Amanda’s Amazon Picks: Must-Have Essentials for Your Holiday Rental

From cozy bedding to smart gadgets, these essentials make hosting easy and stays memorable - loved by our guests and handpicked by Amanda.

Guest Welcome Items

£6.19

A wooden sign with a turquoise background that says "Welcome" at the top, decorated with purple and orange flowers and green foliage in the lower right corner.

£13.97

Package of Eco Eco A4 Presentation Display Book with 40 pockets, eco-friendly and recyclable.

£9.89

Set of four Eco Eco A4 clear presentation display books with recycled materials and eco-friendly promises, featuring transparent covers and pockets for documents.

£5.98

Long shelf life. Useful for a cuppa on arrival if you leave one. Tastes good. Used by the Savoy in their bedrooms so good for our guests

Milk Bottles

Three bottles of Delamere Dairy semi-skimmed milk with gold caps, arranged side by side, with a 24-pack label in the top right corner.

£18.99

Strawberry Jam

https://amzn.to/3YW18su

https://amzn.to/3NEIJxU

Tried Honey and Jam but guests only use the Jam. Long shelf life

A small glass jar of Wilkin & Sons strawberry preserve with a silver lid. The label indicates it contains 28 grams, or one ounce, of strawberry preserve made in England with sugar and strawberries.

£26.19

https://amzn.to/4remKMM

Popcorn (Box of 32)

Excellent Value and nice for guests

Yellow box of Proper Corn Sweet & Salty Popcorn with 32 snack packs, featuring an illustration of a popcorn bag with the Proper logo and colorful graphics.

https://amzn.to/3LTWFn2

Border Biscuits (48 Twin Pack)

Little Treat for Guests with their Tea

Box of Border 48 mini snack packs with four different snack varieties displayed below the box, including chocolate cookies, butterscotch crunch, Viennese whirls, and golden oat crumbles.

£14.98 (£1.13 /100 g)

https://amzn.to/3M6PKqV

Hardcover Guest Book

Guest Information Folder Holder (40 pockets)

https://amzn.to/4arGW8u

Guest Information Folder Holder (60 pockets)

https://amzn.to/4cgklNh

Child / Baby Items

£24.99

£14.99

Storage Basket for Baby Towel and Sheets. Cot Instructions

https://amzn.to/3O3lnSM

A rectangular storage bin with a gray woven exterior, white fabric trim, and white rope handles on each side.

£7.99

Laminate the instructions and leave with the cot.

Travel Cot

A portable grey fabric playpen with mesh sides, labeled 'red kite', with wheels on one side for mobility.

£35.00

https://amzn.to/49ZMTIc

Highchair Option 1: Lightweight Folding Highchair (folding so can be stored easilty)

Highchair -
Option 1

Wooden high chair with a tray and safety harness.

£40.00

https://amzn.to/4aF9oT7

Highchair Option 2: Slightly larger highchair if you have a more space to store

Highchair -
Option 2

A children's high chair with a white metal frame, a padded seat and backrest with a pattern of elephants in gray, navy, and mustard yellow, and a white plastic tray.

£96.90

https://amzn.to/4c7FitA

High Chair Option 3: For seats if no room to store full highchair

Highchair - Option 3 (to go on seats)

Open pastel green and patterned backpack on a chair with a matching changing pad on a wooden table.

https://amzn.to/4r57z96

Sheets are deliberately patterned so they stand out in the wash/dont get lost

Travel Cot Sheets (with pattern so hard to lose)

A changing pad with a jungle animal pattern, featuring giraffes, leopards, sloths, toucans, and various leaves, next to a light green box labeled 'YooFoss' with the company's logo and website.

https://amzn.to/4rGJULS

Bedroom

KING: Bamboo Waterproof Mattress Protector King Bed 150 x 200 cm

https://amzn.to/4rupXbC

Packaging for a king-size mattress protector with a bamboo design, showing a couple sleeping and icons indicating waterproof, anti-allergy, antibacterial, bamboo material, cooling, and ultra-soft features.

£24.95

Two white pillows with one pillow showing a blue paint drip graphic and a red and yellow tag that reads "100% waterproof, zippered pillow protectors, covers only."

£6.99

£38.15

Absoulte essential for guests as sometimes need in the night and means you don't have to worry. Make a sign to say - "for emergency use only"

BAG to hold Spare sheets and towels for guest emergencies

https://amzn.to/4a6zoq2

A striped fabric duffel bag with blue straps, a front pocket with a brown label, and a zipper on top.

