Pets or No Pets?
Lake Fork Vacati
Registered: 9/29/20
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Pets or No Pets?
Oct 14, 2020 3:15 PM
As of right now we do not allow pets. I tried letting pets come and have pee stains on the rugs, so I stopped allowing them |
Chris L
Registered: 5/17/17
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Re: Pets or No Pets?
Oct 15, 2020 5:43 PM
TBH a question like this is probably better suited for a place like community.withairbnb.com or community.vrbo.com or one of the many Facebook groups dedicated to VR hosting rather than this forum, which is mostly for questions about how to use OR software. Personally, I accept pets everywhere I can and firmly believe it's a huge net-positive for me. My background: -been in the business since 2017 I have never really done a scientific study of numbers, but all of the units that accept pets are my top-performing units. I've never had any serious problems (in the many dozens, perhaps even hundreds, of guests who have brought pets, I've only ever had one issue with urine, and I've never had any guests complain about pet smells). I do have a fairly extensive pet addendum that I have them sign as part of the rental agreement. I ask for details about the pet (name/sex/breed/weight) and specify that they must be up-to-date on vaccinations and treated with flea/tick repellent prior to arrival. I also require them to be crated whenever they are left alone in the property. I don't actively enforce that, but putting it in seems to screen away some of the more irresponsible pet owners. I also periodically do a survey of what other owners charge for pet fees, and most in my market charge somewhere around $25 per pet per stay, so that's what I keep my pet fee set at. (I tried increasing it once upon a time to $25 per day, but I found that lowered my occupancy, so I reversed course after a month or so.) |
BlueMtnCabins
Registered: 6/6/16
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Re: Pets or No Pets?
Oct 22, 2020 11:37 AM
If you have halfway decent place , No pets. Aside from peed rugs, you will find scratched door frames and window sills, hair on the bed coverings, and chewed furniture. The amount you charge per pet will not alleviate stress of having to remediate damage between turns. I am a pet owner myself but I will not allow pets in my rentals. |