The phrase "a charming guest" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is pleasant and delightful to have as a visitor.
Example: "Everyone enjoyed the dinner party, especially because of the presence of a charming guest who kept the conversation lively."
Alternatives: "an enchanting visitor" or "a delightful attendee".
Is there really a yawning chasm of difference between an irritated author anonymously writing himself a well-constructed review, perhaps to counter vicious personal comments, and a professional reviewer openly writing a glowing review of a novel in a Sunday newspaper because its author was a charming guest at his Sussex beach hut lunch last weekend?
They also manage a charming guest house on the property.
Wislocky, El Segundo: "Our favorite place in Bavaria is a charming guest house called Haus Kristall, Kreuzweg 24, 8959 Schwangan-Walter Hoffen, Germany.
I promised them I would be a charming guest and that I wouldn't mind if I were the only single person there.The response was incredible.
BriWi (as we like to call him) had a sort of side career to his anchoring the NBC news show, that of being a charming guest on late-night television, where he would regale the host with his personalized stories of the intensity of his experiences in all sorts of crises (Hurricane Katrina, war stories, etc).
If you really have no clue and the mere thought of deciding this gives you sweaty palms, don't bring anything, just sincerely thank your host and hostess for inviting you and be a charming guest.
Instead he's a gruffly affable, charming guest who has no qualms following Maron's interview lead wherever it goes -- from his early days as a teen in Winnipeg, across Canada, and on down into the United States.
A Room and a Pot of Chicken WHERE TO STAY In Mikulov, Hotel Templ (Husova 50; 420-519-323-095; templ.cz) has charming guest rooms in a beautifully restored building in the former Jewish quarter.
Like a charming dinner guest, he brims with fun facts, good humor and amusing reminiscences.
When your passion is eminently portable, your work follows you everywhere like a charming, uninvited guest.
Mr. Stamos is a handsome dancer (last Friday he was a charming surprise guest in "Almost Nothing, Almost Everything," Keith Hennessy's brilliant improvisational appearance at the New Museum), as is Luciane Pinto, a Brazilian-born dancer who seemed to function at times as another iteration of Mr. Stamos's being.
