Would you follow this rule?

What edible panties and flavoured condoms?

It boggles your mind that disabled people can go on holiday?

I'd take a cup of tea but not a curry.

No.

I would definitely have a glass of water by the bed.

I might consider a cup of tea in bed depending on the flooring and how easily a spill could be cleaned up.

I wouldn't take food upstairs.

Mumsnet posters certainly do like to come up with the most crazy answers, how has the bed bound person got to the holiday home in the first place? Or did they develop a sudden illness one night that rendered them stuck in the bed?

Mind boggling

I don't have an upstairs as I live in a flat. I take a (mahoosive) cup of rooibos tea with me to bed and sip it through the night.

If it was made clear before I went then i would observe it. If it wasn't then no I wouldn't.

Definitely would have a cup of tea in bed. But would be extra careful not to spill any.

Will you get the mattress replaced and the carpet professionally cleaned before you leave? What about any furniture that may be stained? What if the accident happened on the morning you were leaving and more guests were arriving in the afternoon? Would they have to put up with a damp bed?

They should make the rules clear in the advertising/booking.

Lots of people have drinks (water, coffee, tea) in bed. Or even like to have a light breakfast in bed (pastries, toast, fruit), as you may in a luxury hotel or relaxing morning at home.

I wouldn’t book a place with such stringent rules. If they hadn’t made it clear at booking stage but there was a notice when I got there, I’d be extra careful and may not risk having anything that stains (water or fizz OK but maybe not coffee).

If I caused any damage, I’d obviously clear it up or replace (or pay) as I would in my own home.

I’ve never come across a rule in anywhere that I have stayed that says you can’t have a cup of tea upstairs in bed. Hotel or a self catering chalet.

The rule here strikes me as a step too far. If you don’t want to deal with accidents or guest issues, then don’t host in my opinion. I don’t have a problem with general rules that are obvious but I refuse to pay good money to stay somewhere that has condescending rules like this.

I would follow the rule, but we don't take food or drinks upstairs anyway at home so it wouldn't bother us anyway. It's nice to have a coffee on the sofa or even outside if it's warm enough.

Bedbound people in an airbnb? Aren't they normally in hospital? And if they are bedbound they wouldn't be upstairs in the first place.

I probably would follow the rule but,how would anyone know if you didn't follow this rule? Unless you spill and leave stain damage.

YY! It's that moment of 'fuck, I have to get up for work ... OH, NO, NO I DO NOT!'

I love it.

I don't take food upstairs at home but if I'm renting a holiday place that seems unreasonable, some people like to drink tea and toast in bed in sure.

I stay in bed until I've eaten and drunk every single day because I have POTS and getting up before my blood pressure has stabilised makes me really unwell. So no, I wouldn't be following that rule.

Same. I really don’t get the attraction of eating and drinking in bed.

In terms of this specific rule, though, I’d ignore it to the extent of bringing a bottle of water upstairs, simply because I’m on medication that I need to take first thing in the morning and sometimes overnight.

I wouldn't. If I saw this in the description of the holiday rental's advertising pages then I wouldn't have booked it. If it wasn't mentioned at that time and was something I learned only upon arrival then I would ignore it and clean up after myself, as I would do anyway, if needed. A great joy for us every day is having a pot of tea and breakfast in bed. I expect my tremendous skills, honed to perfection over years of practice at home, to be employed in any rental with an equal or greater degree of thoughtfulness.

I know this isn’t the point of the thread but why DOES that 4am-5am “take a hot cup of tea back to bed” cup of tea feel so lush?

No and I wouodnt feel guilty either

To me the answer is obvious.

If the rules were disclosed to me before I made the booking then I'm bound by them and I'd keep to them.

If I don't like those rules I book somewhere else.

But if the rules aren't disclosed to me until after i've made the booking then they do not form part of the contract and i'm not bound to follow them

I would take water but not food, no. I respect other people's property and would hope others would do the same

Depends - if the rule was clear before booking then I wouldn’t have booked it.

If only found out about no food upstairs rule after arrival then I wouldn’t be following it at all no.

Too many daft rules at many holiday homes and air bnbs, this is another example, I can’t see how it’s a holiday having to clean up before departure, strip bedding, take your own supplies of loo roll sometimes etc.