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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Personally, I would not let anyone other than the closest family members stay at a second home - especially one as nice as yours seems to be. You are being extremely generous (possibly too generous for your own good). If I was lucky enough to be offered a stay at a beach home, I might initially be taken somewhat aback at being asked for a cleaning fee - but that's only because I always make sure to thoroughly clean up before I leave. If I knew that you were paying a cleaning team, I would be perfectly fine covering the cost.

I'd suggest that you just be honest - "We love having friends stay at our home, but we've found that it's been costing us quite a bit to get the house ready for our next visitors, so we've reluctantly decided to ask our visitors to cover the cleaning fee." I can't imagine anyone would object to that.[/quote].

Totally agree and this is great language to use. I wouldn't mind at all and frankly would feel relieved instead of having the awkward "how nice a thank you" to send internal debate[/quote]

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