I have 10 guests coming for over a week...

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These absolutely wonderful people are giving up a week of annual leave and coming to help me and DH to do some work on our house abroad.
We are paying for flights, transfers etc and all food.
Im planning on doing all food either buffet style or bbq depending.
I want to take care of their every need however small or different to ours they are.
Ive got each person, a face flannel, and a towel. Toiletries, shampoo, etc
What else do I need?
Tell me what you personally would need, its going to be a hard graft week.
The job that needs doing is around €35000 which we don't have, every one doing the work with us is cutting costs including travel and food to around €15000.
So I have more gratitude than I can ever expeess and I want them to go home glad they came to help, rather than tiny hiccups (wrong food/not enough food etc) to send them home annoyed they even bothered.
I will consider all, what good do you want?
Tv in rooms or no? Tell me everything....Go

I'm just glad to hear you've included a flannel OP 😆🤗

You sound very generous. I think a TV in each room is overkill as long as you have decent internet (and if not, I'd sort that out!).

To some extent, you'll find out food preference when they're all there.

Good luck with it all, sounds epic!

They won't want a TV in their bedrooms - where would you get so many TVs from anyway? That's just a waste of money.

Decent WiFi a must. Lots of booze.

I would want:

Privacy and to not be challenged when I need alone time
A comfortable bed
A warm bedroom
A glass of wine a couple of evenings per week
Healthy food: fresh vegetables and fruit, carbs, protein, in quantities I don't sense are rationed
Access to tea and coffee
Some local produce
Clean sheets and towels
Unrationed hot water
A token thank you gift of local produce to take home (some pastries, wedge of cheese, bottle of wine)
The pleasure of your company!

Very cool, OP!

We have 2 in tbe house already, and have access to a few more( borrowed) for tbe week.
I personally dont watch much tv, but im just ticking boxes x

Privacy.
Ok, love it, i will tell everyone that my and DH bedroom which is the largest is the quiet zone, and if the doors closed its a no go zone. I will make a sign.
Beer and wine in abundance, its cheap locally. Food will be served in restaurant measures, what's not eaten can roll over. Its Super hot, we have aircon in all bedrooms,
Fruit and veg, noted and will be included, it would likely have been anyway, but now its in my radar, so thankyou.
Tea and coffee no problem, in a tea fiend.

A side table or similar with a good selection of board games, cards, magazines, a few easy to pick up books. Especially if they will have downtime and are likely to be needing a bit of easy entertainment.

In a similar situation, someone I know hired a couple of giant garden games, chess and Connect 4 I think, which we're very popular.

Things to do shelf...sorted.
Garden games. No go as the lucky people are digging it out and will be a building site

I think check the food before they come - presumably you know them so are aware of dietary requirements already - but more knowing their favourite snacks, for example their favourite flavour crisps, beer or wine, burgers or sausages on the bbq that sort of thing.

TV's in room not a necessity but might be quite nice if people need to retreat for half an hour or chill for a bit before getting up especially if they wake up early - but only if that's easy to do.

Anything to minimise packing so toiletries etc - but nice ones.

Good selection of breakfast food they can grab as they get up.

Good coffee

Can you arrange for a nice outing one afternoon? Like a wine tasting or trip to a local town or something. Just so it’s not relentless graft. And a meal out on the last evening would be nice.

I would ensure there’s bowl of fresh fruit, selection of snacks (of the junkier variety), soft drinks, chilled water, nice breakfast (to their tastes, personally that would be meats, cheeses, bread and melon but if they are more inclined to British style breakfast, bacon or egg caps) sandwich, crisps, fruit and cake for lunch then generous dinners again to taste, bbq sounds amazing in our sub zero weather!. Don’t overthink but be prepared to run out if anyone needs anything, a bottle of water with each towel is a nice touch I think as I’m always wary about water overseas even if no need

Plenty of bottled water, energy snack bars. Fruit bowl, comfortable seating

If they are going to be working in warm weather I'd have plenty of sunscreen available. Will you need insect repellent? Perhaps also make sure that you have hats and work gloves for everyone in case someone forgets to bring them? Well stocked first aid kit just in case of accidents?

What are the arrangements for laundry - would you be able to wash and dry dirty clothes for your guests?

And yes, I'd be grateful for a space where I could chill and have some peace. Some water/soft drinks in my room would be appreciated along with some snacks.

One other thought from me is - where are they all sleeping? If I was somewhere for a week, doing hard graft with 10 other people the thing I'd probably need most is SPACE! Does everyone have a room/somewhere to retreat to?

If you are in a relatively inexpensive COL country, it might be more economical (and easier) to eat out and have takeaway food delivered now and then, rather than cooking for a big gang every night. OK have some stuff in for breaks, lunch, snacks, drinks, the usual one would expect in a warm climate.

I'm just back from Southern Spain and while we had a fully equipped apartment, in the three weeks we were there, we just cooked in on one night (because it was very cold out that night), since the cost of a meal was the same or cheaper than cooking it ourselves.

If it's hard graft then plenty of food would be my top priority. It's amazing how much you can eat when working hard.

Fun in the evenings - movie night/big BBQ/quiz night/trip to local bar or restaurant.

If it's hot there - sunscreen, after sun, plenty of comfy chairs in the shade. Plus anti insect stuff and a pile of chemist type medication like paracetamol, plasters, blister stuff (if they're going to be working hard).

Workers gloves, hats, spare boots if people have only come with sandals.

Booze. Lots of booze.

Im so glad i posted this as ive been a bit unsure.
So im paying the next door neighbour to come in and clean and sort for 4 hours a day, her main job will be to do all the laundry, so thats sorted, and she will be doing all the washing up( dishwasher)
Sun cream , i will get
Insect repellant, hmm, i will get one, but unlikely at the time of year, but hey, there's always one person gets used as a buffet!
I will put water bottles in the drinks fridge

I wouldn’t expect my own TV.
A comfortable bed and good food would be enough.
Also wine!

We are in southern Spain, but while it is really cheap to eat out, its just a meal, I will still have to put out all the food around it, so I do plan on taking them all out for a meal one night, but its easier to cook at home for those sort of numbers.
And its not coastal, or touristy, and a restaurant with a booking for 12, would be at least a 4 hour meal, if not more. Second issue is kitchens dont open until 9 maybe 8.30 , ok for me, but my guests might have starved to death and died by then. Maybe

Do they know each other?
Maybe a welcome drinks thing to welcome them and introduce them to each other.

Wine. Ok, got it. We will need shares in Carrefour.
We have an amazing rose wine slush recipe that will be in the slushy machine quite a bit I think!

Oh fabulous. They don't all know each other.

Re the TVs - as you are abroad (and, it seems, somewhere warm) would there be issues with what channels are even available?

We lived abroad for many years and did watch UK TV via a satellite dish, but we couldn't use iPlayer or any of the other "catch-up" services.

I realise you haven't specified where you are exactly so this might not be a relevant point.

10 points for the flannels though :-)

Could you do something one day like have a masseuse come for tired helper friends?

Also I always put slippers in the guest rooms.

Can I come?! Will you make Gambas Pil Pil? With loads and loads of bread?!

Can I be nosy and ask what the project is they’ll be helping you with?!

Do you know what, it sounds to me like you’ve got lots of it covered!