Garen Gouveia, co-owner of Corporate Kids Events in Monterey, Calif., which provides child-care services for events as well as individual families visiting the Monterey Peninsula, said some hotels that referred guests to his service did thorough research on the company, while others simply added it to their list.
Ms. Duffy said that there was no written company policy on how to handle minor medical situations but that in general the hotel would first refer guests to a local hospital or recommend they call their own doctor or insurance company.
Betty Reichard, front desk manager for the Grove Park Inn Resort and Spa in Asheville, N.C., said she referred guests to baby sitters who are certified in first aid and C.P.R. "We don't just let anybody walk in off the street and ask to be on our sitters list," she said.
I love receiving emails from around the world and being referred guests from distant parts of the country, but I think everyone here is keen to make sure that we're welcoming first and foremost those who come from within a few miles of here.
For example, if the wedding is held in a church, the ceremony booklet may refer guests to the pew hymnals.
Ricky Gervais refers to Guest as "the biggest single influence on my work", which he says is fine; Gervais is a friend.
"There's no need to try and entice them," Peter Shaindlin, managing director, said in late December, referring to guests turned away after the storm.
Another, referring to guests in Oslo, pledged: "Denzil Washington and Anne Hathaway, from now on I am going to watch every movie you are in!" Speaking in Washington, Obama said: "The values he espouses are universal, his struggle is peaceful, and he should be released as soon as possible".
Sometimes when someone comes in, Beverly just says, 'She's perfect for so and so.' " Most of Ms. Harris's time is spent interviewing and referring potential guests and maintaining her roster of 900 hosts, more than half of them in Westchester, the rest in Putnam County and Fairfield, Conn.
Under a new policy announced this month, passengers -- whom the railroad now refers to as "guests" -- are asked to make their complaint on the spot, to a conductor or other Amtrak employee.
(Delightful footnote: The Huffington Post has already had to print a correction saying that its version of an anecdote featuring Mr. Lowe, Andy Warhol, Diana Ross and Cornelia Guest "incorrectly referred to Cornelia Guest as a socialist instead of a socialite").
