Plain Sailing at Lily's Cottage?

So you think running a BnB is all plain sailing?

It for sure is the best job I've ever had, but some requests take the wind out of my sails!

The young ones who stay here for a lengthy period while undergoing training, naturally miss their family, but more so the ladies in their lives.

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Just when I thought I'd heard it all, along comes a new request.

I forgot it's a long weekend, and there's still two weeks of training left, so I wondered if I could go home for the weekend and you could give me the money my company paid for the weekend so that I can use it for petrol, because petrol is expensive, and I'm going to be bored, and I'm really missing my wife and baby, I'll take all my stuff out the room, and you can then 'rent' it out to other guests?

A loooong sentence, but fortunately, the request came in a WhatsApp, otherwise he would have seen my jaw drop! I only saw the request early that evening, by which time the young guest had come to his senses and apologized profusely for asking.

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Last-minute booking cancellations make it difficult for a host, so we have a strict cancellation policy!
Naturally, there are circumstances when a cancellation cannot be avoided due to an emergency, but that is why we have specific BnB insurance.

What many fail to understand is that BnB rooms are much like a product that has a sell-by-date.
Can one sell a product that is past its sell-by-date?
Of course not; it's near impossible for a host to secure a new same-day booking!

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The majority of our guests are young guys who attend a local training centre, and they often arrive here looking stressed. They worry about their accommodation, and more so about the training; understandably, as their future depends on it!

One newlywed guest's wife packed extra blankets, pillows, winter clothes, summer clothes, and frozen home-cooked meals. He told me he had to get 'calming' tablets before leaving home.
The poor guy was in quite a state by the time he arrived.
Seeing the endearing young man's face relax when he saw his accommodation, and more so after his first day's training, was super rewarding.
At the end of the first week, he told me he stopped using the calming tablets after that first day;)

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Another loooong sentence, enquiry sent at 21:34...

I want to pay monthly from now till end November for accomodation on the ground floor or private cottage at Durban beach front safe and beautiful for a family of five two adults and three children aged 17 13 and 7 kids friendly with swimming pool must be next to the beach front I have a budget of R.... per night from the 23 december to the 27 December can you please assist me 💕💞

My response

We are 18km from the beachfront...

As per Google Maps!

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