Do you enjoy staying with other people?

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I just said goodbye to a rather difficult guest and I'm wondering how everyone feels about staying with other people?

Personally I hate it. I can't bear it even for one night. I'd much rather book into a hotel(I appreciate that isn't an option for everyone.) I never feel relaxed in their own home and I worry that I'm bothering them. The only exception would be a parent.

How do you feel about being a guest in someone's home?

Hate it too, hate having them too, I just can't relax. I when my sister says oh we'll just stay over.... noooo the cleaning and washing alone before and after bugs me too!

Absolutely hate it! Much rather hotel or b&b as I like my own space and am always slightly worried about intruding on theirs

Agreed with you. I always feel like I’m encroaching on someone else’s space and would be far more comfortable in a hotel.

Please ignore the bad typing.

Hate being an overnight guest
Hate having an overnight guest

I'm a miserable cow

I'm glad that I'm not alone, I also hate hosting.

Don’t like it but it’s worse when people stay in mine

Hate it, rather be in my own house

Hate it. I need plenty of time on my own every day, which isn't generally compatible with visiting.

Hate being an overnight guest.

Wouldn't mind having guests so much if had more space.

i dont feel comfortable staying in other peoples houses i like to make a brew whenever i like, shower when i want to go to bed when i want to and eat what i want to, ands in someone elses house you cant, always feels cheeky making a brew, have to eat what they have bought at the times they eat, shower at home i get it dry and clean in someone elses house have to fit round their routine for the bathroom, and timing might mean someone who is not my partner has just got out of the shower so its still full of water thats been on thier body yuk, and have to fit in with their bedtime, at home i like to go to bed early and read for an hour never feel like i can do that away, so unless forced to i would rather stay in a hotel or B&B near them

Hate is too mild a word for how I feel with staying at someone elses place and vice versa! I love my own space!

Hate it. Hate staying with people or people staying with me. Hate all of it. Hate hate hate.

I don't like staying at other peoples' houses, and also don't like having guests. I slightly prefer staying elsewhere as I can control things like when I leave, but when you have guests sometimes they stay a lot longer than you anticipate!

I think it depends on who you're staying with.

I have some friends and family who I love having to stay or going to stay with because with because they chip in and we've known each other long enough that we feel comfortable in each other's houses.

They're are other people who I'd never stay with or have to say either because they don't have the room, or don't chip in or they're the type of person who wants constant company

I hate it, you just can't relax and do your own thing.
I am lucky in that my in laws are great, but even if we stay with them for more than 1 night I am more the ready to go home.
I just love my own bed, in my own House to do as I please.

I hate it personally .... I like my own space ... but we are all different

Nope......

I avoid visiting family in France because it means staying with them and they get offended if I chose a local Gite.

I don't stay with people because I like to sleep in my own bed.

I'm currently sitting on a Maldivian island (resort) by myself because quite frankly I hate people and enjoying this by myself is bliss!!!!

In all seriousness I'm not a complete hermity weirdo, just had to get away from life for a few days

I hate being a guest and hate hosting! I need my own space. And a lot of silence!

I need to take something to do with me, otherwise I feel frustrated that I'm not at home getting on with my to-do list, so I'll take knitting/drawing/anything I can get done out of the house. As long as I have a purpose, I'm fine (we only go to stay with lovely people). Otherwise I just feel out of place.

Only thing that makes me nervous is staying in houses with children and no lock on the bathroom door, and the creativity I have to go to with scales/laundry baskets etc to blockade myself in against surprise intrusions.

Sorry you've had a difficult guest. Most of our houseguests are fantastic, but you do get the odd one, don't you :)

I hate being a guest, even at my siblings/parents house and cant wait to get home, i feel like im in the way, or can't get comfortable. Which is ridiculous really especially at my close family house but hey ho. But im fine with hosting people and will put people in short notice etc

Depends who it is, but generally I hate it.

Also, i rarely crash at people's house after a night out, id much rather do the journey home drunk than in the morning hungover.

I like the idea of it but not the reality. I like staying with my sister though but then we are family so we can just be ourselves.

Hate hate being a guest, prefer all going somewhere together (did this with my Mum for half term, had a fab time in self catering accommodation) because then no-one is the host and no-one is the guest.

Now our house is bigger and we have a guest room with an en suite then it depends on the guest. MIL is only mildly annoying (i.e. a delight except for her inability to put dishes away in the correct place), but the rest of the ILs are rather selfish (having all of them to stay for several days over Christmas was probably a bad idea) and my Mum drives me insane with her excessive cleaning.