Not a smallholder issue but can I ask, I am very leanient and if guests are staying a while an odd day in the room is OK, especialy if they are elderly or ill but when people do not let you know if they are intending to stay in or at least ask, I get stuck in as well.
I also set out breakfast and the lady I am concerned about went creeping out past without letting me know she did not want breakfast, if she had told me I would have been happy, instead of hanging around, not being able to feed the chickens or clean up after the dogs, I found she was out when I went to her room.
Anyway, when I asked if she could let me know she was very awkward and said, other B&B'slet you come and go as you please, I agreed that I do as well but if they say they want breakfast I expect them to let me know if they change thier plans, I also need to do basic house keeping and need to know if people are in as I sometimes have to go out myself and do not leave guests in the house. Remember the guest have a key so they can let themselves in BUT, if I want to go somewhere I need to lock another door so knowone will get in. I was/am a bit mad with her as I had a ragging toothache and just needed to go to have treatment but she kept avoiding me so I rang my partner, he came home from work so I could go....anyway...ADVICE PLEASE!!!! she's off tomorrow after a 9 day stay, at least our other guests play the game!!!
All I needed was 1 to tell me if she required breakfast or not 2 Let me know or in fact ask me if she wanted to stay in durring the day and thats it!!!!!! Answers in plain simple terms so I can show her it is not unusual to vacate B&B's durring the day!!!