£9.99

https://amzn.to/4tJmYxq

£23.75

Packaging box for a double mattress protector labeled 'Comfier Sleep', size 135x190 cm, featuring images of a couple and a child sleeping, with icons indicating waterproof, anti-allergy, antibacterial, waterproof, cooling, ultra-soft, and bamboo materials.

https://amzn.to/4r7cDtA

Waterproof Zippered Pillow Protectors

Zipped so can't easily get lost

https://amzn.to/3ZNnMUl

King: Mattress Topper

Needed if mattress not new, or needs softening

Packaging label for Scandinavian Hollowfibre King Topper, featuring a small logo, images of natural landscapes and fabric, and icons indicating soft touch fabric, soft hollowfibre filling, and machine washable at 40 degrees Celsius.

Under Bed

Under bed Storage for bedding - clear zippable tops (84 x 43 x 15cm) - Medium

https://amzn.to/4rupXbC

Two white storage boxes with brown handles, one open showing knitted blankets inside, the other closed with a transparent lid.

Medium (for double beds)

£44.99

Item

Under bed Storage for bedding - clear zippable tops (84 x 43 x 15cm) - Medium

Under bed Storage for bedding - clear zippable tops (98 x 45 x 17cm) - large

Link

https://amzn.to/4rAl7cf

https://amzn.to/4cABql8

Under Bed

Approx. Price

£44.99

£48.99

Image

Two white storage boxes with brown handles, one open revealing neatly folded blankets and the other empty.
Stacked white storage containers with brown handles labeled 'Blankets,' filled with folded blankets in pastel colors and knitted textures.

Notes

Medium (for double beds)

Large (for king beds)

Item

Eco friendly kitchen roll from Bumboo - 12 rolls

Non Sticky Kitchen Foil - 300mm

Cling Film - 300mm

Tea Towels - pack of 3 - country cottage style

Dishwasher Tablets Bulk - 83 count

French Press 1.0L Coffee Maker and Tea Maker

Nescafe Instant Coffee Sachets

Decaf Instant Coffee

Yorkshire Tea - Pack of 100

Tea, Coffee, Sugar caddy (different colours available)

Sugar Sachets

Sweetener Sachets

Hands and Dishes Wash Holder Containder for Kitchen

Disposable Dish Cleaning Cloths,50PCS

24 Pack Biodegradable Kitchen Sponges

50 Pack Strong Heavy Duty Refuse Sacks

Dish Washing Up Liquid Clean Detergent

Antibacterial Hand Wash

120 Counts Small Bin Bags

40 Clear Large 70L Recycling Bin Liner

Descale Kettles (Pack of 4)

Oil Dispenser Olive Oil Bottle Drizzler 500ml

La Baleine Coarse Sea Salt Box

Organic Black Pepper Powder - 100g

Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker

Link

https://amzn.to/3O5ltte

https://amzn.to/45TMkyq

https://amzn.to/4rsvOOF

https://amzn.to/3MAgNLm

https://amzn.to/3ZmN2k0

https://amzn.to/3ZmtaNX

https://amzn.to/4an8RoL

https://amzn.to/4s1y3s1

https://amzn.to/4b0Q9Vl

https://amzn.to/4ar2Rwu

https://amzn.to/40iKq7b

https://amzn.to/40kIc7e

https://amzn.to/3Ol4Olz

https://amzn.to/4knVdq1

https://amzn.to/45Ujnm1

https://amzn.to/3LVdKgH

https://amzn.to/3MbCe5q

https://amzn.to/4kxmI0j

https://amzn.to/4aBZnHp

https://amzn.to/4kxphzt

https://amzn.to/4rvw3be

https://amzn.to/3MbdUk4

https://amzn.to/4kjwXFj

https://amzn.to/4aDUlsH

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CKF6TBCN?ref=fed_asin_title&th=1

Kitchen

Approx. Price

£27.00

£9.28

£6.98 (£2.33 / count)

£8.99

£11.99 (£0.14 / count)

£8.07

£22.97

£26.65

£7.89

£6.68

£5.68

£4.99

£15.99

£9.98 (£19.96 /100 Sheets)

£23.95

£8.35 (£0.17 / count)

£9.99

£16.99

£10.99

£11.99

£9.99

£6.99

£2.20 (£4.89 / kg)

