How to Prepare For Overnight Guests

Preparing for overnight guests and making them feel welcomed and comfortable is easy to do whether you have a studio apartment or a private guest house. Just follow these steps.

Things You'll Need

• Basket of travel-sized toiletries
• Variety of continental breakfast foods
• Frozen breakfast quiche if needed
• Clean towels
• Clean bed sheets and linens
• Fresh flowers

Instructions

1. Provide a private room for the overnight guests if possible even if it means temporarily giving up your own bed. Your guests will feel more comfortable with a little privacy in a strange place.

2. Launder the bed linens including the comforter. We know, it's pretty obvious but you might be surprised at how often these major details are overlooked.

3. Provide extra blankets and pillows in the room so your guests can make themselves as comfortable as possible without having to ask for anything.

4. Offer towel sets in the guest room or show the guests where towels are located in the bathroom.

5. Have a basket of travel-sized toiletries available for guests if they forgot something: soaps, deodorant, disposable razors, toothpaste, floss sticks, shampoo and lotions.

6. Put a simple but fragrant floral bouquet in the room and provide a couple of magazines for guests to enjoy before lights out.

7. Offer a simple variety of continental breakfast foods such as cold cereal, boiled eggs, bagels and cream cheese, fresh fruits, juice, coffee and tea for your overnight guests. Prepare a breakfast quiche and freeze it until your guests arrive for a more substantial breakfast meal if needed.