Editable Short Term Rental Agreement

Are you tired of the constant hassle of losing money from damages caused by guests in your Airbnb or short-term rental property? What about those frustrating situations where guests refuse to pay for additional occupants they brought along? Or the guests that opted into your upsells but never paid for them before checking out? It's even more frustrating when you submit a claim and wait for weeks to get reimbursed, forcing you to cover the costs out of your pocket and hope for eventual repayment.

Just like you, I was tired of it as well which was why I now require all short-term rental guests to sign a guest agreement. In addition to holding the guest financially responsible. Many of the fields are editable making this document easy to customize to your needs. Here are just a few other countless examples of why this document is useful:

1. It helps enforce the house rules you have listed on Airbnb, VRBO, and other platforms so that these platforms are more likely to support your decisions to cancel a reservation or charge a guest.

2. It gives the guest the understanding that you mean business. Which deters bad guests from booking your property in the first place.

3. You can directly charge a guest for unpaid upsells that platforms will not enforce. For example, a guest that has a balance from renting your onsite bicycles.

Regardless of the booking platform or if it’s a direct booking, implementing our three-page guest agreement and collecting a payment method enables you to hold guests financially accountable for any damages they cause. Moreover, it allows you to ensure immediate payment of outstanding balances by charging their payment methods on file.

Quickly recovering funds from the guests provides invaluable peace of mind and financial protection for short-term rental owners like yourself. While guest agreements provide an essential safeguard, I always recommend going the extra mile by utilizing additional protections from trusted third-party damage protection companies. This ensures an added layer of security, particularly in cases where a guest's insufficient funds might hinder the recovery process.

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