The Holiday Home Services blog
Cleaning and home care advice for Naples and Marco Island
Straight answers from the team that turns over vacation rentals, opens and closes seasonal homes and checks on empty houses across Collier County. 11 articles, no fluff and no sales pitch.
Featured articles
Vacation rental hosts6 min
How to Choose a Vacation Rental Cleaning Company in Naples and Marco Island
A turnover company is part of your guest experience, your review score and your damage paper trail. Here is how to tell a real turnover team from a house cleaner who also does rentals.
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Seasonal homeowners5 min
What Temperature Should You Leave Your Florida House at in Summer?
The thermostat number matters less than most owners think. What protects an empty Florida house from June to October is humidity control, and the setting that delivers it depends on your system.
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Home watch5 min
What Is Home Watch? A Plain-English Guide for Naples Owners
If you own a home in Naples or on Marco Island and spend part of the year somewhere else, someone needs to look at it while you are gone. That is what home watch is for.
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Vacation rental hosts
Turnovers, cleaning fees, cleanliness ratings, restocking, local rules and storm plans for Airbnb and VRBO hosts.
Vacation rental hosts6 min
How to Choose a Vacation Rental Cleaning Company in Naples and Marco Island
A turnover company is part of your guest experience, your review score and your damage paper trail. Here is how to tell a real turnover team from a house cleaner who also does rentals.
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Vacation rental hosts6 min
Airbnb Turnover Cleaning: What Actually Happens Between Guests
Guests see the result of a turnover, never the process. Here is the order a good turnover follows, why it starts with photos instead of a vacuum, and what you should get afterward.
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Vacation rental hosts5 min
Owning a Vacation Rental on Marco Island: A Practical Guide
Marco Island has a short list of rental rules on paper and a longer list of things that trip owners up in practice. This guide covers both, from the 2023 registration reversal to sea turtle season and salty sliders.
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Vacation rental hosts5 min
Getting Your Naples Vacation Rental Ready for Peak Season
The busy season in Southwest Florida rewards owners who prepare in the fall and punishes those who wait. This is the eight-week plan we would follow for a rental in Naples or on Marco Island.
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Seasonal homeowners
Closing up in spring, opening up in fall, and keeping humidity, mold and water problems away while you're gone.
Seasonal homeowners5 min
What Temperature Should You Leave Your Florida House at in Summer?
The thermostat number matters less than most owners think. What protects an empty Florida house from June to October is humidity control, and the setting that delivers it depends on your system.
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Seasonal homeowners5 min
Opening Your Florida Home for the Season: An Arrival Checklist
The first hour back tells you how the house handled the summer. Check it in the right order before you unpack, and book the opening clean so you arrive to a home that's ready.
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Home watch
What home watch is, how often visits should happen, what a good report includes and how to choose a company.
House cleaning
Choosing a cleaner, deep cleaning versus regular cleaning, schedules and getting your home guest-ready.
House cleaning5 min
How to Choose a House Cleaning Service in Naples, FL
Most cleaners look the same online. The differences show up in the paperwork, in who walks through your door each visit, and in how they handle tile, stone, salt air and seasonal schedules.
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House cleaning5 min
Deep Cleaning vs. Regular Cleaning: What's the Difference?
A regular clean keeps a home looking good week to week. A deep clean gets to everything that a regular visit doesn't reach. Here is how to tell which one your home needs right now.
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House cleaning6 min
Getting Your Naples Home Guest-Ready for the Holidays
Holiday guests in Naples usually arrive the same weeks the snowbirds do, so cleaners, caterers and everyone else are busy. A simple timeline keeps the work spread out and the last day calm.
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Renovation and moving
Post-construction cleaning, renovation dust and move-in or move-out cleaning.
Printable checklists
The room-by-room lists our own team works from. Print them for your owner's closet or share them with your cleaner.
The vacation rental turnover checklist we use in Naples and Marco Island
Our team follows this checklist on every Airbnb and VRBO turnover. Use it with your own cleaner, or let us handle it for you.
Closing your Naples or Marco Island home for the summer
A practical checklist for seasonal owners heading north, from the team that closes and checks homes across Naples and Marco Island.
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