I've been a bad guest but no more, thanks for your advice I will be good from now on : )

CouchSurfers, take notes! When i lived with my brother in england we had a few couchsurfers stay with us and they were all pretty nice :)

I always think leaving a thank you card is always a nice little touch.

Very important reminders. Thanks Sonia! This is something we sometimes overlook especially when we go back to our home country and stay with our relatives, thinking that they're our relatives anyway. But even then, it's still essential that we show respect to them and always communicate. Don't forget to show some gratitude

Bless you for this! This should be made into a Public Service Announcement and shown on tv's world wide!!

All these pieces of advice are common sense, but it is nice to have put them together! Thank you!

When is you next holiday soniastravels ? And where will you go? I love your travel vlogs!

LOL Sonia's freeloader!! Too funny!

When travel in Asia: show the host family your family photos. This tip is always useful.

I agree so much about gifting consumables. I do this for almost all gifts unless I have some very reliable information about the person that tells me they would want something else. It feels so presumptuous to hand someone an object and expect them to incorporate it into their life without knowing if they need or want it. I know that the person will be grateful but I don't want my gift to evoke feelings of clutter-stress or guilt (if they get rid of it.) I've never met anyone that was pissed off to receive wine or chocolate, though :)

Very good. Especially for relatives. Most applicable in Australia!

Very lovely common sence advise, even so its good to hear it.

Can you do a segment on camping??? Thanks for the amazing videos Sonia! Thursday is my favourite day of the week!!!

Perfect! Timely too-off soon to stay for two weeks with with friends in Italy. Thanks.

Sono que buenos consejos !! You rock !!

Excelentes recomendaciones! Gracias!

This couldn't have come at a better time!

Love your travel tips, love your channel!

This is why I am now super picky about Couchsurfers!!! Great post.

Great video, Sonia! I spent the whole week as a guest at the home of a friend in South Africa and I kept asking myself what should I do to be a good guest. I'm relieved to have followed most of your tips. I'm definitely sharing this video.

I do all of the mentioned things and I also make sure to send a thank you postcard when I get home or from my next location saying how much I enjoyed staying over. People really like receiving a card it seems, I always get very enthusiastic responses back by email.

great, great, great advice.

Absolutely wonderful tips! I carry homemade lavender sachets with me and leave them with a thank you note when we leave.

Great advice !

I love your videos. It is helpful for first time and frequent travellers. You are so cute. Thanks for sharing.

This is your best video ever ;) I've been watching your videos obsessively lately and even though I love them all, this one was funny and yet, super useful !

This helped me loads! I'm going to Australia next summer and i am staying with my auntie for 6 weeks :)

Good advice!

Your amazing love your video keep it up

Hi from France. Fantastic advice :)

Be honest, do you ever speak in funny accents when you are with your friends? I'm kind of getting that vibe. :)

loved it.

Thanks Sonia, very important to be a good guest. Great ideas. Love your blogs.

I'm visiting my friend in Paris for Christmas and New Year's, and I'm so nervous about goofing it up! Especially since her parents don't speak English. Thanks for the tips!

Like your tips and videos

It is very nice to watch your videos! Thank you

Great video. I'm staying in a host family in Ireland in summer and this has been really useful. (Sorry for muy English, I'm Spanish)

This was very educational and entertaining 😂 Thanks for sharing 😁....R-E-S-P-E-C-T ....💞

Just realized I'm the worst guest ever lol ... Great vid!

/high 5 Sonia!

When borrow vehicle, fill up the tank when return. If use house phone for a long distance call, put $5, $10 or $20(depend on the amount the usage) in an envelope with a note.

Hi Sonia, are you supposed to tip at an all-inclusive resort where tips are supposedly built into the cost? If so, what is the appropriate amount so you are not being obnoxious while also not being taken advantage of? Thank you for your videos they're very helpful to me planning my very first solo travel adventure!

I love you

Hey Sonia! How about airBnB homes when they don't stay with you? Do you still ask them out?

So how does this work exactly? Do you ask a random person if you can stay with them or are there specific homes that you can go to and if so how do you find them?

can u plz suggest some places to travel alone

I love you too. you can mess up my house anytime lovely videos

When Cousins came to visit they wanted things done there way hogging all the hot water by taking long showers despite there's other people in the house didn't want me to use the dishwasher to clean the dishes they think they're lame and a waste of time. I should tell me rules of the house no long showers, one shower a day,we use the dishwasher to clean the dishes among other things they complain how we run are house. Do you have any advice what should do and should I invite them back to my house if they can't follow the rules?

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I wish I had this video playing when we had house guests last year! We have not had good luck with house guests. Very rude and disrespectful to our home and personally to my husband and I.

Subscrrribe to this channel. I love it!

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Those are all good tips, but what if people don't know how to do those things? Some people are completely clueless.

You have earned yourself a subscriber you sexy traveler

LOL Sonia's freeloader!! Too funny!