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fwiw, I would also have a waterproof mattress cover and comforter cover. When you're on blood thinners and sleeping, it is so easy to scratch or open a wound and get blood just about anywhere, not just pillows. Hydrogen Peroxide works great. Maybe leave a bottle in her bathroom. It's not...

Not sure I understand. You only add $30 (cleaning fee) to your AirB price, but people save a ton of money by booking direct. Is the extra $30 in Airb the savings you are referring too if they book direct?

Could it be that folks are getting smart and using TA and Google just to find properties, but now know to book direct?

Could it be that by going direct to our websites they do not have to create & maintain their own version of ours, so less work for them, less transcribing mistakes, and any changes we make are instantly done on their site. Maybe they can fire personnel because no longer needed as they...

Same here. We do state we are dog friendly (no other animals) in all our literature, but only certain rooms. Most rooms are animal free.

To bounce off Gillumhouse, not only did we have to install a whole bunch of shut off valves at bathtubs etc., we also installed manifolds. Our place is on the large side with 5 buildings, yours may not apply, but there was only one gas line and one water line for all the buildings, so if...

To add on to what Morticia said, if you also plan to close 4 months of the year, you need to have 4 month's worth saved up and that is separate from emergency funds. My last thing is that doing things yourself saves a lot of money, but sometimes life happens. My husband is the fixer upperer...

Have more than enough resources in the bank to get you through most of the whatevers. So you don't feel like you have to take a walk-in after midnight, or be able to close for a week just because, or hire someone out to do a certain project, or hire help with the cleaning instead of always...

Thank you very much. This is all very helpful, Arks.

I've learned the hard way as well. I used to automatically mail back to them whatever they left behind (not food) and more often than not, I wouldn't even get a thank you, let alone a reimbursement. So now, unless they call, it goes in a closet. I do try to check the rooms real fast as guests...

We don't charge for early check-ins or late check-outs, but only do it if it works for me. When I am full house or close to it, I don't want everyone checking in at the same time (because they want their money's worth) and then get a bad review because they waited. I don't think I would ever...

Hardwood is beautiful, easy to clean, easy to see that it is clean (especially for the allergy challenged), but by the same token, gets marked by rolling luggage, shows everything and you almost have to clean more often! Carpet is warm to the bare foot, noise reducing and more forgiving as to...

Thank you (all!) for your responses. Looks like you've laid the groundwork first. Good info.

How / where do you go to get on these lists for military and State Dept travelers?