Vacation Rentals Maximum Occupancy Limits and Rules
Setting Maximum Occupancy Limits and Rules for your vacation rentals is very important!
It’s important to keep in mind the number of occupants you will allow to stay in your vacation rental home at any given time. This is especially essential when furnishing the bedrooms of your home. For example, you can expand the number by adding two single (twin) beds or even bunk beds in one of the rooms. You can also include a sleeper sofa in the living room to add room for a couple more guests.
Be sure that once you have the house set up for a certain amount of people, you stick to this maximum limit. Communicate the limit to any potential guests so that the vacation rental maximum occupancy rule is never broken, which could mean an overcrowded. Sure, it will be included in your listing, but it’s easy for future renters to overlook, or simply forget, the detail of maximum occupancy, so you need to reiterate the policy when you speak to them.
Adding a section discussing the maximum vacation rental occupancy is another excellent way to provide that information to your guests. Include something along these lines:
“MAXIMUM OCCUPANY – The maximum number of guests in the home is six (6) people. An additional fee of $10 per person per night will be charged if more than six (6) will be occupying the home.”
You don’t need anything long and drawn out…just a simple statement that lets your renters know there is a vacation rental maximum occupancy limit , and they will be charged if they overstep that policy. At times, however, it would be very beneficial if you overlook the rule. It shouldn’t always be overlooked, but, depending on the circumstances, it may be helpful to secure a booking.
For example, if your maximum vacation rentals occupancy is six, and you have 5 adults and two small children wishing to rent your rental property, it would be advisable to let them go ahead and rent from you, especially because the children are likely to be sleeping with together or with an adult. However, if there are 8 adults seeking to rent your 6 person rental, then do not feel bad charging them for the extra guests.
Most of your renters will be truthful as to how many people will be staying in your vacation rental, but you may run into the occasional dishonest guest that will have more people sleeping in the home than you expected…and sometimes, the number may exceed your limit. It would be hard to find out such information without paying them a visit, but if you do happen to be notified about the rule breaking, there are a couple of ways you may want to handle the situation. You can either decide to let it slide, especially if there are just 1-2 extra people. However, if they have more than that, you may want to discuss the problem, and either ask for extra rental fees or withhold some of their deposit.
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