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I do ask for an extra deposit for dogs another €100 taking it to €400 total.

Hi there, Just went to see some new accountants and they told us that a new regulation was very suddenly introduced on 1 jan 2020 so you can no longer declare as LMNP if you turn over more than €23,000 - you have to convert to LMP. In which case we could become liable for a huge amount of capital ga...

Thanks for the input! Checking insurance is an excellent move. I will do that. "Could you compromise by not accepting dogs during the skiing season?" - in fact this is what we used to do but have now moved to accepting them if there's a non-skier in the party - often the case and of course...

We rarely accepted dogs in the big chalet for a variety of reasons. However since COVID we've swapped, we are living in the big chalet and letting the small one. It's gone very well so far in spite of the pandemic, which is great. We decided we would accept dogs on request with rules, and no problem...

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I had this problem due to them messing up return of damage deposits. It happened twice!!! Now I do my own separately.

One of our wifi speakers can be unplugged and moved anywhere - we put it on a long wire cable, worked fine. Most of them have somewhere that a cable can be looped though. People really like them - we have two now. Everyone brings their own music but iPhone speakers aren't great.

Apparently all the regions are going to have quarantine / isolation facilities available. If so this would be a good solution - your guest has to check into one of these.

I dunno. One of our last guests (here 8-14th March) was ill when she arrived and was only up and about on her last day. I was pretty worried about it at the time. It was a large group who had taken many different routes to be here, through a lot of different airports. Of course if you just have one ...

But that wouldn't solve the problem of them getting sick whilst they are on holiday. I am not sure you could legally move them out to make room for the next guests either. I would guess that they would have to stay, and pay, and you would have to refund your incoming guests (and help them find accom...

An update on this as some guests just plugged their car in without asking, with an extension cord, and tripped the electricity twice, so I have been doing some research as I'd like to provide charging but with some guests arriving in four cars and touring around the whole area, the cost could add up...

Good advice here...We used to have one for emergencies but didn't replace it when we changed the sofa as we just didn't use it enough. But it's a bigger house and we have a mezzanine we can use as well. There's something to be said for having it if needed.

I notice ABB are offering to refund guests who have to cancel because of Coronavirus - meaning the owners will have to refund even if they don't manage to rebook those dates. I couldn't find a reference to this on ABB - only that they would cover it under their insurance IF the guest had taken it, ...

We used to stay regularly when we lived in London. Now, we live in a small chalet next to the big one and swap into it (usually) in spring and autumn. Agree with everything that's been said about spending a lot of time fixing things, but also agree that you definitely notice what should be changed a...

I always ask whether they want a tree, for both Christmas and NY weeks. Usually people pre-empt it by asking for one! I have a real tree (they get planted in on the bank in spring) and simple lights and decorations on the tree, plus pine and holly swags outside. I leave a cake, local apple juice and...