Hi
I also ask guests to notify me at least 1 hour before arrival, so I can get home in time if I am out, or inform them if I won't be there & double check that they know how to get in ok.(i.e having read & followed the very detailed instructions that I have sent).
Guests rarely do this,(either one or the other, or both) either arriving when I am not ready for them in myself..i.e in the shower or something.
Or arriving and not having read the instructions I sent them properly,or contacted me, are either lost, or can't get in (my place is rural, with a bad mobile signal, and after dark can be very hard to locate)
This is frustrating for both of us.
So, GUESTS, please acknowledge that HOSTS DO NEED TO KNOW IN ADVANCE YOUR ARRIVAL TIME.
Thankyou 🙂