Rental hosts - do you leave dishwasher tablets?

[tribalmango]

If so, how many?
One per day?
A few?

Can you share your rental please so I can be sure not to ever book it.

How fucking stingy can you be to not leave dishwasher tablets?!

Not quite the same, but the best self-catered lodges I have ever stayed in were at Efteling in Holland - the beds were wonderful, and every couple of days the "welcome" pack was replenished with more loo rolls, dishwasher tabs, pods for the coffee machine, and some misc packets of sauce.

I stayed in a very expensive lakeside place in the Cotswolds with a dishwasher, they provided tablets. What they didn't provide was anything other than a j-cloth for washing the stuff that couldn't be dishwashed - and as they failed to replenish the gas cylinder putting paid to our Sunday evening BBQ plans, we had to handwash quite a few pans with just said cloth. Wasn't easy and took a bit of a shine off the weekend tbh!

I leave at least a box of them at the start of each season (it’s abroad so I can’t get there). Also washing up liquid, cleaning spray etc. I don’t leave washing detergent as that’s more of a personal preference type thing.

We’ve stayed at several self catering, and there’s a real mixture. Must admit, I do appreciate if there are a few lift, maybe 3-4 for a week.

Nice….

And no I’m not expecting enough dishwasher tablets for the whole week. But Im not moving the whole house (aka DWT, toilet rolls etc etc) when I’m going away. So yes I expect enough to tie me up until I’ve done some shopping. 1~2 tablets is enough imo.

However, I have to say I’m also 🤔🤔 at the idea that the host is removing anything that the previous people have left….why?

Fwiw I’ve also stayed in place where DWT etc… were provided for the week.
I very much appreciated that.
It was also the same people who went out of their way to make the place welcoming too.

I'm currently on holiday and my rental has left good quantities of hand wash, washing up liquid and things like surface cleaning spray and toilet cleaner but no dishwasher tablets or washing stuff (I hadn't expected any). I think it's variable - I've been to places that have left a few and some that have left none. I appreciate a couple but as this place has offered washing up liquid I think that's fair enough.

I take some with me just in case, but I’ve found most holiday lets leave some. You also have to remember some people may not have a dishwasher at home and probably don’t want to buy a pack.

I think do what you like but it's helpful to tell them!

We self cater a lot in the UK and abroad and inevitably I bring stuff they've provided or don't bring stuff they haven't provided. Would be v helpful to actually know in advance either way. Plus different families are different. I wouldn't use the dishwasher in a holiday house because hosts rarely provide more than a minimum amount of crockery, so you'd never have anything to use! But there are only 3 of us.

In my experience, the provision ranges from absolutely nothing, not even washing up liquid, to a bit of everything or maybe an 'essentials' box (would be easier to bring your own tbh) to a generous amount of everything. There basically is no norm...

Just tell people. And price accordingly.

Although in a situation where you want certain behaviours (like 2 ply loo roll on a boat, or eco washing up liquid because of the type of septic tank, or the dishwasher to be used rather than stuff stacked on a draining board), you should provide the means to do that.

My union owns holidays houses which are based on bringing all your linen/loo paper/cleaning products. But they are also cheap as chips to use. I have a large bucket full of cleaning products specially for these types of holidays which I pop in the boot. Often as a nice surprise, people have left things behind so you don’t have get all your own out.

When we pay loads to stay at a villa that has a dishwasher/ washing machine etc l would expect dishwasher tablets for the week( 7).. washing machine products.. loo rolls.

That's interesting @Gemstonebeach.

We've stayed a lot in a family owned caravan park that does it like that (you can pay a top up to have the beds made).

I was caught out by it the first time and they obviously thought it was the norm to do it that way. But I don't think their prices are actually low enough to justify not even a tea towel and washing up liquid, and I've noticed over the 7 years we've been going there they have started to provide a bit more.

