What is vacation home cleaning?

While we all like to keep our homes clean and tidy, a vacation rental clean differs in several important ways from a regular household clean. You’re cleaning for paying guests, who don’t want to be reminded that strangers have slept in their bed or eaten from their plates. A vacation rental cleaning needs to be thorough, efficient, and fast enough to limit downtime between checkout and checkin.

We changing the beds, washing the linens and towels, wiping down the fridge, microwave, and other appliances, and getting into all the nooks and crannies a regular household clean might overlook. In fact, a vacation rental clean is closer to deep cleaning a property than carrying out regular weekly chores. But don’t worry, our comprehensive turnover cleaning checklist will keep you covered!

What is the fastest way to clean a vacation rental?

Speed is critical when it comes to turnover cleaning. Often there are only a few hours between one group of guests departing and another arriving. Nobody wants to spend the first day of their vacation waiting for the cleaners to finish working! Learning how to effectively clean a property in an hour or two is important for any host.

The first step is to get organized. We clean from the top down, and from inside-out. This prevents you from spreading dust or dirt in areas you’ve already cleaned. We should also factor in how long each task will take. For example laundering bed linen will take an hour or two in a washing machine, we start by stripping the beds and starting a load. The linens can finish washing while we clean the rest of the property.