Pets or No Pets? Pros and cons

[Lisa Goodbrake]

As of right now we do not allow pets in our Short Term Vacation Rentals. I tried letting pets come and have pee stains on the rugs, so I stopped allowing them

I have replaced the floors in 3 of my Short Term Rental homes to waterproof vinyl planking, so I am now considering allowing them again.

Please help me decide Pets or No Pets- Tell me some of your findings with pets.

How much extra do you charge per pet? Do you have them sign an agreement? If so tell me about it.

Thanks

[Mark Futalan]

@Lisa Goodbrake

I can relate to the indecisiveness of allowing pets/no pets. We typically don’t allow pets in our homes but we’ve made exceptions on a case by case basis if the pets are smaller, potty trained, don’t shed too much etc. We do charge an additional pet cleaning fee to deep clean the home after the stay. Just note, that not all guests like pets, so remnants of pets in homes (pee stains, smells, pet hair etc) can hurt reviews. At the same time, most guest booking longer stays, would prefer to have their pets travel with them so that’s also something to think about.