Planning Vacations For Those That Have House Cleaning Businesses

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There is no doubt that a house cleaning service is a fifty two week a year business. Often the holidays are the busiest times of the year. Everyone trying to have their homes look their best possible for company and parties.

Managing to find time to take a vacation yourself may be a bit worrisome - but there are some strategies that you can use to keep stress and demands from clients minimal and allow you to take a well-deserved break.

The key to taking holidays when in business is to plan ahead and make sure that clients are notified well in advance.

You may be able to switch schedules for the week preceding your vacation to ensure that clients really don´t miss any time. Instead - there is just a change in days. This will require advanced scheduling as well as contacting each of the clients by mail, email, phone or personal contact to discuss the change in schedule. It is important that the plan will meet their needs.

Word of warning - the worst possible decision is to not notify clients and give them no options for rescheduling. This will leave clients feeling unimportant and will usually result in them switching from your service to a competitor.

Another option is to plan to hire or contract with someone else to cover your houses or businesses while you are on vacation. This is an ideal option if you have someone that you trust, is reliable and honest, and will provide the same high level of cleaning service that you do.

Hiring someone you don´t know or haven´t worked with is a very risky idea, especially if you have keys to businesses and homes. Not only are you potentially placing your clients at risk for theft or other issues but you may also be risking your own insurance and reputation.

Always be sure to get references, work with the individual and notify your clients that there will be someone else working for you while you are away. Some clients will be accepting of this arrangement while others may decide to postpone their regular cleaning until you return. Giving clients this option will increase your level of professionalism and ensure that there are no misunderstandings while you are away.

Another consideration is to try to plan your holidays and vacations apart from the traditional entertaining seasons such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years and Easter. These holiday seasons tend to be the busiest for cleaning services as homeowners want their houses to really shine. Try booking your vacations two to three weeks either in advance or after these holidays and let clients know that you are taking your vacation then to avoid conflicts with their cleaning requirements over the festive seasons.

Fayola Peters is the publisher at housecleaning-tips.com and home-organization-tips.com. Get free access to the House Cleaning Tips from Around the World report and also other reports on, How to Eliminate Bathroom Odor and Ways to Get Your Children to Help With the Cleaning Chores. http://www.housecleaning-tips.com/house-cleaning-eletter.html