When can I host you ? How much time can I host you ? How to improve your chances to be my guest ? What if we are a large group ? What can I offer ? What I ask you ? To get a quicker reply and last minute requests...
my e-mail address for contacts: leo5u71@trail.it
If
you arrived here it is because you wanted to come in my home.
We
say "patti chiari amicizia lunga" (clear pacts, long
lasting friendship), so read carefully:
Note for groups of 3 to 9 people:
One room has 2 beds that can be set as single or double, and I assign that
ones or to two single people or to a couple alone, but I may also give all the
four places to a group, if they accept to stay all in the same room.
These two extra places do not appear in the availability, since are available
only for groups. so if you are 3 and find only 2 places, or 4 or more and
find only n-2 places, feel free to send a request that place should be
available!
The dates for which I can take in account requests at this time are:
usually I will be able to confirm 100% for such days a couple weeks in advance,
but in case you are still seeing the note for a closer date,
it could mean also that on that days could be some special conditions or just
cannot give an answer until a closer date, so ask only if you do not need an
immediate unconditionate confirm.
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Most museums open at 815 so it is anyway a good time to visit the city
However to give opportunity to bigger groups to found an accomodation together,
since I am one of the very few hosts in Firenze able to host 5 or more people,
such larger groups may ask and have confirm also for further dates
until a reasonable future.
Also, irrespectively of what is written in the calendar, one day stays and
expecially stays that touch mondays are subject to final confirm only at a maximum of
two weeks in advance, oftern less.
my e-mail address for contacts: leo5u71@trail.it
Preferred stay is 2 to 4 nights, but i can make exceptions, just ask.
Normally
I will confirm once we have had an e-mail exchange and all personal
informations; according
the period of the year I may have one to four rooms available for
guests.
Only two have single beds, so, if you are more than one
person, when requesting, tell me if you prefer single or double beds.
If you say that is just a preference for single or double, but not a
constraint, this would help a lot.
In case you are asked only for single beds, tell me if you
accept to share the big room, that has four single beds.
In your request
please state clearly the exact date and approximate time you expect to arrive,
and also date and time you plan to leave.
You will ease avoiding error if you include arrival date in the subject of the
e-mail, also if you have already booked the train/bus/plane tell its number.
Include also a list with the complete names and e-mail of all the people
in your party, as well at least one working GSM phone number that I can use
to call you while arriving and. -very important- an indication if some of
you have dietary constraints.
I will consider the request complete only when I will have all these
informations
"dates are flexible"
does mean that in case I had no availability in the day[s] you ask,
rather than declining, I may offer you an option to shift dates, not that
you may change dates last minute!.
Once accepted, the dates become fixed.
I expect that, unless differently specified, that
you reply after my confirm message no later than 2 days, if arrival date
is more than 2 week apart, 24 hours in the other cases but within
3 hours if request were sent less than 48 hours before arrival
(keep phone on, if last minute I may directly call you)
Note that if you ask to change the dates - except if you asked 3 or 4 days and you reduce to 2 or 3 in the same period- after i have confirmed, not necessarily means that you will still be accepted.
I can host even groups of 5 or
more people, up to 8: since I am one of the few ones in my town that is able to
host such a large group, to give them more chances I may also accept requests
for dates more than 5 weeks ahead, up to a reasonable future.
(but see notes on availability after the general availability
calendar at beginning)
However such large groups should plan their arrival only on tuesday wednesday
friday or saturday (or thursday or sunday, but only if before 1045).
Some people complained that i had too many rules: i wrote the rules here, so you can decide if they are reasonable for you and then send me a request or not:
When you send a request or
reply to a last minute invitation, to be sure to get a quick reply
always send an email to the address that appear at beginning of this page,
specifying there your username and adding the e-mail addresses of all other travelmates,
and expecially your cell phone number
Remember when you send arrival and leaving dates that,
unless differently written, one assume that you arrive at my home
between 2000 and 2030 on the arrival day, and leave around 0800 on
departure date (too many people set as end day the last night,
so actually end requesting a day less than they expect).
If you send a request very close to arrival date remember to reply, in your request, to the question about the kind of bed that you prefer, the time you plan to arrive and leave and if you have food intolerances. This would help to know immediately if there are problem or on the other side accept immediately.
I will try to reply to your
request in the shortest time possible, but since I receive more
requests than I can accommodate (Firenze has a lot of people coming
...) I have to ask also you to be quick in replying, so to be helpful
to as many people is possible.
So, if it is a request more than 8
days in advance, I can wait for your reply even 24 hours, but if you
require a couch in short advance I ask you to reply within a few
hours, in general I will wait â
of the time remaining to your
arrival (1 to 6AM is neutralized).
If I will not receive an answer
within that time and have other requests I will consider it
cancelled.
If you expect not to have internet access for some time
please post in your message a note about when you will be able to read the message.
If I think we need a quicker turnaround in replies, I will send you a SMS, to be
replied quickly, or will call you, so please keep the phone on:
sometimes i need some immediate clarification, or I had
problem replying by e-mail.
I am not picky if all person
in the group have not a personal profile (I am however happy with the ones on
BEWELCOME WARMSHOWERS, or
TRUSTROOTS but not with ones on FaceBook or HC), if the person
that make the request has an adequate hospitaly exchange experience,
But i ask as a
minimum that the person
that makes the request indicate name, gender, age, place of origin
and languages spoken, beside a personal contact [email address], for
each one in the group.
In particular I
ask that all the people in the group share a common language with me.
If you are one of the people that do not want to have a cellphone, or do not want to give to other people their personal number you can buy a SIM just for the trip!, otherwise I will be usually unable to host you, expecially on last minute or when you arrive in the evening. If there is more then one group for dinner not knowing where they are when they are late is not nice. For this reason usually I accept phone-less people only if they arrive before lunch so i can lend them a phone before sending them to visit the city.