Bottle of Wine for a Welcome Gift

[Josh Carpenter]

When I was traveling in Europe, Airbnb's often included a bottle of wine. I think it would be a nice touch for my STR, but I'm not sure about the legalities. Any doing this, or have any experience or knowledge to share?

[Shannon Strickland]

My RE attorney implored me not to include any consumables.

[Ryan Moyer]

I suppose the best risk is no risk, but for as much as everyone immediately jumps to the "omg...alcohol, such a liability!" I can't say I've ever heard one single solitary story about any of these potential scenarios actually happening despite a relatively high number of STRs leaving wine etc as a welcome gift.

You'd think by now we'd have at least ONE post in here or in the hundreds of STR facebook groups about someone that left wine as a welcome gift and got sued after a drunk person had an accident, or got reamed out by a recovering alcoholic, etc. But I've never seen it, not even one time, nor even heard about it happening second hand in one of these groups/forums.

[Shannon Strickland]

This year, I had a tough time finding property insurance for my only short-term rental (STR). I was ready to follow the company's recommendations. According to their experiences with legal cases, they want to be able to defend the property owner in court, and one way they mentioned is by not providing alcohol. I believe they wouldn't have insured me if I had gone against their advice. We may not hear about such cases anecdotally, but I got the impression that litigation does happen.