Allowing pets can eliminate 50-70% of competing listings in your market, but one host's month-long guest left housekeeping problems behind. He still allows pets but says you need strict policies and careful procedures to protect your property.
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Did you know that in your market, guests may be searching for your property and turning on just one filter that might eliminate over 50 to 70% of all the available properties in your market? That filter is whether or not you allow pets at your property. Not too long ago, we had a guest stay in one of my properties for almost a month. One of those reservations that just had me saying, yes, awesome. Little turnover, full occupancy, and a nice nightly rate. But when they checked out, my housekeeper was not very happy. They had pets in the property and things got out of hand. But today I still allow pets, but I don't just allow them without putting a lot of thought into it and careful procedures in place. Today's episode, we're going to break those down.