Not to clean the holiday cottage?

[softlysoftly]

Due to leave tomorrow and having a disagreement with DM.

I think that you should vac the main living room floor, make sure there aren't any stains on the loos, wipe the kitchen sides down and clear any food.

DM wants to clean totally, I'm talking vac all floors (huge 4 bed 2 reception room barn) polishing tables, gloves on and hands down loo (4 loos), she's been and bought hob cleaner, we've only cooked on it once!


So who's right?

[ChoosandChipsandSealingWax]

It depends on the contract. In the UK it's fairly standard to include it. My mother has cottages and as other PP have said she would always get everything cleaned properly regardless of whether it looked clean, because you just don't know if it's been cleaned to your standards, and is actually hygienic.

But we normally go on holiday self-catering in France, and there the norm is that you do have to clean it.

If we have a choice between two cottages and one will let you pay extra for a clean, I always go for that instead - it's a complete pain to have to spend the last day of the holiday cleaning (and how do I know that the people who stayed before have left everything properly hygienic?)

I agree that for that reason alone it should really be part of the service.

[TurnOverTheTv]

God I wouldn't even think of cleaning, surely that's part of the money paid? I put dishes in the dishwasher and set it off, strip beds, leave all towels in the bath and that's it.

[seasavage]

I clear round, hoover and surface clean. Any decent place will have to clean thoroughly anyway. I always strip the beds and make clear used/ not used towel piles.
If your mum needs to clean more, let her do that. Do 'your' bit and go for a last walk or such.