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Just as you are beginning to despair, the phone rings. The guests stopped off to see friends on the way and are now totally lost, as they forgot to bring the directions you gave them over the phone last week. They are over an hour away and are not going to arrive much before 11 p.m. Irritated and annoyed, you settle back to wait. A van finally pulls into the driveway at 11:30 p.m., spilling out three more people than you were expecting. On the phone, your contact had said it would be her and her husband and their three children, but on your doorstep, and piling into the house, are five children and a third adult. Airily they tell you that the renter’s sister decided to join them at the last minute. They didn’t think you would mind, and the kids are all happy to bunk in together. You do mind, particularly when you see a small dog being unloaded from the van along with the luggage. They hadn’t mentioned a dog. But neither had you!

It’s late, though, you’ve got a long drive home, and you need to explain some of the quirkier bits of cottage living they may not have encountered before. Eager to get the children settled, the moms go off, and you go through the list you’ve prepared with dad. He assures you he’ll go through it in the morning and call you if he has any questions. Feeling a little uneasy about the whole business, you set off back to the city wondering if renting really was such a good idea after all.