5 Tips to Keep Your Vacation Rental Safe for Guests

By Bianca Herron

12 min read

Since the coronavirus, cleanliness and safety have been top of mind for everyone. If you own and operate a vacation rental, you know how important it is to make guests feel safe. People love experiences when they vacation, so providing essentials to stay pleasant and comfortable is especially important. A seamless vacation experience can lead to glowing Airbnb rentals or Vrbo owner reviews, which can improve your short-term rental ratings. 

How an Air Purifier Can Help Keep Your Vacation Rental Safe

Every year, more than 50 million Americans suffer from allergies. Seasonal allergy symptoms such as coughing, sinus inflammation, itchy and watery eyes, and asthma attacks affect our everyday lives. While there is always an allergen to contend with throughout the year, having an air purifier that captures particles of all sizes in your vacation rental home is a best-bet solution. 

Air purifiers with an H13 HEPA filter or higher effectively eliminate pollen, mold spores, dust mites, pet dander, and other allergens. An air purifier that also comes with an activated carbon filter protects against allergies triggered by smoke, such as tobacco, odors, chemicals, gases, and wildfires. Additionally, air purifiers remove pollen, which alleviates many allergy symptoms.

Moreover, guests are more vulnerable to catching a common cold or flu if they already have a lifelong allergy to and other harmful airborne pollutants. This is why an H13 HEPA filter is essential because they expertly remove the flu and COVID viruses, which spread through the air with similar airborne particle and droplet sizes. 

Ultimately, air purifiers capture bacteria, germs, and other harmful airborne pollutants, which can quickly enter your respiratory system and damage your health. Having two to three air purifiers, depending on the size of your vacation rental, is a wise choice to help your guests remain safe at all times.

Here are Five Tips to Keep Your Vacation Rental Safe for Guests:

#1 – Use an Air Purifier 

Using an air purifier as a remedy to keep the air healthy and clean in your short-term rental is an intelligent choice. Air purifiers pull the smallest particles out of the air, capture them in a HEPA filter, and then push clean air back out. Running an air purifier can help everyone breathe healthier, cleaner air by removing up to 99 percent of harmful airborne particles that can trigger migraines. This includes mold, mold spores, pet dander, dust, bacteria, viruses, chemicals and gases, and other allergens.

#2 – Allow Guests to Self-Check-in 

Following the coronavirus pandemic, everything from restaurants to hospitals to stores has become contactless in some way to limit in-person interactions. Allowing guests to self-check-in at your vacation rental is a smart choice. Whether it’s a smart lock or automated check-in, these options appeal to travelers who desire to keep human contact at a minimum.

#3 – No Back-to-Back Bookings

With travel bans lifted, many people are starting to travel again. While a business may likely be picking up for your short-term rental, we recommend taking 24 hours between each guest to clean your vacation rental property. Whether you’re hiring a professional cleaning company or doing it yourself, taking the time to wash the bedding, clean the kitchen and bathroom, and more can go a long way to ensure your Airbnb rental remains safe for all guests. 

#4 – Keep Plenty of Essential Items Available 

We all know that we can often forget things when traveling, and your guests are no different. Hand sanitizer, masks, gloves, disinfectant spray, and other essential cleaning items are a must-have. Place these items strategically around your vacation rental. Whether it’s an entry point such as the front door, on the kitchen counter, or living room table, having these essentials readily available is a wise choice.

#5 – Install Security Cameras

Although surveillance devices are illegal to have within your vacation rental, placing them outside your short-term rental is allowed. Keep your guests safe with a smart doorbell or security cameras at the front door, garage, and around your property. Doing so will not only help ensure your guests are safe from burglars but also be beneficial in the event of an accident or incident taking place outside of your vacation rental.