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.
August 27th, 2008
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mmatchev |
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Image by wallyg via FlickrQuestion: What IS a vacation condo rental? Isn’t that just a fancy name for a motel unit with a kitchen?
Answer: No. Vacation condo rental units are normally much nicer than motels.
Sizes of vacation condo rental units: Vacation travelers can choose a privately owned condo in sizes sleeping room plus kitchen, on up to 5 bedroom units in some tourist destination areas around the United States. These rental unites are available by the day, week, or month just like the motels, only they are fully-furnished private homes with an equipped kitchen instead of just a motel sleeping room. Vacation condo rentals units are normally priced comparable or less than local motel room rates per bedroom.
Locations of vacation condo rental units: Vacation condo rentals units are available in almost all tourist destinations within the United States. Vacation travelers can find these privately owned vacation condo rental units at the beach or in the mountains; condos can be found in the country, in the city, beside lakes, in quiet neighborhoods, and right in the middle of vacation excitement zones.
To procure your privately owned vacation condo unit you must shop online for it before leaving home, but today most of us make our motel room reservations before leaving home anyway – vacation planners just need to shop for lodging at different sites than the motels are using for their advertising.
What comes with a vacation condo rental? As an example of what you can find with a privately owned vacation condo rental, one in Florida along the oceanfront comes with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, fully equipped kitchen, wet bar, 50” plasma TV, more TV’s and gaming systems, telephones and internet, linens, kitchen supplies, RV parking and other parking, private washer-dryer, bar-b-que, gazebo, balcony, jetted tub in master bath, pool, and more. This 3-bedroom vacation condo rental runs about 500.00 per week during all non-summer months.
Some vacation condo rental units are in high-rise buildings, and others are clustered with just a few on the lot together; what comes inside is normally based upon the location and space available. Almost all privately rented condo units will have owners trying to please the customer so that you will continue to come to their rental instead of a motel. Lodging is a very competitive industry in tourist areas, the private owners must try harder than the motels, so that they normally provide better lodging accessories for your enjoyment.
Where to find a vacation condo rental unit: Private owners advertise their vacation condo rental units online through vacation planning services. Place the name of your desired location into your search bar followed by house rental, cottage rental, condo rental, cabin rental, or apartment rental to find this reasonably priced nice lodging.
The rental ads on the internet come complete with pictures and a full listing of items that you will receive inside of your rental unit. Some travelers enjoy vacationing with their pets or children. Travelers browsing their way through the private rental unit ads will find options in vacation condo rental units that are especially designed for your needs.
As an example of what special needs covered by a vacation condo rental can be:
~ Locking garages are great places to store your rented car and rented sports equipment at night while visiting any tourist town.
~ Pets like space and yards to stretch in.
~ Children like space, child decorated bedrooms, and gaming options to play with.
~ Older travelers enjoy the quiet homelike nature of condo rentals.
~ Party animals enjoy meeting the same in singles only condo units.
~ Travelers on a strict budget enjoy having a kitchen with utensils and appliances in it as an option to eating expensive restaurant food.
~ Babies enjoy condos that have a baby room set-up with everything Mom needs for an easy stay.
~ Friends or couples traveling together enjoy sharing a condo to save on motel bills.
August 2nd, 2008
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Catherine |
Vacation Rentals |
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