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I'm thinking of writing to them with reiterating the dates and saying "please give us your new flight information so that we can arrange transportation to the airport. Our maids come at 4pm ."
It will probably cost more for them to change airline tix (unless flying Southwest) than pay for a hotel.
Yes, good idea to restate the dates and times. I would also adjust the maid arrival earlier (to them, anyway) so they are not still running around packing when the maid arrives. Just make clear approximately what the cost of transportation should be so they don’t expect you to pay.
We lived in a vacation spot and had a beach condo at one time. It is pretty surprising what people come to expect. One family was actually furious with us when we moved before they had their “annual vacation”!
Why would you arrange their transportation back to the airport? You're already being pretty generous and they're taking advantage of it. Don't give them more opportunities to continue.
I'm thinking of writing to them with reiterating the dates and saying "please give us your new flight information so that we can arrange transportation to the airport. Our maids come at 4pm ."
I would not rescind the invitation completely.
I would reiterate the dates they can stay in the house, and that you're unable to host them the extra night. I'd then provide some recommendations for nearby hotels as a nice gesture and to reinforce your stance.
I certainly would not offer to arrange for their transportation to the airport - unless you're doing so because you're concerned they might overstay regardless of the impending guests.
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Wait, are these friends or not? I can't imagine taking that sort of tone with someone I cared about.
I can't imagine "friends" being so entitled and presumptuous.
Have the guests indicated they expected to be put up the extra night? It does not seem like they have. Maybe the group was using FF miles or something that could only be used on the days specified, so it made it much cheaper to pay for the hotel on the last night... sometimes I take a flight back first thing and would just stay near the airport. I would wait until I got a specific response about the plans first. It does not seem yet that they expect to be put up. They just said they would be in town x to y dates.
Nor can I. I would never consider rescinding an offer with friends either.
Vacation houses are different, you have to be strict. Like OP said they have other people already staying there and these people are preparing to get there early, interrupting the end of their vacation. My ex and I used to rent a beach house for the summer with a group of about 8-10 friends. Some people would be full time, while others were part-time, meaning they came every other weekend normally. The part time people would occasionally not be able to make it for one of their weekends, so they'd try to come the weekend after. Well you can't do that, because the other part-time person who is splitting that bedroom with you will be down that weekend. They would get mad but you have to hold firm.
It will probably cost more for them to change airline tix (unless flying Southwest) than pay for a hotel.
Yes, good idea to restate the dates and times. I would also adjust the maid arrival earlier (to them, anyway) so they are not still running around packing when the maid arrives. Just make clear approximately what the cost of transportation should be so they don’t expect you to pay.
We lived in a vacation spot and had a beach condo at one time. It is pretty surprising what people come to expect. One family was actually furious with us when we moved before they had their “annual vacation”!
Yes we have to hold firm because we do use this as an income property. We are happy to host but as you have experienced, some guests get very entitled over time
I'd happily pay for a trip to the airport I'd it meant they were actually out of the house.
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