To report or not

[Eliza72]

Apolgies if there have been hundreds of these lately but I'm really torn.

I live in a seaside tourist town and earlier today I was stopped by a couple with south east accents asking me for directions to their holiday cottage

She showed me the booking sheet so that I could see the address and it was an airbnb booking for a week.

Half of me thinks I should mind my own and there could be a good reason for them being there for the week.

The other half of me can't think of what that reason would be. We have one small hospital over whelmed by covid about 20 miles away so if they get ill it's not a good place to be. Add to that I'm pretty sure that the owners of holiday lets were given a hefty sum in order to make up their income they were losing.

Oh I dunno.. what would you do?

Even if I do report, what realistically will be done?!

I wouldn’t report them

Just stop it.

I wouldn't, surely if they were breaking the bloody rulz they wouldn't have asked you so blatantly?

Oh fgs, mind your own business.

Oh, I wouldn't be so sure. Some people have no shame!

I’d mind my own business. Karma can be a real bitch.

Blimey. Keep your nose out

Don't report them Op, there could be lots of legitimate reasons they're there and it's just not your business.

No, don't report

I’d report. I’m sick to make sacrifices while others don’t care so I would report illegal actions.

@LucasLeesEyebrows
Karma?
I hope it’s definitely what you describe. Some people lose jobs and livelihoods to protect others, some want a nice holidays. Sounds karma to me.

I wouldn't report them. It's possible they are there for a funeral or a family member is possibly unwell and needing care.

I wouldn’t myself. Reporting my friends and neighbours (or even strangers) doesn’t sit well with me. Let the police catch them.

It sounds like on the balance of probabilities they were there for a reason.

Also sounds like it's very much none of my business 😉

Thanks all,

💕

Tbf they possibly arrived and were turned away if there wasn't a genuine reason 🤷

I had to book an Airbnb for a funeral which was 6 hours drive away as I could only go to the funeral and then drive back and couldn't do 12 hours straight.

[quote Peculiartimes]@LucasLeesEyebrows
Karma?
I hope it’s definitely what you describe. Some people lose jobs and livelihoods to protect others, some want a nice holidays. Sounds karma to me.[/quote]
My point is that no one knows why they were there. It could have been for an absolutely awful reason. No good will come back on the person reporting it!

I would (and have) report clear breaches of the rules (e.g. the house party with 20+ guests on our quiet residential street the other week) but I absolutely would not report a couple like that based on nothing more than speculation that they might be there on holiday. That’s a whole different kettle of fish IMO.

I think you made the right choice OP.

@Peculiartimes

I’d report. I’m sick to make sacrifices while others don’t care so I would report illegal actions.

And how exactly do you know that they're there 'illegally'?

How disappointing.

I moved into a holiday let in the town I'm living in a couple of weeks ago as I'd sold my house and my new build has been delayed for a few months.

The first night I had the police at my door late one night as someone had "reported" me. No, I had nothing to hide, I explained and the police were fine. But my 2 young children were woken and were terrified to see police on the door step, thinking we were in trouble. And it's not a nice feeling knowing one of my new neighbours reported me to the police. Rather than talking to me, I could have pleasantly explained, it's a reasonable concern. But reporting was a step too far in my view....

I wouldn't, as others have said, there could be any number of legitimate reasons for them being there.

Mind your own business and don’t be a busy body.

No way would I report it. Mind your own business.