My Spare room is on AirBnB - Guest Automations + Ideas?

[CountParadox (Lewys Martin)]

Hey friends!

So I have my spare room on AirBnB, One of the key points advertised in my listing is that its a smart home.
Ill keep this thread updated to show off what ive been up to with it!
Currently I have many lights around the place automated with motion sensors and time based rules, and yesterday I added some lights under the guest bed!

I created a lovelace view for the guests and use CCH to limit their access to only that view (not perfect but will do for now.)

Anybody have any ideas of what else I could add?

[tom_l]

Sunrise alarm clock (don’t need Hue can be done with any RGB light):

Wake up sunrise simulation with the Philips HUE and Sleep as Android

Hello all! Time to show off a small project I’ve been working on. I’ve been using a Philips wake up light and love it, really helps me get up in the morning and feel less tired during the day. The Philips wake up light is essentially a big light bulb that slowly fades from red to orange to yellow to white over a timespan of 30 minutes at a set alarm time. Unfortunately the button interface of the wake up light is rather clumsy and the lack of integrations options made me look for an alternativ…

[Coedy (Peter Ebenezer)]

If they get out of bed in the night, lights under the bed light up dim red to help them find whatever they need/navigate to the door?

likewise, hallway lights dim red at night for toilet trips?

a smart speaker/chromecast audio plugged into a ceiling speaker for them to listen to music if they aren’t headed out?

A widget on their view showing if the bins/recycling are going out soon?

A widget showing your contact details on their view?

A link to a website that shows local restaurant deals? Or even cooler, scrape sensor?

I’m trying to think of stuff I’ve needed to find out when staying in an AirBnB…

[CountParadox (Lewys Martin)]

Some of these might work

No bed presence detection yet, bathroom is right outside the bedroom door and bathroom light is automatic, night change it to red though!
There’s a home Mini in the bedside table now, bins aren’t super relevant as I don’t think I’ll get long stays+apartment block

Contact details could be pretty good, I wonder if I can make a script that takes input from them for their number and texts them some useful information (so it’s offline)

I have a spare wifi hotspot with heaps of data I’ll lend out if they’re from overseas, I haven’t found a way to get my remaining data into HA though but that would be a pretty cool metric to track…

[Coedy (Peter Ebenezer)]

I would be hesitant to use bed presence (ie. “Is there someone on the bed?”, I just meant putting a small PIR motion sensor under the bed that looks for movement (feet going onto floor).
something like: if the main light is off, wait an hour and start checking the PIR for movement.

[CountParadox (Lewys Martin)]

Hmm true, that could work

[CountParadox (Lewys Martin)]

UI WIP