Safety Vacation Rental Property Checklists: Covid-19

General Guidelines: It is important that you ensure that you, your guests, and the cleaning crew are on the same page. The following are a couple of general steps that you can include in your rental property checklists to avoid confusion.

Temporarily close all common areas such as common rooms (pool/hot tub areas, fitness rooms, etc.).

Leave detailed instructions and safety advice regarding cleaning steps for the cleaning service.

Provide a safety vacation rental checklist for guests and place it in highly visible places.

Update welcome guidebooks with information about coronavirus prevention and recommendations from national and local health authorities.

Compose a digital book that you can regularly update and modify to keep your guests informed about the latest COVID-19 news.

Use vacation rental software to manage your business remotely.

Cleaning & Disinfection: While the overall condition of your rental property is important (as usual), special attention should be paid to surfaces, areas, appliances, and utensils that are subject to heavy use.

Disinfect all surfaces and items that are frequently touched and used after each guest turnover.

Pay special attention to sanitizing doorknobs, handles, light switches, doorbells, elevator buttons, remote controllers, faucets, etc.

Deep clean high-traffic areas such as the kitchen and bathroom(s).

Disinfect all the kitchen appliances, and sanitize all kitchen utensils.

Use disposable towels for bathrooms as well as kitchen paper towels.

Cleaning Products: Before you buy a cleaning product, first double-check if its EPA registration number that is found on the product label is, in fact, on this list.

Equip your property with effective sanitizing and disinfecting products in addition to regular household cleaners. The following are proven to be effective in killing most common viruses:

Clorox Clean-up Cleaner + Bleach;
Clorox Disinfecting Wipes;
Lysol Disinfectant Spray;
Lysol Multi-purpose Cleaner with Bleach;
Lysol Multi-purpose Cleaner with Hydrogen Peroxide;
Purell Multi-surface Disinfectant Spray;
Microban 24-hour Sanitizing Spray.

Follow the instructions on the labels when using cleaning products and avoid mixing chemicals.

Provide alcohol-based hand sanitizers for guests. Be sure to leave a bottle in the entryway for guests to sanitize their hands as soon as they enter the premises.

Check-in & Checkout: Social distancing is one of the key measures to help flatten the curve. By offering self-check-in as an option, guests do not have to interact with hosts at all. This will help both guests and hosts to feel more at ease as they will be able to enforce social distancing.

Disinfect lockboxes and leave instructions for key exchange to avoid physical contact.

Consider installing a smart lock to enable guests to access your property using their smartphones.

Insist on self-check-in and checkout to limit exposure to the virus and help prevent the virus from spreading.

If possible, completely switch to online payment methods to avoid physical cash/check payments.

General Guidelines: It is important that you ensure that you, your guests, and the cleaning crew are on the same page. The following are a couple of general steps that you can include in your rental property checklists to avoid confusion.

Temporarily close all common areas such as common rooms (pool/hot tub areas, fitness rooms, etc.).

Leave detailed instructions and safety advice regarding cleaning steps for the cleaning service.

Provide a safety vacation rental checklist for guests and place it in highly visible places.

Update welcome guidebooks with information about coronavirus prevention and recommendations from national and local health authorities.

Compose a digital book that you can regularly update and modify to keep your guests informed about the latest COVID-19 news.

Use vacation rental software to manage your business remotely.

Cleaning & Disinfection: While the overall condition of your rental property is important (as usual), special attention should be paid to surfaces, areas, appliances, and utensils that are subject to heavy use.

Disinfect all surfaces and items that are frequently touched and used after each guest turnover.

Pay special attention to sanitizing doorknobs, handles, light switches, doorbells, elevator buttons, remote controllers, faucets, etc.

Deep clean high-traffic areas such as the kitchen and bathroom(s).

Disinfect all the kitchen appliances, and sanitize all kitchen utensils.

Use disposable towels for bathrooms as well as kitchen paper towels.

Cleaning Products: Before you buy a cleaning product, first double-check if its EPA registration number that is found on the product label is, in fact, on this list.

Equip your property with effective sanitizing and disinfecting products in addition to regular household cleaners. The following are proven to be effective in killing most common viruses:

Clorox Clean-up Cleaner + Bleach;

Clorox Disinfecting Wipes;

Lysol Disinfectant Spray;

Lysol Multi-purpose Cleaner with Bleach;

Lysol Multi-purpose Cleaner with Hydrogen Peroxide;

Purell Multi-surface Disinfectant Spray;

Microban 24-hour Sanitizing Spray.

Follow the instructions on the labels when using cleaning products and avoid mixing chemicals.

Provide alcohol-based hand sanitizers for guests. Be sure to leave a bottle in the entryway for guests to sanitize their hands as soon as they enter the premises.

Check-in & Checkout: Social distancing is one of the key measures to help flatten the curve. By offering self-check-in as an option, guests do not have to interact with hosts at all. This will help both guests and hosts to feel more at ease as they will be able to enforce social distancing.

Disinfect lockboxes and leave instructions for key exchange to avoid physical contact.

Consider installing a smart lock to enable guests to access your property using their smartphones.

Insist on self-check-in and checkout to limit exposure to the virus and help prevent the virus from spreading.

If possible, completely switch to online payment methods to avoid physical cash/check payments.