FORGIVE ME?

Would the home exchangers forgive me for making them change their first-night hotel reservation?  The homeless shelter they booked that illegally offered unoccupied shelter rooms was cheap, but not worth the dangers, including infesting my home with bedbugs.  I found the swappers a hotel that was a bit more money, but a lot safer, more comfortable and more convenient.


To apologize for making them switch I offered them tickets to a show at my expense.  This was their reply:

"hi nicole

thank you so much for your gift, but i think we should thank you also for the change of the hotel for more than one reason: it was very comfortable and so close to your home."

I was glad to hear that my urging the swappers to use a real hotel had not soured them on swapping with me. Home exchange is about building a relationship.  Establishing boundaries is one way to keep a relationship working.  My boundary of no incoming guests from homeless shelters had been respected by the swappers.  We were happy home exchangers.




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