Airbnb - Selling & Giving Away Food

[David Siegel]

I am Airbnb'ing out a full studio ADU with brand new kitchen and appliances. So the guest has their own full, nice kitchen.

Would it be kosher to buy boxes of frozen costco pizza and leave them in the freezer. Put my venmo code somewhere and say if you need a pizza, pay me $5 or whatever.

At the same time I plan on making other costco snacks available for free. Bottles of water, whatever prepackaged stuff I can supply, sun chips, whatever.

What kinds of liabilities should I be concerned with when I'm selling/giving away food in my Airbnb?

Thanks for your replies!

[Nathan Gesner]

No liability, but you can expect people will eat the pizza and not pay.

A lot of hosts will leave some spaghetti noodles and a can of sauce for a quick meal, only costs a few bucks. Little snacks and water is also pretty common. I would keep it small, under $10. Two 8oz bottles of water, a 3oz trail mix, a 1oz bag of sun chips, and a pizza. You can buy them in bulk so your cost is $8 or less.

I think it's important. People show up and they're thirsty and hungry from the road or too tired to run to the grocery store that first night. Just avoid spending too much and try to get foods that appeal to the masses.