£7.49

£79.99

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A box of 12 rolls of bamboo paper towels labeled as double-ply, 100% bamboo, super absorbent, with two paper towels partially pulled out of the box.
Three boxes of Bacfoil non-stick kitchen foil, each 5 meters long, featuring packaging with a salmon fillet and a spoon, emphasizing no sticking, no cleaning, and no worries.
Three boxes of cling film stacked horizontally, each labeled 'Sandpack Cling Film' with a '30 meters' length, green and white packaging with images of assorted berries on the right.
Set of three decorative tea towels with nature and animal motifs, including a fox and a heart with stitched and embroidered details, packaged in a branded card packaging.
Packaging of Finish Powerball Quantum Infinity Shine dishwasher detergent tablets, featuring a blue background with a glass of water, a red ball, and illustrations of the detergent tablets.
French press full of brewed coffee, surrounded by coffee beans and splashes of coffee
A red box of Nescafe Original instant coffee sachets with 200 sachets inside. The box features a coffee cup with black coffee and coffee beans on it, and an individual sachet on the right side for a single serving.
A box of Nescafe Original Decaf coffee sachets with 200 individual sachets inside, featuring a blue background, with an image of a red coffee cup filled with black coffee and some coffee beans.
Packaging of Yorkshiere Tea with a green rural landscape background, a stone fence, a sheep, and a small stone building. The package highlights 100 tea bags, with a logo for Rainforest Alliance Certified Tea, and mentions a proper brew with one tagged tea bag per cup.
Four white cylindrical containers labeled "tea," "coffee," and "sugar," with bamboo lids, with one open container showing its empty interior.
Multiple white paper straws with black text reading 'WHITE SUGAR' arranged upright against a white background.
Multiple packets of Sweet'N Low brand granular sweetener arranged on a surface.
Black and white soap dispensers labeled "HANDS" and "DISHES" on a wooden tray.
Stacked colorful cleaning sponges with various layered textures and patterns.
Package of biodegradable plant-based kitchen sponges with 24 sponges, featuring a whale logo and icons indicating non-scratch scrubber, chemical-free clean, compostable dish sponge, tough on grime, and smell-free bacteria resistant.
A roll of heavy-duty refuse sacks with green and black packaging labeled as 50 liters capacity.
A large green container of Easy professional washing up liquid labeled as Mega XXL, with a handle on top and a screw cap.
A large blue container of Carex antibacterial hand wash with a white handle and cap.
A pack of Ginkgo brand white trash bags with a yellow label, five rolls inside a stainless steel trash can, a hand placing a trash bag into the can, and six additional rolls of trash bags in front of a yellow wastebasket.
A roll of 40 clear trash sacks labeled as eco-friendly and made from 100% recycled material, with 70-liter capacity, branded 'Blint' and positioned at an angle showing the label on the side.
Packaging box for Quickshine Descaler Bag, a universal descaler in a drop-in bag, quick, convenient, non-toxic, with a colorful illustration of a person using the descaler in a sink.
A glass bottle of olive oil with a pour spout, a small metal funnel, two black chalkboards, a bowl of green olives, and some herbs and a single olive with oil and drops on a white background.
A package of La Baleine coarse sea salt with a pile of salt in front of it.
Pack of Thames Organic Black Pepper Powder in a brown resealable pouch with a transparent window showing the black pepper powder.
A portable Roberts Bluetooth speaker with a gray fabric grille and a small control panel on the bottom front.

Notes

Sustainable and nicely packaged. Last Well and good quality

Leave one roll for guests.

Leave one roll for guests.

We leave one dish cloth and one biodegradable sponge - new and clean for each guest

We leave one dish cloth and one biodegradable sponge - new and clean for each guest

Got these in all properties now - stackable and can put in loose tea bags which is cheaper than the single packaged ones

This is excellent as it keeps it all tidy and looks great.

Item

Faith In Nature Organic Coconut Shampoo (2.5l)

Faith In Nature Hydrating Conditioner

Faith In Nature Natural Grapefruit & Orange Body Wash

Dispenser Pump White x 2 Plastic Bottles

Lables for dispenser bottles

Single 500ml Plastic Lotion Pump Bottle

Tissue Pleated Soap - pack of 50

Scented Epsom Salts Box - 30 scented sachets

3 Pack Shampoo and Conditioner Dispenser

48 rolls of Bumboo Sustainable Toilet Roll - 300 sheets per roll

Link

https://amzn.to/3O5ltte

https://amzn.to/45TMkyq

https://amzn.to/4rsvOOF

https://amzn.to/3MAgNLm

https://amzn.to/3ZmN2k0

https://amzn.to/3ZmtaNX

https://amzn.to/4an8RoL

https://amzn.to/4qZ0bfb

https://amzn.to/4qpxFSW

https://amzn.eu/d/0boxCcMB

Bathroom

Approx. Price

£25.19

£25.19

£20.29

£8.00 (£4.00 / count)

