You are about to hand your keys to a family. Four people, maybe six, arriving late, tired, hungry, and carrying more gear than sense. What they do in the first ten minutes decides how they feel about your property for the rest of the stay — and what they write in the review.
I know, because that family is mine. I'm not a host. I'm the guest you are trying to impress, and I have stayed in enough short-term rentals to know exactly which ones understood us and which ones simply hoped for the best.
This free 35-point checklist is the short version of what I look for. It covers the questions parents ask in the first ten minutes, the information that should never be more than one glance away, and the small omissions that quietly cost you five-star reviews.
What's inside
- The arrival information families need before they've unpacked a single bag
- Safety details parents look for immediately — and worry about when they're missing
- The kitchen and laundry answers that stop the 9pm message to you
- Sleeping arrangements written so parents can plan, not guess
- What to leave out, because an over-stuffed guide gets read by nobody
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