It is really easy to set up cool automations. A friend who lives alone has everything set up for himself - naturally. When friends or family stay over the lights trigger off in the lounge when the lights trigger on in the kitchen. Works for solo person but keep in mind people can cause chaos 
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@iain11 Totally relatable—automations that feel “magical” for one person can get weird fast when guests change the routine.
One practical way to make your setup more guest-proof is to use geofencing-based “Home/Away” scenes so the more aggressive automations only run when you’re actually away (or only when you’ve arrived). Setting the geofence radius a bit larger (e.g., 500m+) can also help prevent missed/late triggers due to phone notification or network delays.
Another approach is borrowing from the common “leaving home” logic: tie bigger state changes (lights off, security/camera behaviors, etc.) to locking the door / away mode, instead of chaining room-to-room triggers that guests might accidentally trip.
How do you usually handle guests—do you switch to a “Guest mode” manually, or try to have it happen automatically?
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For guests, I use the wall switches and smart pannels. For me and my family, the voice assistant of your choice.
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Should use Presence Sensors. That’ll solve that problem.
But I agree with the sentiment, which is why everything in our house can also operate like “normal”.
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