(Williams in Greensboro was only charging me for the trip fee but I elected for preventive service since they were out there anyway.I'll pay more attention to my unit air returns in the future. 

Well, someone has to make a trip, or two, or three down to apply for and get the permits.

Home insurance won't cover a lot of system failures like electrical.Home warranties are designed to make the warranty provider money; they are slow to respond, quick to reject claims, charge you a trip fee for every visit, use the lowest-cost vendors that provide quick-fix solutions, and are generally not worth the paper they are written on.

This causes at least a second trip charge from us, resulting in more expense for the owner for something that could be easily diagnosed and repaired with parts we stock on the service van. 

Have a great trip! 

You will also find a pretty decent percentage of these vacation home owners are getting up in age and no longer make as many trips nor are as interested.

Your trip to the code enforcement office should be enlightening.

Guests rarely book months in advance here as they travel through Sedona for a few days while on a road trip.

There seems to be less expensive properties in that area and it's a quick trip down to SLC.

As @Michael Baum suggested, the amount of work doesn't change with the seasons, nor does the length of stay, as @Theresa Harris mentioned.My question is... in order to compete with lower total trip costs from other listings (often resulting from lower cleaning fees), should I eat a part of the cleaning fee in order to have a lower total trip cost?