Getting the guest room ready
The bedding is obvious and takes ten minutes. The rest of this list is the part guests notice and never mention: somewhere to put a bag, a light they can reach.
32 items
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The items
- The bed
- Fresh sheets, duvet cover and pillowcases
- A second pillow of a different firmness
- Spare blanket at the end of the bed
- Mattress protector checked
- The room
- Clear a shelf and some hanging space
- Hangers in the wardrobe×6
- Somewhere to put a suitcase that is not the floor
- Bin
- Mirror
- A light they can turn off from the bed
- A free plug socket near the bedEveryone charges a phone overnight. Everyone.
- Curtains that actually close
- Bathroom
- Clean towels, one large and one small each
- Hand soap and shower gel that are not almost empty
- Spare toothbrush and toothpaste
- Loo roll, plus a spare in sight
- Somewhere to hang a wet towel
- Small kindnesses
- Glass and a jug of water
- Wifi name and password written down
- Phone charger left in the room
- A book or two
- Tell them how the shower worksEvery shower is strange to somebody who did not install it.
- Before they arrive
- Air the room for half an hour
- Hoover and dust
- Check the radiator works
- Ask about allergies and what they eat
- Spare key ready, if they will come and go
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Questions people ask
- What do guests never ask for but always need?
- A bin, a mirror, somewhere to put a suitcase, and a plug socket by the bed. Nobody will mention any of them and everybody notices all four.
- How much do you have to explain?
- The wifi password, how the shower works, and what time you get up. Written down beats said once in a hallway.