Comments on: Expected to Clean a Guest’s Blood After Stay

By: Robin Shannon

Robin Shannon — Mon, 01 May 2017 15:08:44 +0000

It’s not great but, this is going to be part of hosting. I have formed a relationship with a local dry cleaner and they have given me many good tips for dealing with stains. I have had to cope with blood, red wine, make-up….even vomit on one occasion. Guests can be a bit thoughtless, they consider that home hosting is a bottomless pit with the resources of a hotel chain to make up for damages. In many instances they don’t realise that the host is on a tight budget, and small things like this can be the difference between making money and loosing it!
You have to accept that someone else is not going to pick up the pieces for you and you have to be ready for these sort of occurrences when you are going to host.
What you should have done is shame the guest in your review. Something along the lines of…”It was unfortunate that the guest had an accident of sorts during their stay which was compounded by the hiding of the evidence. Although difficult to remedy all is ok now. I wish the guest well but, would be reticent to accept a booking from them again in the future”!
You have made your point, warned other hosts and, you have dealt with it!
Cheers…..Rob

By: Wendy Perez

Wendy Perez — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 17:16:59 +0000

Wash the sheets in cold water and add a couple of tablespoons of salt to the wash cycle. Blood will come right out. If you wash them in hot water, the stain will set and the dryer will make sure it never comes out.

You don’t have to touch the blood.

Hope this helps.

By: David Aaron

David Aaron — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 22:59:13 +0000

I’m going through something similar. The case hasn’t settled yet but I’m putting this down as just part of doing business. Luckily for me it has only happened once amongst hundreds of guests so it’s not a major issue.