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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] Who is supposed to clean after the stay (laundry, dishes, tidying) and pay for the utilities? I cannot imagine traveling out of town to clean a vacation home after someone stayed there for free. If you rent it out, sure, then those things are already taken care of and you could offer a subsidized rate.[/quote]

It’s not just the cleaning, it’s using up supplies like paper towels, tp and bottled water without replacing them, or using pantry items and eating snacks, it’s leaving dirty towels and bed linens or even clean linens but expecting the owner to remake the beds, it’s keeping the A/C at 68 or the heat at 72 because the borrower doesn’t get the bill, it’s leaving the pool heater on for a week straight because again, they don’t get the bill . . . [/quote]

We have a second home that we are generous with with family and friends and literally every single thing that you have just described has happened (except the heated pool; our pool isn't heated) and guess what?  WE DON'T CARE.  In fact, we typically tell folks not to wash the towels and sheets and just do it ourselves.  Why?  BECAUSE THEY ARE FAMILY AND WE'RE NICE.[/quote]

The other solution is to just rent second homes and avoid this whole situation entirely. There are so many awesome home rentals now.  Who needs to clean up after entitled family members? [/quote]

We don't want to rent out our house because we want it to be available for whenever we want to use it and we don't want random people living in it. [/quote]

Living in it? Now we have squatters instead of people staying for a weekend?[/quote]

When you have to rely on pedantic grammatical attacks to make your point, you should know you've lost. Just give it up, we get that you don't have a second home.[/quote]

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