Holiday let without even a tea bag?

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Is this another Covid rule? Really very surprised to arrive to find nothing.. have used this company loads of times and usually get a rather lovely welcome pack.
If it is Covid related... how ridiculous.

We had tea bags, a little jar of coffee, a bag of sugar and a pint of milk left for us at the cottage we stayed at a fortnight ago. Oh and biscuits, but the rest of my family don't know about those

My parents have a caravan that they let out through the site and they were told that they had to visit the caravan before any bookings and remove all ornaments, lamps and even the oven glove so there not being any tea bags does not surprise me at all!

Stayed in one in August which had no washing up liquid or soap anywhere (although other cleaning stuff in a cupboard), laminated signs about washing hands everywhere as well... I'd much rather have known in advance about having to bring them.

We've received information about the cottage in Wales we will be staying in next week. They are not providing the usual complimentary basics like coffee and tea due to covid.

I'd always take teabags anyway as even if there are some left they might not be Yorkshire Tea.

What kind of barbaric establishments do you stay at!

Non-Yorkshire Tea? Tch.

So since original post I've scrutinised the website and the info emailed to me. Some info about having to bag up linen on departure and changes in check out time. Nowt else

Really interested to know how they're going to deep clean the carpet in the bathroom. 🤮🤮

I'm using their spare towels as a cover for the carpet.

This is a major website and they will be getting an email on our return.

We went away last month. There was a bowl with individual hot drink stuff and a bottle of wine.

All other supplies as usual including books, DVDs and games. I take washing up stuff and just bring it home if stuff is there.

5pm check in - mildly annoying, more so as you can't really stop anywhere on the way (weather was rubbish) and 9am check out. We left 8pm the night before instead.

@Vodsel

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Classic suck up to the class bully

unsociableoldbag's username seems... apt

I'm glad you've brought this up OP. We are at a cottage in a couple of weeks and hadn't thought about the usual bit's that are left.

I'm more bothered about tin foil, cling film, kitchen roll. So I suppose I'd better pack some along with salt, pepper, washing up liquid? We have a camping crate ready stocked so we'll take that.

We got chocolates, wine and cookies.

Our holiday let informed us in advance that, due to Covid, there would be no welcome basket (advertised as including a packet of tea, packet of filter coffee, packet of locally made sweet biscuits, packet of locally made cheese buscuits, a packet of local crisps, a homemade cake and a pint of milk in the fridge. Excellent welcome basket, which we would have enjoyed very much, but heigh ho.

When we got there, the cottage was excellent and beautifully clean. No welcome basket, which we expected, but the attached picture showed what was in the kitchen cupboards when we arrived, with the exception of the lowest two shelves on the right which is where I had begun to store our food before I thought to take the picture.

Tins, jars and open packets, presumably left by previous visitors. There was even an open pack,containing just four remaining fish fingers, in the freezer.

Can anyone explain how a welcome basket of brand new, unopened packets (which we could have wiped before opening if we were cautious, or left alone if we didn't want them) was more dangerous than all these packets opened and handled by we knew not who, or how long ago? Weird thinking.

A shame

@Scarby9 I used to love it when you got to a cottage and there were loads of oil and condiments left behind, the fishfingers would have been in the bin though, even I have my very low standards

scarby the apartment we were in had a cupboard full of things and we didn't know whether to touch them or not. We then read in the instructions, that you were welcome to help yourself to anything left behind, and that we were welcome to do the same, but only sealed full packets etc, and no perishables.

We did drink the blackcurrant squash and leave behind half a bottle of orange, and one small box of cereal and my mum used a couple of teabags. But it was a bit odd to find a cupboard full of bits and pieces.

We are in a holiday let at the moment and there was absolutely nothing in the cupboards apart from salt.

There are three loos and we got three toilet rolls. We are here for nearly three weeks.

as even if there are some left they might not be Yorkshire Tea

I've stayed in places in Australia that provided Yorkshire tea.

@DustyLoafer

I'm glad you've brought this up OP. We are at a cottage in a couple of weeks and hadn't thought about the usual bit's that are left.

I'm more bothered about tin foil, cling film, kitchen roll. So I suppose I'd better pack some along with salt, pepper, washing up liquid? We have a camping crate ready stocked so we'll take that.

Dusty, that doesn't sound much like a holiday!

Though even people who market themselves as professional hol let changeover companies are as stingy as anything. They account for 'one washing up sponge', 'one dishwasher tablet per day of the stay', 'one loo roll per bathroom', etc.

I over-stock on every conceivable domestic item and leave it all for the guests to use as much or as little as they like. I used to go self-catering when the DC were small, and there was nothing I disliked more than spending an hour carting washing up liquid, foil, towels, bedding, blah, blah into the property. It just felt like my normal life, but much worse because the DC were out of their routines!

I agree that, in normal times, left over dried herbs, a tin of baked beans with frankfurters, rosemary infused olive oil etc, all for free, can be a welcome novelty. But I just can't see the logical link to no welcome basket.

We also had very little room to store our own food (kept most of it in a cardboard box) because we felt it was a bit presumptuous to throw all the rest out. Though I did make an exception for the fish fingers...

We stayed in a place in the summer that removed anything that couldn't be cleaned... Like the instruction book for the job. Took me 20mins! (Induction hob where you had to press buttons in a certain order.

@Scarby9 I do think they could have given people the option, then those who didn't want a welcome basket could opt out and those who did could opt in, accepting any responsibilty for any welcome basket cooties they may encounter as a result of their decision.

The one we’ve just got home from today had the full tea making kit so I guess it depends.

@frumpety I completely agree!

Earlier in the year, I stayed in a hotel. They previously offered a full buffet cooked breakfast. However, they offered a; roll, fruit, water, muffin. In the room there were sachets of tea, coffee, long life milk. It was better than no breakfast.
How does one social distance in a hotel kitchen.

I've stayed in another hotel more recently.
You had to ask what you wanted from the buffet breakfast & it was served by their staff

All occasions social distancing & mask

The non provision of welcome pack may also be due to reduction of cost to the provider

Recently had a 2 week break where there was a small welcome pack (enough for a few days). We had to strip the beds and leave bedding and towels in a set place at the end of the first week. A replacement set was left for us to use.