What is your smoking policy for STRs in Cities

[Leon Lee]

Hi, BPers,

I’m curious about how you handle weed smoking in your STRs. It seems like almost every young guest in my units ends up smoking weed inside the house. They’re getting smarter about it too—trying to clean up any residue so there’s no visible evidence, though the smell still lingers.

I currently have a $350 fine for smoking inside, including weed. However, with the frequent incidents and the persistent odor, even after cleaning, I’m beginning to wonder if this has become the norm for STRs in urban areas.

Any advice or tips on how to prevent this would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Lee

[Garrett Brown]

People have definitely gotten smarter with the cleanup and I had the same problem in one of my units. I have a Wynd sensor in my units (mention that we have it and it's 99.9% accurate in our emails), put it in my house rules that it is a $250 fine, and have a sign small above the detector with the same language. I do a lot of direct bookings that take security deposits, but with Airbnb, they are always tough. I have not had an issue until this week on Airbnb and I'm going to use the Wynd data as evidence since there was no physical evidence so we will see. I have an ozone machine on hand, and if there is no same-day check-in, then it's easy to solve usually.