12-27-2025, 10:25 AM
Title says it all.
As a host, I mostly stay in hotels but when I do stay at Airbnbs I’m always shocked at how stingy hosts are about things that wouldn’t cost much to provide. I'm talking full house rentals that aren't cheap. They market it as "starter" provisions. It's one toilet paper roll per bathroom and nothing more. One tide pod for one load of laundry and one dishwasher load. One garbage bag. And so on.
Expecting guests to go shopping as soon as they arrive so they can use the trash and wash clothes/dishes, etc is a bit ridiculous at these prices. I would never dream of leaving my guests so little. I always leave more than they could possibly use to be honest and to be honest it has never backfired on me. I leave out 20+ K-cups and most guests honestly don’t even use it. I don’t think a single guest has “emptied it out”.
Toilet paper at Costco is cheap as are pods for laundry and dishes (why not just leave the big jugs out, one unscented and one not scented for guests to choose? What are they saving per booking by providing the bare minimum on these items? $20 at most but probably more like $10? For stays that are $2,000+ for the trip?
As a host, I mostly stay in hotels but when I do stay at Airbnbs I’m always shocked at how stingy hosts are about things that wouldn’t cost much to provide. I'm talking full house rentals that aren't cheap. They market it as "starter" provisions. It's one toilet paper roll per bathroom and nothing more. One tide pod for one load of laundry and one dishwasher load. One garbage bag. And so on.
Expecting guests to go shopping as soon as they arrive so they can use the trash and wash clothes/dishes, etc is a bit ridiculous at these prices. I would never dream of leaving my guests so little. I always leave more than they could possibly use to be honest and to be honest it has never backfired on me. I leave out 20+ K-cups and most guests honestly don’t even use it. I don’t think a single guest has “emptied it out”.
Toilet paper at Costco is cheap as are pods for laundry and dishes (why not just leave the big jugs out, one unscented and one not scented for guests to choose? What are they saving per booking by providing the bare minimum on these items? $20 at most but probably more like $10? For stays that are $2,000+ for the trip?