Home Exchange Kitchen Tips:
There is no need to clear out all cupboards for your home swap guests, in fact it is very nice and
useful for your guests if there are some
basics like; flour, oil, dried herbs in the kitchen for your home exchange guest
to use.
Essentials should be included whenever possible, as you know from your
own travels arriving somewhere with nothing in the cupboards is a bit of a
pain, having to buy a kilo of sugar for a couple of cups of coffee. So for a
cheap price but a very nice thing to do is have the basics there, sugar, salt,
pepper, coffee, tea etc.
Remove or simply leave a note about items that you do
not wish to be used, best would be if you put them on a separate shelf, leaving
at least 1 shelf for your guests own supplies, similarly items you leave in the
fridge, please move them to a top shelf if you do not want them used and leave
a note saying so.
Do have look though the use by dates and though out any that
have passed their prime. It is nice for your home swap guests to have a bit of
space in a cupboard and fridge for their own food supplies. There is a general
courtesy code of ‘replace what you use’ this does not mean going out to by the
kilo of sugar to replace the few spoonfuls you have used, but if you have used
a selection of things or a fair amount of something like olive oil, leave
something for it, this may be the bottle of oil or a packet of coffee.
A
welcome pack is always very welcome or if possible ask your guest if there is a
small shopping list that you can arrange for them, particularly well received
by guest travelling long distances and from different time zones, a home
exchange welcome pack could include; milk, bread, orange juice, eggs, butter.
Like the rest of the house, it is very important not to have too much
clutter in the Kitchen, leaving a clutter free and clean kitchen is really
important. Most kitchen appliances are fairly standard but it is worth leaving
a folder with the instruction booklets as there are global differences, north
American dishwashers tend to be big and quite simple, many US guest going to a
small apartment in a European city could easily find themselves looking at a
half size dishwasher with up to 10 programs! It is also fairly common for Europeans
to have their washing machine in the kitchen, which should always have at least
basic instructions included.
Some important things to have in your home swap kitchen, even a city pad
that most guest would not be cooking a gourmet dinner in should have enough to
make breakfast and light lunches/dinners in. Have a minimum plates, cups,
glasses including vine glasses for the amount of guest that you property
sleeps, having extra ones is even better.
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