How to Create a Welcoming Guest Room
It’s always nice to travel and visit friends. When you stay at someone’s house, you want to feel cozy and welcomed. A great way to do that is to make sure the guest room is a getaway all it’s own. If you’re wondering what it takes to create the perfect welcoming guest room than you’re in luck. With these tips, your guests will be sure to have an incredible stay.
I received a complimentary iKrema聽mattress in exchange for this post. Affiliate links are used in this post. All opinions are my own.聽
Create a Welcoming Guest Room
1. Clean your guest room –聽Having a clean and tidy room will leave your guests feeling ready to unwind and get comfy. Leaving the room cluttered, filled with boxes, and untouched will give off an uncaring feeling. Show your guests you care about their stay, rather than making them feel as if they’re living in the storage room!
2. Give them the wifi password –聽Let’s be real – everyone likes to be on their phone, tablet, or laptop when they have some downtime. Your guests are no different. You can print our image, or create your own and then frame it. Set it on the dresser or nightstand next to the bed. That way they don’t have to ask for it, and you show them that their comfort is important to you. You want them to relax and enjoy themselves while they’re staying with you.
3. Set out a basket of toiletries in the guest bathroom –聽We’ve all traveled and I’m sure I’m not the only one who has forgotten to pack something. It’s easy to miss something in the bathroom. Pick up some travel size items such as toothpaste, shampoo and conditioner, body wash, and lotion and add it to a decorative basket. You can also add some wash cloths, headache medicine, and feminine products. Be sure to have extra toilet paper in the bathroom as well, just in case! Even if your guests don’t use any of these products, they’ll know that you thought of them and didn’t want them to have to worry about anything. You’ve got them covered.
4. Be sure to have closet space available –聽It’s easy to cram everything into a closet for a quick room ‘cleaning’, but avoid that with your guest room. Have space in the closet and empty hangers for guests so they can put their clothes away. You don’t want them having to live out of their suitcase their entire visit. It is also a great idea to put a laundry basket in the closet as well for them to put their dirty clothes into.
5. Have bottled water and snacks available –聽You never know if your guests will become peckish, so it’s nice to leave bottles of water and packaged snacks in their room. This could be anything from granola bars or goldfish crackers to nuts or dried fruit. These little extras will definitely leave your guests feeling not only welcomed but special.
6. Offer entertainment options in the room –聽A lot of people like to unwind before actually going to sleep. Have a bookshelf or small stand with some magazines and books for your guests to read. If you have a tv and DVD player in the room, you could also have DVDs available for them.
7. A comfortable mattress makes all the聽difference – There’s nothing worse than staying with friends of family and getting stuck on a lumpy pull-out couch bed or a spring-loaded old mattress. The most important thing you can do to help your guests enjoy their stay is giving them a comfortable bed to rest, relax, and be able to get the most out of the vacation days.
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those ARE GREAT TIPS! i also save my travel hotel toiletries and leave a basket full of them in the bathrooms closet so my girlfriends that come for a visit have it if they have forgotten something. then they don’t have to ask! its a nice touch i think!
Hotel samples are GREAT for that!!
These are really great tips! This mattress looks amazing! Will check that out!
These are lovely ideas! I always want my guests to feel right at home. These tips will help.
Creating a comfy guest space is always a priority but never easy. These tips have made it so much more realistic to achieve. Thank you!
Forget the guest room, I want this for myself! Looks warm and cozy!
I will have to try these for our guest room. We are having a lot of company over the summer and I want a nice retreat for them to stay in.
I have a couple of guest rooms that I keep fully stocked as if they were high end hotel rooms with a mini bar. Snacks, fresh water, cups, amenities, as well as a welcome card. I have an online card company that I use, so I sent myself cards w/the perfect welcome message on them that we use over and over. I provide bathrobes in each room and also hang one in the bathroom just in case they forgot to grab one on the way out of their room. I got these bathrobes for “cheap” from a hotel that was changing out their robes. All in great shape.
For our family reunion held at our house, I also ask for reservations (first come, first served) and then send out confirmation letters and ask for any allergies, or special foods needed. I try to then have some of the things that I can find available in our area . I also put a list of things to do, our address and phone number (in case of emergency). I even have a continental breakfast ready in the kitchen for those early risers that want to have something to eat before the rest get moving.
Our guests love coming to stay.
That is amazing!! I love that you created a list of attractions and nearby locations they might need!
Can I come stay at your house? 馃槈 Having snacks and water for your guests in the room is a great idea. Then they don’t have to go roaming through the house at night to get something.
Your guest room is so cozy! What great idea to make guests feel so welcomed.
Thanks so much for these tips. I’ve never been overly good at making the guest room welcoming. I usually just make sure the bed is made.
These are great tips! I love to make sure my guests feel welcome when they come to stay with us.
I love your set up! My hubby always prints out the QR code to link right into our WiFi. He’s such a nerd that way- but people love it!!! We post it when we have gatherings here, too!
I like the idea of having the wifi password readily available to your guests. I know I can feel uncomfortable asking for it.
I need to come for a visit. I love all of your ideas for a guest room. I don’t think I would want to leave.
I think I know where I want to go when I’m a guest! You definitely know how to treat them right! I agree I think the mattress is probably the most important thing because without comfort your guests sleep horrible.
We have a guest room, but it’s not very welcoming. I love your ideas.
Oh those are all such great ideas! We will be having guests this summer we need to prepare for! The iKrema mattresses look so neat and comfortable! I have to check into those!
Great tips. I like the snacks and water so they dont feel as if they are intruding in case it is late night or very early!I also like the toiletries idea..
A good mattress is really important in any guest room!
These are awesome tips to make guest room appealing for guests. Thanks for a great article.
mattress looks comfy
I sure need to redecorate my guest room thanks for the great ideas.
Wonderful tips!!!
great tips! and that mattress looks amazing.
Great tips! I enjoyed reading your post.
That’s a great post! It has a lots of useful information. This mattress looks so comfortable.
Thank you for your sharing!
Wow, your quest bedroom looks like a nice hotel. I want to come visit you. Thank you for the review.