@Sallie1 .....Yeah Sallie, you are going to get this every now and then! A lot of people think they are booking a 'space'.......not as a person number, so they don't place much importance on how many people utilise this 'space'!! Maybe they are trying to get something on the cheap....maybe not, but you have to let it go! It's much like guests travelling with infant children! They consider a child more as an item which just happens to be with them....like a suitcase, rather than an additional guest!!
On many occasions when I receive a booking, it is for 'One' person.....although they do say that there will be another in tow, and we just accept that because, the amount of room reparation is the same regardless of whether it is one or two people. I have a cot and I have even put in a sofa bed recently to accommodate more than two, but I don't make any adjustment to the price....the cottage is utilised, we are being paid, and that's that!
Sallie, handle the review process on how they treated your accommodation....not on the number of them! Remember, what you write will stay with you for as long as you host. Think carefully about your reviews because many people, both hosts and guests, will judge you by the words you choose. Before you write that review, make yourself a cup of coffee and leave that 'bitter taste' in the kitchen!!! Good luck.....
I sincerely hope Sallie this post is not seen by others as sanctimonious, in-accurate, or self congratulatory!...It is purely offered to try and help you with the question you have raised!.....Rob