£5.99

£12.44

£18.99

£13.99

£27.49

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A bottle of Faith in Nature hydrating shampoo for dry hair and scalp, with a green and orange tropical leaf design on the label, indicating it is natural, organic, cruelty-free, vegan, and contains coconut, organic rosemary, nettle, and chamomile.
A bottle of Faith in Nature hydrating conditioner for dry hair and scalp, made with organic coconut, rosemary, nettle, and chamomile.
A bottle of Faith in Nature grapefruit and orange body wash with a colorful label featuring orange and green fruit illustrations.
Two white pump bottles with rose gold accents and white pumps.
Collection of black and white labels for personal care products, including hand soap, body wash, shampoo, conditioner, and mouth wash, all marked as handmade and of premium quality.
White lotion or soap pump bottle with a metallic accent near the pump, on a white background.
A box of nine Mason & Miller bath soap bars, each wrapped in white paper with green labels, and three additional soap bars outside the box.
A box of 30 scented bath salts with multiple small resealable pouches in various colors and labels listed below the box.
Three black soap dispensers with wooden tops, each labeled with white cursive text reading 'Consciously,' 'Shampoo,' and 'Body Wash'.
Three Bumbo brand packages with floral designs in white, yellow, and dark green colors, stacked with the white one on top.

Notes

2.5l is small enough to fit under beds and big enough to last

2.5l is small enough to fit under beds and big enough to last

2.5l is small enough to fit under beds and big enough to last

This will not break the sink as plastic

Will not break sink as plastic

Mostly use liquid soaps as if guests only stay 2 nights there is alot of wastage with soap - but sometimes you might need a single soap for the bath

We use these in all properties - alternative is bubble bath but can't find any suitable

Great value and now used in all properties as better than having stuck to wall and so big guests won't walk off with them

Item

Dog Poop Bags

Gravy Bones for Dogs 1kg

Dog Treat Jar

Small/Med Washable Dog bed

Dog Blankets

Dog Towels

Dog Blanket and towels Basket

Link

https://amzn.to/4tlJuw1

https://amzn.to/4kmt56E

https://amzn.to/3ZL0UVC

https://amzn.to/3OhtIm7

https://amzn.to/4tBla9E

https://amzn.to/4kIo4FL

https://amzn.to/4aqaphU

Pet Supplies

Approx. Price

£9.99

£12.50 (£12.50 / kg)

£8.44

£25.99

£18.99

£15.99 (£8.00 / count)

£20.99

Image

A box of 50 green pet waste poop bags with black paw print designs, with some bags rolled up in front and a dog-shaped dispenser on the left.
A clear plastic container of Betty Miller cheese fancies dog treats, with some treats placed in front. The treats are golden-brown, irregularly shaped, and triangular.
Empty glass jar with a wooden lid.
A gray plush pet bed with soft, cushioned interior and raised sides.
Folded gray fleece blanket with paw print pattern and white plush border.
Two folded towels, one gray and one brown, with embroidered dog and text logos.
Two-tone woven laundry basket with a white upper section and a beige lower section, featuring rope handles.

Notes

Next to sofa

Item


Dry Hardwood Logs



Natural Wood Eco Firelighters


Slate Oil Cleans and Polishes



5 Boxes of Bryant LONG matches

Link

https://amzn.to/4qpXxhJ

https://amzn.to/4tnsh5k

https://amzn.to/4bBjoyT

https://amzn.to/4qxhK5i

Living Room / Lounge

Approx. Price

£47.80

£26.58

£14.99

£8.75

Image

Package of kiln-dried hardwood logs for firewood with some logs placed in front of the package.
Box of Woodabrix Firelighters with image of wood bricks and flames in the background, highlighting eco-friendly, natural, and odorless features for BBQ, camping, and fire pits.
A clear spray bottle labeled 'Mr Slate Slate Oil' for stone, surfaces, kitchen, and bathroom, with a black trigger spray nozzle.
Box of Bryant May extra long matches with a picture of stacked stones, a lotus flower, and candles on the packaging. Smaller boxes of the same matches are visible below, along with a yellow box of ARL supplies.

Notes

Want long matches for safety

Item

Handheld Label Maker

Clear Plastic Tape with Black Writing (Compatible with Label Maker)

Plug in Torch/Emergency Lighting

Parcel Bags to package up guests Left Property. Pack of 25, 35x45cm

Wooden Crook Handle Large Umbrella

Link

https://amzn.to/4tS3fvt

https://amzn.to/4kNuHGC

https://amzn.to/477Zrwl

https://amzn.to/4rBmvvT

https://amzn.to/3OcI1YR

Other

Approx. Price

£29.09

£7.27

£20

£10.99

£9.99

Image

A DYMO LetraTag label maker with a display screen showing the text 'ROSA F.' next to its packaging and label tape.
Dymo label refill pack in clear plastic, with dimensions 12mm x 4m, made in Europe, featuring a tape dispenser inside the packaging.
A black handheld device with a circular button, a small indicator light, and an orange bottom, labeled "Xtrailit."
Fifteen blank white plastic envelopes or mailers with black resealable openings, piled together.
Green umbrella with a wooden handle and a hooked end.

Notes