How can we go above and beyond as hosts?
I saw the recent posts about sitters pet peeves, but I was wondering what can hosts do that really set them apart? We try to do everything we can to make our sitters feel comfortable. We make sure they have room in the fridge / cupboards, but also free reign to eat whatever food / drink whatever drinks they want (and we have some lovely wines here in the south of France! haha). We give them their choice of room (ours or the guest room, depending on their needs), we don't stress too much about cleaning, just expect them to pick up after themselves. I don't want them stressing about us being neat freaks and we have our cleaner come in after sits anyway. We'll also bring them back a little something from our trip if we see something we think they'd like. I always make sure to tell them they are free to come a day or two early or stay a little later if they need to coordinate for other sits, to save on hotels in between. We have a nice house with a pool and we will make sure the pool is heated if it's slightly outside of the swimming season, if they want. They can also use our TV, Playstation etc and we have a separate Petsitters Netflix profile so they can watch what they want without being bombarded with things we like.
I think we are quite good hosts, and we've gotten great reviews, but I do wonder what sort of other things we may not be thinking of. We feel so incredibly lucky to have found TS, it has been a game changer for us in giving us freedom to travel, and we know how amazing it is to have people stay for free, allowing us to enjoy our trip worry free.
So, sitters, what are some things hosts have done for you that made you think "Hey, these are great hosts!" or set them apart, that we can do for our future amazing sitters?