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Key takeaways
- Ask for a monthly or whole-period total, not a nightly rate.
- Put the end date, notice period, extensions, cleaning and bills in writing.
- Choose a home people can live in for weeks, not just sleep in.
- One long booking is far easier to invoice and track than dozens of short ones.
Why long stays are different
A home that's perfect for a long weekend can feel very different by week six. Small irritations — one bathroom between five people, a fridge too small for everyone's food, nowhere comfortable to sit — become daily frustrations. Over a long job, those frustrations show up in morale and, eventually, in the work.
