Missing Guests
I had a couple come in on Thursday evening at about 5:00. They had booked until Sunday. I live on the same property so I greeted them and they had a kayak on their vehicle. They told me their goal was to explore, to find different lakes to paddle into, to find some cool beaches and a couple of hikes. I live in a small isolated community and this is my jam. We spoke enthusiastically and I texted him several dropped pins of my favorite swim holes and paddle areas, then I left them alone.
I can see on the logs from the door lock that between 5:00 and 8:00 p.m. there was several instances where they went out to their vehicle and back locking themselves in afterwards. 8:30 p.m. they unlocked, locked from the outside using the keypad, then presumably drove away. I thought nothing of it the next morning when I didn't see their car I didn't care to check the logs, but by late afternoon I had this gut feeling so I looked at the locks logs and I saw that they never came back. I don't know that actually, maybe one of them left and the other one is still there. It's none of my business. But I'm always paranoid when I go out into the woods so I usually tell someone where I'm going in case I find myself in trouble that somebody knows I'm missing and where I've been to. By Friday evening they hadn't returned and I was starting to become really worried. I sent him a message and decided if I didn't hear from him by dark I would report this to the RCMP.
Fortunately he responded back and said that they had to cut their trip short unexpectedly. No further explanation. Problem solved, case dismissed, crisis averted.
My guess is that they had a family emergency, or maybe they had a fight. They didn't request any sort of refund, but I did refund them cleaning fee because everything was untouched.
I was a bit torn on Friday night though as to what to do in this circumstance. They rented the suite from me what they do with it they're coming and goings completely up to them. It is absolutely none of my business and should not even be on my radar. But it was on my radar, enough for me to be concerned and consider going to the local police.
I just wanted to share this unusual situation and maybe get some validation that I did the right thing. That in this case concern about a guests well-being and whereabouts supersedes the guests assumption of privacy.