Get Your Guest Room Guest Ready

Tip of the Week:  Get Your Guest Room Guest Ready!

Last holiday season, I offered readers a set of suggestions to create a Five Star Guest Room, with ideas that worked whether or not you actually had a guest room! The tip covered the basics like special sheets, towels and more thoughtful touches like reading materials and a water carafe.

Since then, I’ve picked up a few more clever, but simple, additions that will make having guests easier on you and allow your guests to feel right at home!

Provide Ample Information for Your Guests

• Itinerary – Write out a detailed list of the activities that are planned during the visit
• Local Brochures and Menus - Collect brochures of local tourist attractions, along with maps, bus/train schedules, taxi phone numbers, etc.
• Important Phone Numbers – Post important phone numbers by your back door or on the kitchen counter.  Include the house phone number, your cell phone number and emergency contacts.
• Planning Worksheet – For a very comprehensive worksheet, print out Real Simple’s guide entitled “What Every Guest Needs to Know.”  This worksheet would be perfect for use in a vacation home!

Let Guests In

• Spare Key - Remember to either make a spare key or let your visitors know where the spare key is hidden
• Security System – Alternately, provide guests with your home’s security code

Terrific Towels

• Special Color for Guests – Choose a color for guest towels that is different from your family’s everyday towels.  This way, guests will know which towels are theirs in a shared bathroom.  Tie up each towel set with a pretty, coordinating ribbon.

Although this may sound like a bit of work, it will definitely be worth it when your guests are comfortable, well informed and not setting off your house alarm!

You may also enjoy:

• Create a Five Star Guest Room
• Creating a Fabulous Guest Room

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