Damage & Incident Documentation Kit
Builds the damage claim in order: an incident form your cleaner fills in, the photos claims teams expect, a replacement-cost worksheet, and three letters to the guest.
Platforms deny damage claims for thin, late evidence, not because you were wrong
Platforms do not deny damage claims because hosts are wrong. They deny them because hosts document badly and late. The window is short, the evidence standard is real, and an angry improvised message to the guest can sink the whole thing.
This kit is the process: an incident report form your cleaner can fill in, a photo-evidence log with the shots adjusters and resolution teams expect, a replacement-cost worksheet, and calm, firm letter templates for the guest at each stage: first notice, cost summary, and escalation.
Written by Eric, who founded a vacation rental company in 2004 and spent close to a decade deep cleaning rentals somebody else had already called clean.
What is inside: all 7 parts
This is the complete contents list, not a highlights reel. Every line below is a part of the file that is already written and already laid out. The wording and the layout are done. You open it in Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice, or Pages and overwrite the bracketed fields with your own details.
- Incident report form (works for damage, extra guests, smoking, rule breaks)
- Photo evidence log: the shot list + timestamp record claims teams expect
- Replacement cost worksheet with depreciation notes
- Guest letter 1: first notice: factual, friendly, evidence attached
- Guest letter 2: cost summary & resolution request
- Guest letter 3: escalation to platform / deposit claim
- Claim-window cheat sheet and documentation timeline
What it replaces
the work it removes- A blank document and every decision inside it. Somebody has to work out what belongs in each of those 7 parts, write the wording, and lay it out, 7 times over. That is the part already done.
- A generic small-business template with the word "property" pasted over it. It was written against one problem: Platforms deny damage claims for thin, late evidence, not because you were wrong.
- Version chasing. If the file gets revised, the new one is a free re-download, not a second purchase.
- A subscription. It is a DOCX file you keep. Nothing logs in, nothing syncs, and nothing stops working when a card expires.
When not to buy this
said plainly- If what you want is software that runs itself, this isn't it and never claimed to be. It's a DOCX file you open, edit, and own. No app, nothing to log into.
- Already have a version of this written down, with a team that follows it? Keep it. Swapping a working system for a stranger's is a downgrade.
- The writing is done. Filling in your codes, your local numbers and your house rules is still on you.
- You have not read one of these yet. 9 of the 35 files download with no account and no email address. Take one of those first and judge the writing before you spend $49 USD.
There is no buy button for this one file. I would rather say so than print a price you cannot pay.
The 26 Pro toolkits are sold as one thing. One payment of $49 USD opens all of them. This file does not sell on its own, so there is no separate price to quote for it. What I will stand behind is a count: 26 files, 168 written parts between them. Every toolkit is named on the pricing page before you decide. Anything added to the library later is included, and nothing renews.
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