Thinking about renting a room, but paranoid about Jenga being kidnapped.

[getwozzy]

ME, personally, would not let strangers stay in my house- but I'm horribly paranoid about a lot of things I couldn't help but think someone will either steal something from you, feed your birds things they shouldn't, torture them (throw things, poke things through the bars, bang on the cage, yell at them, etc), poison them, etc...

Even if you did have a camera and monitoring system set up, I would fear that it wouldn't stop them from doing something in the first place- it would provide evidence in case something DID happen, but people still do stupid things even WITH cameras rolling.... I worked in a bank for many years and with all those cameras and security measures, you'd think we would be safe- nope, people still robbed branches, threw temper-tantrums in the lobby, throw things at us, etc.

 

[Mike17]

I do have people that would be willing to do that for me if I were out of town or something, but for people staying here two days it wouldn't be worth the trouble. I live in Chicago and don't have a car (rent one for vet visits etc.) and would have to lug a cage over there - her travel cage isn't large enough to be humane for several days worth of living.

I'll play it by ear. I think everyone has raised some good points! Frankly, my apartment isn't super decadent so I'm not sure who would be super interested in staying here, but if someone was I wouldn't say no to $60/night!

Sounds cheap. I regularly stay in a B&B in Perth and I get a good rate coz I don't have breakfast there and don't go through a booking site, but direct to owner. It's still $120/night, AUDs of course

Strudel made a good point earlier- your guests would be "logged in" so their details would be known. Unless they gave false details they'd hardly be likely to steal stuff, most thieves operate under the cover of anonymity or cover or darkness, which are all aspects of the same thing.