What to write in a cabin guest book
Welcome Book for My Short Term Rental / AirBnB / HomeAway Vacation Homes
hi friends I am here at my house both of
my houses in Branson Missouri taking
care of the guest book I decided that it
was time to update them this is my old
one and as you can see it's gotten
pretty worn there's some dirt and things
along here and then inside see how it's
come apart as well I was also not happy
with how flimsy the pages are what I did
do was I laminated at the pages so
they're nice and laminated and then I
put them into the scrapbook page holders
so that people could turn could have two
pages two-page spread this is lasted
maybe I don't know three years or so so
it's lasted quite a while information
and it needs to be updated though and as
I said it's gotten dirty in here too so
I decided to update both my books do
something against similar I'm not a big
fan of a big three-ring binder type of
thing so instead I do scrapbooks
and these are the 8 by 8 size and I got
them just at the Michaels store and I
like to get the ones with the windows so
I can put something in them this time I
see I was going to do a printed like
that other one but I ran out of time I
have so many ideas and then all of a
sudden it's time to go to my place which
is a 3 and a half hour drive and I
didn't plan too well so I didn't get the
inserts printed that I liked so at
Michaels I looked for a little sticker
or I was going to write it with a pen it
was going to write welcome but then I
found this sticker that said hello and I
really liked how friendly that was so
each of my books have a Hello sticker
and then this time I did a little bit
differently I also did the laminated
pages but instead of putting them into
the inserts these are the actual
laminated pages and I had the printer
laminate them with an extra margin
around this side so that I can stick
them into the little little things here
so if you look at it see it's got a
little bit extra margin she didn't put
as much margin as I had requested which
is kind of a bummer because I wanted
them to stick out
little bit more I wanted the whole
printed page to be on this side instead
of inside a little bit but it's okay
it'll it'll work out it'll be just fine
so here is on my front page it's just my
little welcome letter it also reminds
them what is inside here get a hold of
us best grocery store favorite
restaurants and then a reminder as well
that I also use the home away app for my
welcome information and this is the same
information inside the home away app as
in the guest book so they can look at
this while they're here if they want to
sit down and look through a book but
it's a reminder that they also have the
information on their smartphones when
they're out and about and then of course
I put my phone number and email always
my contact information everywhere so
just show you on what I also added was I
have a social media page and you can see
adjustable reminders
gently to remember to tag us and check
in we're both on Facebook and Instagram
and then the hashtags we'd like them to
use the other thing I added from before
so I did not have before is these little
dividers and what I did is I took images
from my listing images in my house and
then use the app canva canv
a to add the words so that turned out
really nice the printer didn't put the
hole in as neatly as I would have liked
so this page is a little off but I will
live it's you know if it's not perfect
so emergency information then helpful
tips I have helpful tips on how to use
the door lock reminder how to make sure
it's locked and then also that if they
don't walk up when they leave there is a
forty dollar charge and then as well as
my information if they want me to check
to make sure they got a lot then parking
information which is important around
here next you know big thing is they're
going to look for the Wi-Fi and what to
do if the router um is not working TV
cable other helpful tips refrigerator
heat AC trash toilet paper one thing I
do especially those of you with larger
homes is it's just a reminder with the
refrigerator that it does take up to 12
hours to cool items especially when
people are going in and out
if you had a same-day turnover so I
always put that information in there
because a lot of times people think the
refrigerator is broken when it's not it
just needs more time to cool things off
then a few more things you know paper
towel football laundry grilling coffee
maker and the Keurig then of course the
social sleepers very important
information for my place and checkout
time next section a neighborhood
amenities again I used one of my photos
that I had taken the only thing I don't
like about this is it's not able to lay
flat so as you can see it's a little
difficult for me with just one hand
showing it to everybody so the pool
fitness room basketball court playground
hiking trail information explore you
know you don't have to use professional
photos either if you're really good with
your smartphone this is one of my
smartphone photos on one of the hiking
trails of when we were here last month
so that's my son they're on top of the
cliff and I added the word Explorer so
just all kinds of information such as
buying show tickets which is important
in Branson as well as traffic and Silver
Dollar City and the best way to get
there and then golf courses it'll have
all kinds of hiking trail and I'll just
quickly flip through here you so you can
see the rest let's see my other hands
holding the sprint phone so it's a
little little difficult so we got more
trails I ended up with like three pages
of trail so then groceries again one of
my listing photos that I took I'm going
to main grocery stores for this area and
then this is another cell phone picture
that I took and wrecked breakfast set of
restaurants I just give you know there's
so many restaurants in the area so I
just give one or two per type of food
for my guests we even have a
farm-to-table restaurant and I list that
in their address phone number and then
last number at least I thought well
thank you picture me and my boys and our
dog Lucy from Christmas and my thank you
letter asking them to please Lee do
leave a review if they can't leave five
stars to please let me know why so I can
make sure everything's good for the next
guests
and also to let other people know and
again my contact information and my
website so that's it that is my new
guestbook I'm sure everyone has you know
ideas that they can do but this is just
one idea what I like to do and thought
you guys might enjoy that if you want
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