Hi, I know a few people on here have B&B's etc and I have talked about this on another forum, when we open our doors to people they could be mad axe men or women for all we know, and although normal people lock the door to strangers, when we have a guest house or B&B we actually encourage strangers in.
5 years ago we had a chap that phoned to book in Jan, gave his name and paid up front for 2 nights stay, he was chatting to me a lot and asking me stuff but we did have guests in and my husband was also around, turned out to be a serial robber who attacked women on their own and carried a knife, he was sent to jail for 8 years for more than 100 similar crimes he had committed, he actually is a local man, I think I got off very lightly that time BUT, I have taken people in that I have not been happy about at all, nothing so far has happened and the only thing that went missing ever (apart from the odd towel) was a book.......anyway, I swear that very same man came to the door on Saturday....he looked so familiar and his body language and questions were unusual and alerted me, but I did not re check the internet or ask his name....I have informed the local police and we were/are full so did not take him in, I would not have done anyway.......now I go on my gut instinct, how on earth otherwise can you tell?