“Hospitality: The art of making a guest feel at home when you wish he were”
“Hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even when you wish they were” (or “Hospitality is making your guests feel like they’re at home, even if you wish they were”) is a saying that has been printed on many images.
“Social tact is making your company feel thoroughly at home, even though you thoroughly wish they were” was printed in Puck magazine on November 21, 1914.
“Hospitality is making your guests feel at home when you wish they were” was printed in The Aggielite (Tishomingo, OK) on January 23, 1940. “HOSPITALITY: The art of making a guest feel at home when you wish he were,” in “Daffynitions” by Paul H. Gilbert, was printed in the Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram on April 22, 1945. “Hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even though you wish they were” was printed in the Centre Daily Times (State College, PA) on May 5, 1988. “Hospitality is making your guests feel at home…even when you wish they were” was printed in the Daily Evening Item (Lynn, MA) on March 14, 1989. “Hospitality is making your guests feel like they’re at home - even if you wish they were” was posted on X/Twitter by GratitudeSoup on May 24, 2009.
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21 November 1914, Puck (New York, NY), pg. 11, col. 3:
Social tact is making your company feel thoroughly at home, even though you thoroughly wish they were.
21 November 1914, The Evening Post (New York, NY), “Newspaper Waifs,” pg. 8, col. 7:
Social tact is making your company feel thoroughly at home, even though you thoroughly wish they were.—[Puck.
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28 January 1915, Worthington (MN) Globe (Washington, MN), pg. 2, col. 5:
Tact.
Social tact is making your company feel thoroughly at home, even though you thoroughly wish they were.—Puck.
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7 May 1926, St, Joseph (MO) News=Press, pg. 2, col. 8:
DEFINITION.
Social tact is making your company feel thoroughly at home, even though you thoroughly wish they were.—Boston Transcript.
17 May 1926, Savannah (GA) Press, pg. 4, col. 8:
ETIQUETTE RULE Number XYZBVD
Always make your company feel at home…especailly when you wish they were.
10 February 1932, Albany (NY) Evening News, “The Woodpile,” pg. 22, col. 4:
A DEFINITION
Social tact, Louise, is making people feel at home, even when you wish they were.
—Boston Transcript.
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27 March 1932, The Spokeman-Review (Spokane, WA), pt. 4, pg. 4, col. 4:
Social tact, Louise, is making people feel at home, even when you wish they were.
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14 April 1934, The Voice (Hobart, Tasmania), pg. 1, col. 5:
Social culture is defined as the knack of making people feel at home when you wish they were.
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23 January 1940, The Aggielite (Tishomingo, OK), pg. 2, col. 1:
Hospitality is making your guests feel at home when you wish they were.
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22 April 1945, Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram, “Daffynitions” by Paul H. Gilbert, sec. 1, pg. 6, col. 4:
HOSPITALITY: The art of making a guest feel at home when you wish he were.
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24 February 1950, Chicago (IL) Daily Tribune, pt. 2, pg. 1, col. 3:
Hospitality: The art of making your guests feel at home when you wish they were.
—PIPE DREAMS
30 June 1952, Detroit (MI) News, “A Reporter About Town” by John M. Carlisle, pg. 38, col. 8:
OVERHEARD BY the mental pickpocket, “Hospitality is the art of making people feel at home when you wish they were.”
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5 May 1988, Centre Daily Times (State College, PA), pg. 1, col. 1:
A HINT: Hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even though you wish they were.
—Bits and Pieces
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14 March 1989, Daily Evening Item (Lynn, MA), pg. 6, col. 5:
SADIE
Hospitality is
making your
guests feel at
home…
even when you
wish they
were.
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9 September 1989, Globe-Gazette (Mason CIty, IA), “Chuckle,” pg. A1, col. 1:
Having guests this weekend? We remind you that good hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even when you wish they were.
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28 May 1991, The Times (Nanaimo, BC), “Spectator,” pg. 5A, col. 3:
Thought for the day: Hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even when you wish they were.
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Samuel Stoddard
Nov 5, 1991, 4:03:45 PM
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“Hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even though you wish
they were.”
—Unknown
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GratitudeSoup
@GratitudeSoup
Hospitality is making your guests feel like they’re at home - even if you wish they were.
9:43 AM · May 24, 2009
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Elizabeth Kokemuller
@CkrofOne
RT @funnyoneliners: Hospitality is making your guests feel like they’re at home - even if you wish they were.
9:50 AM · May 24, 2009
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Allon Cheng
@AllonCheng
From a waiter in a Lodon restaurant with a star : “Hospitality is making your guests feel like they’re at home, even if you wish they were.”
4:27 PM · Jun 27, 2009
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HoodWords
@HoodWords
Hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even if you wish they were. ~Unknown
7:40 AM · Oct 11, 2009
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1 October 2010, The Item (Sumter, SC), “Notable & Quotable,” pg. A9, col. 1:
Hospitality: Making your guests feel like they’re at home, even if you wish they were.
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Asher Abel
@AsherAbel
Hospitality is making your guests feel at home—even when you wish they were.
11:48 AM · Aug 14, 2012
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Comfort Inn & Suites of Orem
@comfortorem
Hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even when you wish they were.
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10:40 AM · Apr 17, 2023
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Ann Ebert
@ebert_ann
here’s that old saying, “Hospitality is making your guests feel like they’re at home, even if you wish they were!”
7:56 PM · Apr 10, 2025
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Bob Golen
@BobGolen
Hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even when you wish they were.
9:14 PM · Jul 30, 2025