Roberta-
Roberta, it is not up to the host to pre-judge the living/sleeping arangements of guests.
I have had a number of bookings for a male and a female travelling together and in most instances they don't tell me when they are, or are not an 'item'. I simply get.......
"Congratulation Andrea and Jon have a confirmed reservation for Mon 11th June, send them a welcome message"!.....Or....
"Hi My name is Andrea and I have seen your lovely listing and we would like to stay with you on Mon 11th June"! The request is for two guests and my base rate is for two guests, but there is no mention of that second guest.. or if they would like the use of the second bed, for which I generally get an extra $15.
I can pry into what might be the relationship, but l don't want to. I feel that would be an invasion of their privacy because, at that point, l do not know them...I don't know who they are or what the relationship might be.
"My mother and I would love to stay in your cottage on the night of Mon 11th June" .....half of them are quite happy to sleep in the one bed with their parent, the other half want the second bed, but they don't flag that before they arrive.
I would love there to be somewhere in the booking protocol that would automatically take care of this anomoly without me having to beg the guest as an extra charge.
IE: 1 guest, 1 bed......$85
2 guests, 1 bed.........$85
2 guests, 2 beds.......$100
3 guests, 2 beds.......$100.
4 guests, 2 beds.......$100
5 guests, 3 beds.....and so on
Most guests will give you a decent hint as to the sleeping arrangements they require, but in a good few instances as it stands at the moment, when they arrive they tell me and I just have to take the hot where the servicing of that second bed is concerned. It doesn't happen often enough for me to make a big deal of it....I just accept it!
Cheers......Rob