We help our guests understand our rules by posting them in the welcome message they receive from us. They have lives outside of being hosts and need to be able to plan their day.Īirbnb does a good job of asking guests to agree to their hosts’ house rules. And, if your plans change or you’re running late, keep your host informed. Bummer!! It’s really important to let your hosts know approximately what time you plan to arrive. So, we had to cancel our plans and stay home. I asked him to confirm that he received the message so we were sure she would know how to get into the suite. So, we messaged the guest with the lockbox information to relay to his girlfriend. Our last guest told us his girlfriend would be arriving at a certain time and my husband and I had planned to go workout at that time. We also prefer to meet our guests in person to show them the suite so we can go over the particulars of the rental and help our guest settle in and feel welcome. While we can put a key in a lockbox, we still need to give instructions on where to find and access the lockbox. So, it’s important for our guests to let us know when they plan to arrive to our house. My husband and I both work and even though I’m self-employed, I’m not always home at check in time.

Let’s start with the dos and don’ts for guests. But, we had a couple of mishaps happen lately with some guests that prompted me to write some etiquette tips for guests and hosts. Most of our guests have been very respectful, friendly and tidy. Some we even invited upstairs to join us for dinner. Many wonderful people from all around the world and the United States have stayed with us. We’re in our third year of being hosts and we truly enjoy it. It felt doable because we have a separate entrance our guests can use rather than having to go through our part of the house. Fast forward a couple of years and that’s exactly what we did. It planted the seed for having a short term rental of our own in our basement. We loved having an entire place to ourselves that was located in a great neighborhood for a very reasonable price. Are you an Airbnb fan? My husband and I stayed in our first Airbnb rental about four years ago.

Do host or guest say hello first