travel time to get to your
destination or home.
Minimum stays seem to create their own arguments to me. I need 2
days on the weekends as we are not set up to flip rooms quickly
but got tired of those arguing that they could only stay one day
and couldn't you make an exception for me. Currently offer 2
days at a favorable rate or 1 day at a high rate. Seems to help.
#Post#: 424--------------------------------------------------
Re: Anyone do weekly rentals?
By: Thebeachhouse Date: January 4, 2024, 7:57 am
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Thanks. We currently do two night minimum on weekends but want
to switch from a hotel model to a vacation cabin model.
Weekly rentals instead of nightly. I was wondering if there
is a “normal” week to rent, either Saturday to Saturday or
Sunday to Sunday. I have looked on the local vacation rental
management site and can’t find anything.
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Re: Anyone do weekly rentals?
By: Yellowbird Date: January 19, 2024, 11:29 am
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Beachie, As you may recall, with Covid looming in 2020 we closed
the suites in the main house and converted all of our
reservations to weekly in the cottage. At that time we provided
either a continental breakfast stocked in the cottage to
minimize the contact or a no-breakfast Guest House option with
no housekeeping services and no contact. Surprise,
surprise...the Guest House option was a big success and we have
since gone a bit further offering only weekly Guest House
rentals in July, August, and September, eliminating the
breakfast option all together. This year for health reasons we
are only renting to vetted returning guests, all weekly except
for one 5-night in June.
We found the Sunday-Sunday rental to work best for us...less
traffic eastbound for arrivals in this location on Sunday so we
have a better idea when they will be arriving and more traffic
westbound for departures on Sunday so they leave promptly to
"get over the bridge" before the worst of it.
You might give some options this year and see which ones are
popular in your location. We don't get any "pass through"
reservations here, only destination vacationers, so our customer
base may be different from yours. Good luck! Feel free to
reach out to me if you have any questions.
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Re: Anyone do weekly rentals?
By: Thebeachhouse Date: January 20, 2024, 7:33 am
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Thanks, Silver. I especially like your labels. I like “Guest
House.” I’d been thinking of “Vacation Rental” but that sounds
so Air b n b. Husband wanted Sunday to Sunday and I was for
Saturday to Saturday. Your logic makes sense.
We do get a lot of passing through on their way to their real
vacation in Maine. But we get a good number wanting to spend
the week in our little town. We are tired of the turnover.
So we want to go weekly, no contact.
#Post#: 443--------------------------------------------------
Re: Anyone do weekly rentals?
By: Yellowbird Date: January 20, 2024, 9:30 am
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Beachie, I totally get it. This is year 35 for us as innkeepers
who have always done all of our own turnovers, breakfast,
laundry and no-credit-card reservations. What we have learned
is that you need to taylor your business to your needs as best
you can if you don't want to burn out. Give it a try and see
how it goes. You might be pleasantly surprised that your loyal
returning guests really like the privacy and convenience of a
weekly guest house reservation. We still provide keurig pods,
creamer/milk, and I still stock home-made granola and bananas to
get them through the first morning of their stay. I used to
also bake some homemade goodies for them but this year we will
just go with the coffee/tea/creamer/milk. No complaints from my
returning guests...they are just thrilled that we still allow
them to stay!
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Re: Anyone do weekly rentals?
By: Thebeachhouse Date: January 21, 2024, 7:25 am
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I like the homemade granola idea. I was trying to think of
something to add to the kitchenette to make it feel special. We
will have kuerig and creamer with supplies available, extra
towels in the hallway. Two bottles of water in the fridge. Do
you put a quart of milk in the room for the granola?
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Re: Anyone do weekly rentals?
By: Yellowbird Date: January 21, 2024, 10:32 am
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I always ask what they use in their coffee/tea. If it's 1/2+1/2
that is what they get and I usually put a qt of milk in addition
for their granola, or a pint of Greek yogurt for those who
prefer that. If they take milk in their beverage we put a 1/2
gallon of that to use in both beverage and granola. There is
never any granola left over when they leave...I make mine with
maple syrup and almonds since none of my returning guests have
nut allergies. What do you have in your kitchenette for
"appliances"?
We supply 6 of each size towels; bath, hand, wash, and 6 beach
towels. If they request more towels, which they never do, they
know they can contact us for a laundry pick up. Same for the
bed linens. We no longer make their bed so although we will
give them a change of sheets they need to make their own
bed...they no longer request a change of sheets. ;)
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