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Arriving
Your entry method arrives before you travel. The home has been cleaned, inspected by a local manager, and checked against the listing. Linens are on the beds, towels are out, and the wifi is already live. You walk in with two suitcases, unpack into a real dresser, and cook dinner that first night.
There is no front desk and no lobby, and that is the point. You let yourself in with the entry method your local manager sent in advance, at whatever hour your flight or your drive actually ends. An 11pm arrival after a night shift works the same way a 2pm arrival does.
If something is not right — the code doesn't work, the wifi won't connect, a burner won't light — call your local manager before you unpack. That is a real person who can be at the property, not a script read in another time zone. You are not on your own here.
Utilities and any applicable fees are shown on each home's listing and in your quote before you book.
Step by step
A few days out, your entry details arrive: the door code or key handoff, the exact address, parking instructions, and how to reach your local manager. Save it on your phone and screenshot it in case you land without signal. Pack for a month or more, not for a trip.
Pull in, park where the instructions say, and let yourself in. No check-in desk, no waiting on someone with a key, no arrival window you have to make. Walk the home once with the lights on before you start carrying things in.
Do the small things that turn a house into your place. Unpack into a real dresser and closet instead of living out of a suitcase. Put your things in the bathroom. Then make dinner in a full kitchen with a full-size range and actual cookware.
Do a proper grocery run and fill a full-size refrigerator. Run a first load in the washer and dryer in the home. Find the closest pharmacy and the closest coffee. Set up wherever you are going to work, and get the wifi tested before you need it.
Settling in
Before you arrive, the home is professionally cleaned and inspected by a local manager against the listing, with linens on the beds and the wifi live. Your job on night one is a short walk-through: hot water, the range, the washer and dryer, the thermostat, and the exterior lights.
The home is professionally cleaned before arrival and inspected by a local manager against the listing. Linens are on the beds, towels are out, starter household essentials are stocked, the wifi is live, and parking is set up as configured at that property.
Connect to the wifi. Run the hot water. Light every burner and start the dishwasher. Start a load in the washer and dryer. Set the thermostat. Turn on the exterior lights. Anything off, report it that night rather than in week three.
Anything about the home itself — a leak, a lock, a dead outlet — goes to your local manager, whose contact information came with your entry details. Anything about your reservation, your dates, or your quote goes to MidStays.
Plan one real shop. Coffee, cooking oil, salt, dish soap, laundry detergent, and food for about a week fill a full-size refrigerator and pantry fast. Delivery to the address works too. You have a kitchen worth stocking, so stock it.
Three pages cover almost every first-week question. What's included in every MidStays home tells you what is in the home, so you know what to pack and what to leave. House rules and policies covers occupancy, quiet hours, parking, and what your local manager handles. And if a dog or cat is coming, read the MidStays pet policy.
If a charge on your quote is unfamiliar, how MidStays pricing works breaks down what a mid-term quote contains. Already thinking about staying past your end date? Start with extending your stay.
Something not covered anywhere? Contact MidStays before you get on the plane.
Your entry method comes from your local manager before you travel: usually a door code, sometimes a key handoff arranged around your arrival time. There is no front desk with hours you have to beat. If you land at midnight or drive in after a shift, you can still let yourself in.
Yes. Every MidStays home is professionally cleaned before arrival, then inspected by a local manager against the listing — the kitchen, the washer and dryer, the wifi, the parking, the condition of each room. That inspection is what verified means on MidStays, and it is why the photos are the home.
No. Linens are on the beds and towels are out. The kitchen has a full-size range, refrigerator, dishwasher, cookware, dishes, utensils, and coffee, and starter household essentials are stocked. Bring the few things that make a place yours over a month or more: your pillow, your knife, your coffee setup.
Call your local manager that night, before you unpack around the problem. A dead outlet or a burner that won't light is a twenty-minute fix in week one and a month-long irritation if nobody hears about it. On a stay this long, reporting early is the whole difference.
Yes. Wifi is live in every MidStays home when you arrive, and the network name and password come with your entry details or are posted in the home. Connect on night one and test it before your first workday or first shift, so anything slow gets reported early.
Shop like you live there. Cooking oil, salt and pepper, coffee, dish soap, laundry detergent, trash bags, and food for about a week. The kitchen already has cookware, dishes, and a dishwasher, and there is a washer and dryer in the home, so you are buying supplies rather than equipment.