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What I've seen is a one-week rental is 7 days - if you arrive on Sat. - you leave on Fri. Haven't done this for many, many years though - does one week constitute 7 days/6 nights or 8 days/7 nights? Interesting question.
For the last 12 years we have rented a condo in a vacation town. Not always the same condo but always A condo. And they don't come cheap.
Arrival time is 2 PM Saturday and departure time is before 11AM the following Saturday.
If we were lucky enough to have a "friend" let us stay for free, we'd tailor our vacation schedule to theirs and buy them a nice gift in the bargain!
I think the OP is being generous in maid service starting at 4PM.
Did they ever respond to your original message, OP?
Not yet. This stay is months away so it seems odd they even bought tickets this early. But now there is silence. I'm debating calling tomorrow to get this hashed out.
Not yet. This stay is months away so it seems odd they even bought tickets this early. But now there is silence. I'm debating calling tomorrow to get this hashed out.
Yes, do so - and make it VERY clear that if they don't change their flights, they are going to have to stay in a hotel that first evening. The rental condo won't be ready then, and staying at your house is NOT an option!
It doesn't really matter whether they change the flights or book a hotel room for that first evening; which option your friends pick should be up to them. What does matter is for them to understand that there is zero chance of them forcing themselves onto you and abusing your generosity.
It might be regional, but down here in NC, the cleaners are called the cleaners when it comes to vacation rentals, so it's odd to me to hear them referred to as the maid. I have my house cleaned twice a month, by a house cleaner not a maid. Again that's probably regional. Also back in my day, a maid was pretty much a live-in.
It might be regional, but down here in NC, the cleaners are called the cleaners when it comes to vacation rentals, so it's odd to me to hear them referred to as the maid. I have my house cleaned twice a month, by a house cleaner not a maid. Again that's probably regional. Also back in my day, a maid was pretty much a live-in.
I stopped telling friends about vacations when one of them assumed her husband and her could go with us on an international trip. It was embarassing and awkward having to explain that they weren't invited.
It might be regional, but down here in NC, the cleaners are called the cleaners when it comes to vacation rentals, so it's odd to me to hear them referred to as the maid. I have my house cleaned twice a month, by a house cleaner not a maid. Again that's probably regional. Also back in my day, a maid was pretty much a live-in.
There's a company called Merry Maids, so its not unheard of.
It doesn't really matter what the op calls the cleaning crew, it doesn't change the facts of her dilemma.
I stopped telling friends about vacations when one of them assumed her husband and her could go with us on an international trip. It was embarassing and awkward having to explain that they weren't invited.
Let me join you in digressing briefly. I find it very strange, this custom of inviting oneself on other people's vacations or business travel. It's a certain type of person who does this; it's unusual behavior, yet it's out there. I don't understand it. I've observed, that some of the people who do this, need to feel "included" and "wanted"; they're kind of needy in a way. Then they can go around bragging to their friends that they were invited on someone's exotic trip.
Why do you feel the need to mention the maid?? Are you trying to sound better?
What? It's an important detail that the place has to be vacated before it's cleaned for the next guests. Just like at a hotel, as you are leaving you can see the housekeepers getting ready for the next occupants.
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