This reminds me of a trip we took out west the summer after our oldest graduated high school. We were spending 10 days visiting Zion, Bryce and the northern rim of the Grand Canyon. The second half of our trip, BIL rented an RV that was delivered to an RV “resort” outside Zion. We met him there and all stayed in the Rv - three adults and six kids. After spending a day at one of the parks, we came back to our RV to find this note and a bag of supplies. We weren’t sure if we should be offended or thankful! 
We were the Sanford & Sons of the RV park!
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Back then when we used to stay at one Marriott condo property in Hawaii, they had bins in the lobby with signs asking renters to place any unopened, non-perishable leftover food in these bins to be sent to the local food bank.
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I just leave my stuff there, if they don’t take it they can dump them.
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We leave nothing at all in the fridge. At the Airbnb recently, I left some K cups I brought with me and didn’t use. That’s it.
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I don’t really think that’s ok. I don’t want to as a renter or a clean up person have to figure out what to do with “everything “ you left.
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They can always dump it, I’m sure the clean up person know what to do. I’m surprised you think they have to figure out. Why is it so difficult?
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They probably do dump it. I have never walked into a rental that had anything in the fridge, or any open containers of anything. The most exciting things have been packets of salt, pepper, sugar, etc. Fridge and freezer have been empty.
Rentals vary. Some have some seasonings available and might appreciate any left behind, while others may toss. Sounds like giving it to people who want and appreciate the items is safer way of avoiding having the trashed.
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I’ve rented a place in Switzerland, and they did have stuff in the fridge, not just salt or pepper, maybe condiments and stuff. I forgot whether we used it or not. Lots of places I’ve rented have them.
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I hate throwing food away, hence that’s one reason why I don’t throw them away.
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Our favorite condo place used to have a mishmash of leftover things like spices and soy sauce in the condiment pullouts in all condos where we stayed. Since Covid, only standard salt and pepper shakers were left there. The fridges were and still are completely empty and clean when we check in. I pretty much got my vacation Costco shopping down to a science. Very little is usually left by the time we check out. Hawaii does not have TJs, so I bring my own “TJ kit” with small bottles of olive oil and balsamic vinegar etc. as well as any spices that I might need.
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It’s usually not me, it’s when I’m with my kids, they tend grab a lot of stuff(just because I’m paying for it), but when I’m on vacation I let them do what they want.
We only shop locally, whatever shop near our place, I have not been to Costco in Maui. Plus they tend to sell in bulk and we barely can’t eat them that much.
We have a family vacation rental that is managed by a company. Two different experiences with two different companies. Company A used to not put the sheets on the beds. Clean sheets would be left on top of the bed and you had to make your own bed. If the 2nd bedroom wasn’t used they knew because the sheets went unused. I hated having to make a bed on arrival. It wasn’t my house and I was staying for free so I couldn’t complain. That company had you run the dishwasher and take out the trash. There would also be condiments in the refrigerator left by guests including things like vinegars, salad dressings, Mayo, ketchup. Also we would find things like unopened pasta, rice etc in the pantry. There were also magazines that guests had left behind. They asked that you pile the sheets and towels and leave on the bathroom floor. The cleaning was never that great.
Company B- they make the beds. Yeah! Refrigerator and freezer are empty. Pantry is empty aside from maybe salt, pepper and oil. They have no instructions about washing dishes but I always do. No magazines left. Whoever they use to clean does a better job. We pay for cleaning when we stay and it’s usually$150.00. They charge extra to clean the large windows that front the ocean.
I wouldn’t want to stay in a place that the previous guests washed and changed the sheets.
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A lot of the condo rentals in Colorado had a pretty good supply of staples left. Some would have notes that said “Use what you want, but if you use the end of the spice or condiment, please replace it.” There was often tea, cocoa, coffee, coffee ‘extras’ like creamer, sugar, sweeteners.
My brother and SIL used to clean condos, and they always had tons of condiments and other things left in the condos - pickles, mayo, drinks, cereals (usually those little boxes). Most of it was only a week old.
All pre-covid, of course.
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Posts on cleaning out the fridge reminded me of a rental in which take out leftovers were still in the fridge! – did not leave a good impression!!
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Just got this email in from Paypal this morning. The Eurowings refund offer for our canceled Germany/Poland trip in 2020 was, indeed, true! Still glad I went to their site to ask for it instead of responding to their email. I honestly don’t know that we would have used the vouchers, but now when we eventually head to Europe, Eurowings will be the second airline I check with for flights after SAS, since they refunded back in 2020.
Dear ____,
Eurowings GmbH just sent you a full refund of €248.97 EUR for your purchase.
If you have any questions about this refund, please contact Eurowings GmbH.
The refund will show as completed in your PayPal account.
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Yes! That’s awesome news.
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I think the reason they don’t want the beds striped is that certain sheets go on certain beds and it is easier for them to do it themselves.
As for food, we made some people happy a few years ago in Florida. My sister in law and her husband stayed for a while with us and bought all sorts of wine and beer. At the end, we had strict instructions from the VRBO owners not to leave any food or drinks behind. Well, since we were flying out and couldn’t take it, the renters next door (newly arrived from England) got to enjoy free beer and wine.
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Such property descriptions are a “heads up”
about what would be in the rental contract. If one does not like the contract, there is always an option to avoid the problem: renegotiate the terms or don’t rent.
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I am on a number of vacation rental forums, there seem to be endless permutations of the ways hosts do things/want things done. That whole commonly done sheet issue (provided or not, beds made or not) can generate hundreds of posts in a matter of hours. Old school people in the east don’t want suggestions and newbies are aghast at beds not made.
Some hosts/cleaners want the sheets left on the bed to check for stains, some want them stripped. Most guests that do any form of laundry, in our area, simply start a load, that’s it, just start the first one. Some areas offer laundry service, some do not. It can take a long time to do all the towels and sheets after 12 people stayed. Even if you have 2-3-4 sets of bedding per bed, that stuff still has to be washed and dried some time, so it’s helpful to do it during the clean.
I will say that I am surprised how clean most guests leave places, per my manager, it’s especially impressive if there is a reason to be asked in like to change a lightbulb & see things messy/dirty, and then to see how clean it is left.
Food is another popular topic, it’s rude to leave half eaten stuff, like your leftover spaghetti. It’s not rude, IMO, to leave open condiments. One of my cleaners will not touch anything open, the other one will happily take home or take to struggling friends, anything reasonable. I hate the waste of seeing perfectly good food thrown away!
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