Arks
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Advice needed on an interesting situation. I got a call today from a divorced father who lives about 4 hours from here. He gets his kids (9 y.o. and 13 y.o.) every other weekend, Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday 5 p.m. He wants to spend that time with them here rather than in his home 4 hours away, because they're at the age where they want to be near their friends.
So he's asking to rent my most expensive room for 2 weekend nights (my highest rate), every other week for the foreseeable future.
Thoughts? It would be nice to have such a regular setup locked in, and other people could still get the place on the off weeks.
I'd have to mark those weekends off way out on the calendar, and I guess it would be fair to charge the full two nights, two weeks in advance each time, in return for marking off all those future weekends. Or should I get more up front, like charge the 4 nights/month up front on the first of each month?
Definitely would need assurance that the kids wouldn't be having friends over when the dad is not there.
Of course, it will probably fall through anyway. I suggested he book it just for the next 2 nights he'll be in town, and see how it goes before we make any big future plans. I also mentioned that I can offer a king bed in the bedroom but with 3 of them they'd need to use the queen size sofa bed in the living area, and he wasn't wild about that but said it would probably work. We'll see!
So he's asking to rent my most expensive room for 2 weekend nights (my highest rate), every other week for the foreseeable future.
Thoughts? It would be nice to have such a regular setup locked in, and other people could still get the place on the off weeks.
I'd have to mark those weekends off way out on the calendar, and I guess it would be fair to charge the full two nights, two weeks in advance each time, in return for marking off all those future weekends. Or should I get more up front, like charge the 4 nights/month up front on the first of each month?
Definitely would need assurance that the kids wouldn't be having friends over when the dad is not there.
Of course, it will probably fall through anyway. I suggested he book it just for the next 2 nights he'll be in town, and see how it goes before we make any big future plans. I also mentioned that I can offer a king bed in the bedroom but with 3 of them they'd need to use the queen size sofa bed in the living area, and he wasn't wild about that but said it would probably work. We'll see!