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Set Yourself Apart
Refillables for your Short Term Rental
Memorable Kitchens
Set Yourself Apart
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Guests love this individually wrapped TP, auto-delivered and truly a green product.
Toilet paper that builds toilets | Who Gives A Crap USA
Commission a portrait of your house and set your STR apart. Great to use on postcards and promotional materials.
Spindle Hill Farm & Studio
Use these canisters for bath salts by the tub, and for pasta in the kitchen-- if you give folks what they need for a last minute dinner, you'll be a star!
Glass Canister Set
This is the best laundry detergent in the world. Rust, blood, clay? No problem. My linen sheets love it, it is I scented and you never need fabric softener. This is the MOST important thing to buy if you are doing your STR laundry yourself!
Charlie's Soap Laundry Powder (100 Loads)
Odoban is ideal for cleaning, spraying down upholstery and bedding, and getting rid of smoke and odors. Dilute it, make spray bottles, and you will fall in love. It's a miracle product.
Odoban: a Host's best freind
Refillables for your Short Term Rental
Love EO for their quailty refillables and cmmittment to sustainability.
Essential Oil Hand Soap & Gluten Free Soap - EO Products
An affordable add-on to your STR bathroom that will set your listing apart. Keep a glass canister filled by the tub-- your guests will thaank you!
Dr Teal's Epsom Salt Soaking Solution, Soothe & Sleep
My guests love this shampoo-- great quality, price point, and extremely friendly. 100% made in the USA too!
Natural Shampoo - Puracy
I love this hand soap! Perfect for refilling, and the bottles don't detract from the bathroom decor. Quality brand.
Soap Box Hand Soap
Buy your dish and hand soap in bulk and refill these sturdy glass bottles. Fewer labels means less visual clutter, so your space can shine. Help your guests see how reusable things are best!
8oz Clear Glass Pump Bottles (4-Pack, Black)
My guests love Puracy's conditioner-- I love its price point and how its gentle on the environment, my well, and made in the USA.
Puracy Conditioner
A jar of these costs next to nothing and guests feel like they are having a spa experience. I wouldn't host without providing these!
Dr Teal's Epsom Magnesium Salt Soak
Memorable Kitchens
Kitchens should be FULL of personality-- no one is impressed by gray and stainless anymore. Think vintage, think color, think all the fun things you secret want in your kitchen but we're too afraid to do. DO THEM NOW. Get the wild tile. Buy the vinta...
Guests always seem delighted when hosts provide Mrs. Meyers products-- the vintage vibe and delicious scents are a great add to your STR.
Mrs. Meyer's Hand Care Products
Cute dish towels, napkins, and accessories go a long way to makin gguests fell pampered and cared for. Choose patterns that minimize stains, and plan to replace kitchen towels on the reg.
Kitchen Linens
Cloth napkins help elevate your listing and help minimize trash. Guests love setting a table with something new-- and its fun to choose something brighter than they might use at home-- vacation is about expereimenting and escaping!
Placemats & Napkins
I love stocking my space with colorful kitchenware like these adorable bowl sets-- great accessories mean free advertising-- I can't tell yo how often guests instagram my place using the stuff to make their photos pop-- those details pay for themselv...
Colored Mixing Bowls - Etsy
A good toaster is an STR requirement-- it doesn't need to be fancy, but you want it to be easy to keep clean.
Toaster
I always have plenty of dish towels folded by the sink-- it saves money because guests use fewer paper towels, and it feels so thoughtful! I buy a lot so I always have plenty of clean ones!