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I have two more to add, for overnight guests:

1 - Make your own plans, but don't treat your friends and family like a hotel. Make an effort to spend some time with them and to fit into their routines. If you want to come and go as you please, at all hours, get a hotel room.

2 - Depending on your relationship with your hosts, and if you are comfortable with children, offer to babysit for an evening or an afternoon, or to take the child(ren) on an outing, even just to a nearby playground. I do this every time I stay with friends who have kids, and it is always well-received by parents and kiddos. It also helps me build relationships with the children I love who don't live nearby.