to not go sightseeing with my visitors?

[MousyMouse]

have visitors from abroad, live in london.
have done sight seeing many a times and cannot be bothered to be frank. plus have a stinking cold and wanted to have a rest.
they speak english and are able to use the tube map.
aibu?

Ha, these responses are divided between people who regularly have guests so understand and those that have been guests...

When I have friends or family to stay I am not just "putting them up". I hate cooking and dinner parties, so chatting over dinner is the least enjoyable part of having someone to stay.

I love going out with visitors to share their enjoyment of visiting a city or attraction. I want to spend time with my visitors and the shared experience is much nicer than just packing someone off for the day and seeing the photos or hearing a spoken "postcard" style summary later.

I am in London too (Zone 5), I keep a couple of extra Oyster cards at home for guests. I explain how they work, tell them to put money on them at the station and wave them off.

When my BIL and DN come to stay they always end up at Hamleys. There is no way that I want to have to buy some overpriced toys for my three so I am going with them.

YANBU -If I have to go to the effing Eiffel Tower one more time... I usually plan a day out somewhere a bit different for one day of visitors. If they want a full programme of sightseeing, I give them the train timetable, stay home, clean up and have a nice meal ready for when they get back.

I would go

Its fair enough. My mate lived in Barcelona and said if she saw the segrada one more time she would self harm.

Maybe they can do touristy things and you can meet them later for lunch or a drink.

I don't think it's rude.

Surely the joy of going somewhere with a 'native' is that you get to see places tourists wouldn't normally go to? Don't see how you need a Londoner to show you the Tower of London/Oxford Street/Buckingham Palace, but a local is useful to steer you away from the nice-looking-but-crap restaurants to the off-the-beaten-track good places.

I think it depends also as obviously if you live in londond or similar you may have people to stay who want to see the place you live rather than visiting you as such.

i tend to visit family whon live further away to spend time with them as a family, so site seeing isnt usualy high on any ones agenda, but enjoying each others company and getting out with the kids is what we tend to do. So weekend with my dbro would be different than a weekend where someone offered to put me up as its close to tourist attractions, not sure I would use someones home like that anyway.

If people want to see the sights rather than visiting me then they can book a hotel.