How To Host Overnight Guests & Make Them Want To Come Back
Are you about to host overnight guests and you want to be the ultimate host / hostess? We’re sharing our top secrets with you that will leave your guests raving about their stay!
Learning how to host overnight guests can be a bit overwhelming, especially if it is your first time having guests. The secret is in the little details that will leave your guests in awe at your hosting prowess! Here is our best secrets that will make your guests wanting to come back to visit you every time!
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HOW TO MAKE YOUR OVERNIGHT GUESTS FEEL WELCOME OVERNIGHT?
Leave Your Overnight Guests A Basket Filled with Essentials & Goodies
This is the trick that will leave your guests raving about their stay! I put together a basket filled with overnight essentials as well as fun goodies they can take home. The overnight essentials like toothbrush, toothpaste is a blessing if they accidentally left their bathroom essentials at home or when they’re too tired to look through their suitcase when they just want to go to bed.
Essentials you’ll want to include:
- Toothbrush
- Toothpaste
- Towels
- Mouthwash
- Shampoo
- Conditioner
- Water
- Bar of soap
Extra goodies that take your basket to the next level:
- Wi-Fi password
- Candy (I purchased the candy in the image from TJ Max)
- Moisturizer
- Facial cleanser
- Bath bomb or shower fizzers
- Mason jar glasses
- Face mask
- Shower loofahs
The basket may look expensive (especially as the guests will get to keep most of the items) but go to the Dollar Tree and you’ll find out you can make a five-star basket easily on a budget!
Extra Saving Tip!
When I spend the night at a hotel, I checkout what bathroom essentials the hotel has provided us in the room. If the shampoo, conditioner, and body wash do not have the hotel’s logo anywhere on the containers then I keep them sealed and save these items for the next time we host guests. Easy way to add more expensive looking items to the basket, especially since we don’t use the extra hotel items anyway.
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Toilet Paper, Toilet Paper, Toilet Paper!
Honey, I can’t express this enough: you really want to make it where your guests don’t have to reach out to you for items that you could just have on standby for them. One of those items being toilet (if the reason isn’t obvious) as they don’t have to ask you for another roll! This isn’t just beneficial for your guests as it prevents you from dropping everything, you’re doing to get them a roll of toilet paper. Make the hosting experience easier on yourself and fill up the room with toilet paper the guests can access.
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Assign Drinking Cups
Give your guests a drink that they can re-use throughout their stay. The guests can keep re-using these cups which will help decrease the number of dishes in your sink. Honestly, my husband and I WISH we had done this sooner and saved ourselves from the tedious task of cleaning up a series of cups that could have just been re-used. If you want to be extra creative, you can label their cups with chalkboard label stickers.
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Tea & Coffee Readily Available
Take it to the next level and have hot water available for tea or coffee. Typically, I tend to wake up earlier than my guests, so I’ll get the water boiling before they wake up. I just make sure to fill up the kettle to the top to make leftovers for seconds. A cup of morning tea or coffee is fun when enjoying the company of good friends. If you don’t want to keep refilling the tea kettle then look at getting a thermal coffee insulator. You can choose not to fill it up with coffee and just use it for hot water when guests are ready for a second or third cup.
HOW TO MAKE YOUR OVERNIGHT GUESTS FEEL WELCOME OVERNIGHT?
Plenty Of Blankets, Pillows, & A Mattress Cover!
“You can always put more layers on, you can only take so many layers off” – Grandpa
As my grandfather used to always say ‘you can always put more layers on, you can only take so many layers off’. If your guests get cold, have enough blankets available to keep them warm at night. Guests can always shed as many blankets as they want when they get ready to go to sleep. I’ve been miserable sleeping at other guests houses because I woke up freezing in the middle of the night, and I just wasn’t comfortable tiptoeing around their house in search of a blanket.
In regard to pillows, some people may want firm, others may want medium or soft padding. If your guests are anything like my husband, then they may not use any pillows at all! The point is, if you have pillows to spare then provide options in the room for your guests. You won’t know what they will end up using to get a good night’s rest and they’ll be thankful for it.
Protect your mattress from accidental spills or spotting by having a mattress protector underneath the sheets. We don’t want to leave our mattresses up to chance, so I’d take a look at getting a one if you haven’t already.
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Plan Your Menu Ahead Of Time
You will be thanking me for this tip! I didn’t understand the value of planning out my menu until I actually did it for our overnight guests. I want to be in the room socializing and having fun with my people! Not trying to figure out what we’re going to eat next and if we have the ingredients to make it. Some of us aren’t close enough to order take-out, so I plan our meals ahead of time now. If I can make anything the day before I do it, so I can just enjoy my guests to the fullest. Our previous breakfast menu looked like this:
Breakfast Menu
~ Eggs & Salsa~
~ Sourdough Pancakes~
I prepped the mixture the night before which brings the sourdough flavor out more.
~ Sliced Oranges & Grapes~
~ Lemonade Water ~
~ Tea & Coffee ~
Lunch Menu
If you feed your guests a heavy meal like we did for breakfast, then lunch should be a lot lighter, or they’ll be too stuffed come dinner time. I went with a charcuterie board, and it was quite a hit!
~ Mini Panini Sandwiches ~
~ Cheeses~
Variety pack of Boursin cheeses from Costco (guests die over these cheeses)
~ Salami, Coppa and Prosciutto ~
~ Macaroons ~
Another fan favorite among guests! The multi-color pack from Costco is enough for everyone!
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