We provide 4x dishwasher tablets, 2x washing pods, plenty of loo rolls, and the usual coffee, milk, cleaning and cupboard basics, plus fresh milk and some good biscuits to have a cup of tea on arrival. The aim is for guests to arrive and think, Wow, this is nice! Not, Ugh, we're going to have to go straight back out again.

It costs a few quid more to have twice the amount of IKEA cutlery/crockery than the maximum occupants, compared with the negative impact of reviews complaining about not enough cups and forks. We've only had guests stealing all the loo rolls from the storage cupboard once in three years, and they were the ones with the personalised plates and the ponies at home...

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Some places we've stayed at left plenty, others only a couple of DW tablets. We take a handful of ours with us.

We also take loo roll, bleach, a few tea towels, washing up cloths, washing up liquid, etc. Been caught out a few times so like to be a bit prepared.

The nicest place we stayed at left a cream tea, 2 bottles of wine, tea, coffee, biscuits and a two-pint bottle of milk. Plus plenty of cleaning supplies.

The greedy air BnB hosts - and they're becoming greedier and losing customers will soon regret being so unwelcoming. I've spoken to several friends this year who won't use air BnB anymore because of the cost of it. You can often find a hotel with better rates, that doesn't charge the huge cleaning fee yet also insist that the property is left immaculately clean at the end.

The hostess with the mostess!
Every holiday let I’ve used has had a couple, maybe if it’s a really cheap let they don’t.

Tbh I do roll my eyes at 7 dishwasher tablets precisely, it just looks a bit tight to have counted out the exact number of 15p tablets and no more 😆 Especially when you've booked a house that sleeps more than 4 people and so will inevitably be wanting to use it more than once a day.

I think it's worth also bearing in mind your typical guests, how far they've travelled, are they likely to have come by car, is there a nearby supermarket etc.

I wasn't very impressed last year at having to spend a largish amount at a French supermarket making up for Eurocamp's lack of cleaning materials/other basics. Lucky we had a car as they didn't sell anything like that on site.

The place would soon have been minging if I hadn't as it was wet and muddy most of the week.

If I rented out a holiday property I wouldn't want my guests making unhygienic compromises!

I rent out a place. I leave lots of dishwasher tablets, toilet rolls, washing up liquid, cleaning supplies, washing powder, hand soap, salt, pepper, oil, tea coffee, tin foil etc. and a welcome box (wine, crisps, pasta, sauce, biscuits, milk)

always get annoyed when I rent and there is nothing.

No. Why would I? If the guest wants to use my dishwasher, they should bring their own tablets. I don't expect to be catered for like a child, neither should they.

What hospitality. What a welcome.
And over dishwasher tablets!😂

Do you leave a roll loo paper for people using YOUR loo?

As a customer it is such a PITA to have to go and buy full packages of stuff to perform basic tasks when you're trying to be on holiday.

Some places cater so well to their customers and others don't.

We have stayed at several lovely airbnbs recently and have had both dishwasher tablets and welcome packages. It really makes a difference as a guest as to how you view the hosts.

Most places we've used have left at least a weeks' supply, along with washing up liquid, plenty of loo rolls, hand soaps for every sink, shower gel in the showers. The only thing we seldom see is washing powder/liquid for the washing machine.

I can only remember one place that didn't supply dishwasher tablets and washing up liquid, but they were tight sods who didn't supply anything else either, and only provided one loo roll for a week's stay for six people!

I find this VERY irritating - a washing machine and dishwasher provided, but no means of using them. I squirted fairy liquid in the dishwasher once and the entire utility filled with soap froth...
Paying £80-350 a night, and the hosts are too stingy to provide one tablet per day for the dishwasher and washing machine.
It always leaves me feeling disgruntled.

I think it’s worth leaving them. If someone doesn’t have a dishwasher at home - they’re unlikely to buy them for a short stay, and you therefore run the risk of them just using the hot water (putting more onus on the cleaners afterwards).