Things you don't want in a holiday let ...

[LindorDoubleChoc]

I'll start.

Decorative cushions on the beds! Absolutely no thank you. They're quite irritating on the sofas ... but on the beds! Just why?

Another one - quite specific to where I'm staying now - unwashed cooker hood filters. They make the whole kitchen smell of dirty ovens.

Also ... it's nice if all the mirrors and the glass shower screen are done properly.

I don't have pets, but if you are allergic why don't you use pet free places? There are more of these anyway!

Hot tubs
Loads of smelly plug ins and reed diffusers
Cookers and hobs that take ages to heat up
Ring binders full of rules
Not enough dining chairs for the number of guests your property says it accommodates
Food from previous guests - not even teas and coffees

Bars of soap - liquid soap please
Dust
Poly cotton sheets - cotton please
Double beds - king size please

Weird stick things in scented oil as air freshener. Grim and makes everyone sneeze constantly.
One chopping board of dubious age and knives that haven't been sharpened since the day they were purchased. If you don't want the hassle of maintaining it, replace it annually.

Fleas which the last visiting dog didn't bother to take home.

Mould on bath mat

Dirty dishwasher filter - grim 🤮

some dog owners seem to think 'no dogs' doesn't apply to them.

The owners who live next door thinking it's okay to park their additional cars on the property driveway because you only have one car - meaning it's a pita to get your car in and out everyday.

Owners who assume that a couple renting a two bedroom house don't want the second bedroom made up - DP snores and I want the second bedroom for myself. Did you give me a reduction for not using the second bedroom? No.....

A big list of tasks to be carried out on departure day - put those in the listing and I'll book somewhere else that doesn't expect me to clean for the next guests!

Wood is naturally antibacterial and can be scrubbed clean. Plastic or glass blunts knives.

I can't stand air fresheners - especially the ones set to gas you at regular intervals.

@Pineapplewaves - we once got a strange review from an Airbnb we stayed in because we used both bedrooms. The owners insinuated we'd had other people staying with us. I have migraine that often wakes me up so I take myself off so as not to disturb DP in the hope I can get some more sleep. We've also stayed in one place where the main bedroom was quite noisy so we moved to the second one. There is a reason we book two bedroom places.

The owner living right next door and coming over for a chat when you're trying to relax with your family

Hot tubs, Jacuzzi baths or saunas

No fancy coffee pod machines. I’ve never yet found one that does a decent black coffee.

Whaaaaattt???? Seriously? I had no idea that there was cheeky fuckery to that degree!

A large rusty axe in a kitchen drawer covered in, what looked suspiciously like, bloodstains.

Yes to family photos. The last place we stayed at had them plastered over almost every wall. It was clear (from the school calendar in the kitchen among other things) the owners spend their whole summers there but, with all the photos and personal items everywhere, I actually felt I was intruding and felt a bit uncomfortable being there.

💩A toilet brush...erkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!

@GirlsWithGuitars yes! Those pod machines are so annoying. Slow, don't make enough coffee, the strength is wrong. Just provide a cafétiere please!

I also don't want: moths in the oven, dead spiders in the cupboard, and random instruction manuals for appliances that aren't there.

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Ornaments
Polycotton bed linen
Useless cushions on the bed
Bath towels that barely go round an adult

Reed diffusers. Spent all last week moving the fecking thing because it gave me a headache. Put it on the balcony in the end (but had to move it if I went out there).

Surely a loo brush is essential otherwise......

Doing everything they asked for interms of cleaning up and then being left a review saying that we were lovely but left a mess.

Nothing less than a king size bed.
Don’t want vases of plastic flowers or plastic fruit on a coffee table.
A key case that you need a degree to operate.