: Instead of asking "What can I do?", offer specific tasks.

: Wine, flowers, candles, or specialty food items from your home country.

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: Offer to go on a grocery run or buy shared items.

: Help with meal prep (like chopping veggies) or loading the dishwasher.

: For long-term unwanted guests, you may eventually need to set a specific move-out date or, in extreme cases, provide formal notice of eviction if they have no other place to go.

: Small touches go a long way. Provide clean linens, extra blankets, and a basket of travel-sized toiletries (toothbrush, toothpaste, lotion).