Would you follow this rule?

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Staying at a holiday house, the rules mention 'no food or drink to be taken upstairs' - would you follow it?

YABU - I'm on holiday, I'm having a cup of tea in bed and I'm old enough not to make a mess

YANBU - rules are rules, I'll do as I'm told

So I can understand the logic of not doing it in a holiday house if you wouldn't in your own, but if you enjoy a cup of tea in bed at home and manage it without making a mess, why would you suddenly think yourself incapable because someone else has arbitrarily said you can't? That's what I don't get

We brought our daughter up to eat at the dining table. She has never expressed a wish to eat a meal in bed.

Why do people drink tea in bed? If you're awake, why wouldn't you get up to drink your tea? You can just as easily (probably more easily) drink tea sitting in a chair.

I don’t take food upstairs at home, but I do tea and coffee, so yes, if I was staying somewhere like that, I would still take a drink up with me.

Bugger all is going to happen if I did it.

Holiday lets aren't public places or hotels. It's not illegal to smoke inside them (though usually it's requested that you don't). As you can see by comments on here, a lot of people are used to not eating in bedrooms too.

I would assume the rule is there to prevent food being smeared into the carpet or red wine stains on white bedding. I would also assume it makes it easier for owners to ask for contributions towards any damage - I would not think they would protest against someone having a cup of tea in bed. I really don’t think anyone would begrudge that…

I’m the same.
No food upstairs in our house.

I think it’s a bit of a daft rule to impose in a holiday let.

Firstly it feels overbearing - people want to relax on holiday and petty rules set the wrong tone.

Most people the worst that is going to happen is a few crumbs - well you’re hoovering and changing the bedl linen between guests so no big deal.

Actual damage (curry stains on carpet etc) should be covered in a damage deposit.

And probably the biggest factor: people most likely to do stupid stuff like eat curry in bed and make a mess are also the same people who are likely to totally ignore house rules.

Basically you’re probably pissing off the reasonable majority of guests who are careful and doing almost nothing to stop the careless, don’t-give-a-damn guests behaving badly.

Or maybe you’re not well suited at being guests!

Yes I would, why would you take food or drink upstairs anyway.

A cup of tea or coffee in bed is one of life’s great joys! I have a little bedside coffee maker for this purpose.

i do completely despair at the food mess my eldest leaves around the house but ARFID +’ASD + ADHD means I pick my battles - he can’t cope with food smells sometimes so I let him take a meal to his bedroom if he can’t manage eating at the dinner table. Whatever gets him eating.

Take a travel cup up with you! A cuppa in bed is one of the great pleasures of holiday, surely.

The mere thought of having a cup of tea while sitting in bed makes you physically vomit? Really?

I wouldn’t take food upstairs because I don’t eat in bed.

I would take a cup of tea upstairs because I’m a grown adult and relaxing in bed with a cup of tea in the morning is something I like to do, which has no impact on anyone else and which the Airbnb owner isn’t ever going to know about.

I’ve been drinking tea in bed for about 35 years now and I’ve yet to spill one, so I’m not terribly concerned about that risk.

Because I want to, and it’s not unreasonable when I’m paying for accommodation. Drinks in particular.

if I were an invited guest at someone’s house, that is different

This. Petty rules always annoy the sensible the most. Better to just deal with those who actually misbehave.

How would you feel if someone came into your home and ignored a rule, even if they found it ridiculous?

So you rented a house with rules and now because you don’t like them you aren’t going to follow them?

Simple don’t rent next time and yes respect someone else’s rules in their house - that is what hotels are for if you don’t like it.

Entitled behaviour to do whatever you want.

so after you’d paid out money you’d follow whatever unreasonable rule the owners stipulated, even if it took away everyday expected pleasure from the holiday?

if so, you’re a right mug.

No need to call people names. I’m not a mug but respect the rules in someone else house like a reasonable person.

Because that’s what people want to do.

why does this require an explanation?

I havent got any rules but if i did, If i wasn't there how would i know?

So many saying yeah, I'll follow the rules which I think are reasonable. Why don't you just say "I don't respect rules"?

I wouldn't have booked a holiday cottage with that rule. But if I turned up and found it had that rule then I'd ignore it - I don't take food upstairs but do enjoy a morning cup of tea in bed. And I need a glass of water in the night.

Agree. Its a rudiculous rule.

Husband has type 1 diabetes and sometimes has hypoglycaemia in the night. This requires a sugary drink or snack (jelly babies or similar) at the bedside, to treat.
So there's no way we could stick to this rule even if we wanted to.

Obviously takeaway boxes etc are a different scenario.