Madeleine
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Would you have someone innsit for a few hours to do check-ins if you needed to be out of the area in an emergency or would you just call the guest and ask them to stay elsewhere? We may return before the guest arrives (as the guest has already rather grumpily informed us she has no idea when she will be arriving and why does she have to pick a time anyway?) but we may not. If the weather is bad we could be delayed for hours.
(If it helps decide the answer, we have to travel out of state to a funeral 6 hours away.)
The other option is the non-family member stays home to watch the inn.
I have some innkeeping friends who could help out, the housekeeper could help out (she's never done anything like this before so I'm guessing she'd panic if asked) but most of my friend-friends are out of town for NYE so the options for who to get are limited.
More than likely we would beat the guests here by hours but planning that way does not make it so. Usually it makes it the opposite! And it would be very stressful if we were held up anywhere. If this were a repeat guest I would handle it differently, just give them my phone number and leave the keys for them and tell them to keep it down to a dull roar.
(If it helps decide the answer, we have to travel out of state to a funeral 6 hours away.)
The other option is the non-family member stays home to watch the inn.
I have some innkeeping friends who could help out, the housekeeper could help out (she's never done anything like this before so I'm guessing she'd panic if asked) but most of my friend-friends are out of town for NYE so the options for who to get are limited.
More than likely we would beat the guests here by hours but planning that way does not make it so. Usually it makes it the opposite! And it would be very stressful if we were held up anywhere. If this were a repeat guest I would handle it differently, just give them my phone number and leave the keys for them and tell them to keep it down to a dull roar.