AIBU DH cousine from Canada wants to stay at ours with a friend

[MummyShah369]

My DH cousine who I dont really know wants to stay 4 nights with us. She has a reputation and none of the other family members want her and have excusses lined up. We havr a 15 month babby. My Dh agreed for her to stay and I accepted but now she wants to bring a friend along who neither of us habe met. We have a family wedding so I am oblidged to help but I am really uncomfortable having a total stranger living with us. We both work full time and the expectation would be to leave house keys behind.

It is about how people would feel about providing a roof over the heads of someone they are related to, and their friend for just 4 days whilst they are in the country. I don't understand people who are too mean to do that
of course it's about that. My husbands cousin from Canada is someone I don't know, and their friend is a stranger. Since you wouldn't let any old stranger stay in your home why would you let two just because your spouse is related to one of them?
It's not mean at all. It's bloody presumptous to expect to stay.

When I went travelling, when I was young, I stayed with several people with the most tenuous links - nowhere near as closely related as a cousin, others not related at all, but people who know other people, put us in touch. I was very grateful for their hospitality.

It's is completely different from someone you have no connection whatsoever with.

I would absolutely put people up who were traveling from abroad if they were known to someone I knew, and looking for a bed for a few nights. I would like to hope people do it for me if I ever travel again, or, more likely for my dc when they set off around the world.

I have friends who are part of a worldwide organisation set up to facilitate folk who are traveling having homes to stay in. The 'strangers' in some case have become friends. Mostly though, they thank the hosts and move on to the next place, then, when they are home themselves, host other folk traveling far from home. These folk really are strangers until they make contact.

As long as she's not a thief, druggie, alcoholic, or would smoke in my house I'd be ok with that

I stayed with several people with the most tenuous links - nowhere near as closely related as a cousin, others not related at all, but people who know other people, put us in touch. I was very grateful for their hospitality

When they weren't there, bring an extra add on?