What's the right way to give cleaners and caretakers access?
Rentals & STR · Answered by Lightning Lock & Key, Truckee–Tahoe’s locksmith since 1996.
The short answer
Personal standing codes — one per person, not a shared 'vendor code' — so access is auditable and individually revocable.
The full picture
When someone leaves your orbit, one code dies and nothing else changes. Shared codes rot into 'everyone in town knows it' within a season.
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