Visitors aren’t the only ones who should keep etiquette in mind.
Experts share the faux pas to avoid as an overnight host.
Hosting guests at your home overnight is an incredibly generous deed that warrants gratitude and acknowledgement.
Just think about the Golden Rule and some basic dos and donts especially the donts.
That means clean sheets and towels so that they may comfortably sleep and shower during their stay.
Test out that pullout couch or old cot beforehand.
Your home should be a makeshift hotel suite for the night, Vernon-Thompson said.
Supplying these items translates to your guest that you thought of their comfort.
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Allow the guest some down time, said Jodi R.R.
Smith, president of Massachusetts-basedMannersmith Etiquette Consulting.
Give them their space, and trust that everything is fine.
Do not turn off the lights the second the guest leaves a room, Smith added.
It also shows that you are perhaps annoyed by their lack of maintenance.
Once they leave my home, I clean the areas to my satisfaction.
Therefore, that conversation is a must.
Not all hosts will be able to accommodate all issues, and that is OK, Smith said.
Since it was discussed in advance, other accommodations can be made.
You will not be giving away your dog, Smith added.
The guest should be referred to appropriate accommodations nearby.
Put out their favorite flowers or soaps with their preferred scents as well.
attempt to confirm the place is at least relatively tidy ahead of their arrival.
Be sure to specify when you will return and suggest what they should or could do in the meantime.
Encourage your guests to make themselves at home and get comfortable.
Once theyre settled, give them a tour if they arent familiar with the space.
Consider writing or printing out a note with information about your home and any pertinent idiosyncrasies.
She also shared some sample peccadilloes to point out as well.
To exit the bathroom, turn the knob to the left.
The hot water is instantly scalding in the shower, adjust from outside of the tub.
Specify which bathroom your guest can use during their stay.
Dont get mad at your guest for reasonable mistakes, however.
Decorative soap and towels in the guest bathroom?
Refrain from presenting a long list of strict rules as well.
attempt to be inclusive but not demanding when it comes to the schedule youve envisioned.
A faux pas would be not including guests in previously scheduled plans, Claytor said.
Or expecting guests to do things exactly as you do.
Both hosts and guests should show consideration for the others needs and lifestyles.
Allow for some schedule flexibility, Smith said.
Nor can you forbid them from speaking or watching TV that early in the evening.
The guest should be referred to appropriate accommodations nearby.
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