Congratulations! You have had some guests start booking up your vacation home. Income is coming in, the word is getting out. At this point, what this truly means is that you’ve done a great job on your listing, and people are receptive, so congratulations on that! Now you’ll need a vacation rental cleaning checklist.
Now comes the physical part. What to do at this point to ensure that you continue to meet or exceed the expectations on your flow of guests? It’s time to prepare your vacation rental for welcoming new and recurring swathes of guests.
Becoming aware of the basics of preparing and cleaning your vacation rental makes all the difference in the world. Please refer to the below vacation rental cleaning checklist for a handy guide on the steps to take to ensure your property is clean and perfect.
The Vacation Rental Cleaning Checklist
- Clean all kitchen appliances and equipment. This means everything from the microwave to the refrigerator, from the coffeemaker to the stove top, from the grill to the oven and beyond.
- Remove or replace any broken or defective appliances. This includes light bulbs. Don’t leave your guests in the dark.
- Replace air filters and furnace filters as often as possible.
- Empty the washer and dryer, dishwasher, garbage bins, and if applicable, clean and remove the ashes from the fireplace.
- Ensure the cupboards and pantry are clean in both the kitchen and bathrooms.
- Refill any dish soap, hand soap, laundry detergent, coffee filters, trash bags and more.
- Provide clean and good-smelling dish towels and pot holders, and replace the dish sponge as often as possible.
- Clean any glass windows or doors to a streak free shine. This is extremely important if the view is one of the draws of the vacation home. If this isn’t done, things such as hard water stains, dirt and dust can destroy the views to the outside world.
Some lesser performed cleaning tasks
- Check on the battery life of your television remote controls, smoke detectors, and any wireless smart devices or security cameras, and the replace them as necessary.
- Vacuum the rugs, carpets, floors, and sofa. This includes under seat cushions, the bed, and under the furniture.
- Clean and dust the furniture, lamps, blinds, vents, air conditioners, ceiling fans, and so on.
- Wash your curtains, rugs, and blinds as necessary.
- Change the pillow cases and bed sheets. For the sake of your comforters, ensure it isn’t spilled on or stained with anything. If you opt for bedding that is lightly colored or white, or neutral colors such as ivory, taupe, beige, grey, or even black, it’s a quick way to make your bedrooms look like hotel rooms.
- Remove any personal belongings inside drawers and closets to give it a better, more vacation rental feel.
- Clean, sanitize and scrub the bathrooms and toilets. This includes everything, the bathtub, floors, walls, toilets, flusher handle, faucets, shower, doors, and everything.
- Please, please, please remove any hair buildup that occurs in your shower drains.
Why do we need to be clean individuals?
Cleaning your vacation home might seem like a tedious task. However, it is a vital necessity, and is something that should never be skipped before guests arrive. Nothing makes renters happier and more satisfied than finding a beautiful place to stay after long travels to their destination. Also, clean properties lead to positive reviews, and great reviews end up boosting exposure of your property listing.
Use the above vacation rental cleaning checklist to ensure that no stone is left unturned. If you don’t have the time to get all these things done in between rentals, hire a vacation rental cleaning service such as Vacation Angels to get the job done!
