@Facade I wouldn’t expect them to host me at all.. people, however close they are can always be shit.
Why would they INSIST on you staying in a hotel?
Did it come up in a discussion (as if it were not obvious, if they were friends, that you stay with them) Of course if it wasn’t planed that you arrived there..that’s another case..
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“No, no…now that you’re here.. I must suggest that you enjoy the town the fullest.. you mus… oh indeed, you MUST book a room at that building there, around the corner from my house, you see?”... you read: “N..o.. V…a..c…a..n.c.y…”, hmm…