The unwritten rules (written down)

For hosts

• Answer requests fast. A pending request is a person checking their phone. Decide within a day.
• Decline kindly. Choosing who joins is your call. A warm pass keeps someone's courage intact for the next event.
• Break the ice early. The first ten minutes decide how the whole thing goes. Names, a game, a job for early arrivals. Anything beats silence.
• Keep your word. Start near the time you set, deliver what the listing promised, and if plans change, message everyone before they've left home.
• Ask before you post. Photos of guests are theirs to okay. A quick "anyone off-camera?" at the start covers it.

For guests

• Request honestly. Only ask to join things you'll actually attend, no-shows follow your profile around.
• Use "On my way". It tells your host you're real and en route; it opens three hours before the start.
• Respect the space. Someone opened up their home, their studio, their table or their Sunday morning to you. Whatever they've asked of you isn't a suggestion.
• Contribute something. A bottle, a snack, a hand with chairs, good questions. The best guests leave a thing better than they found it.
• Review honestly, kindly. Ratings are how trust compounds here. Praise publicly; raise problems through reports, not review bombs.

This is general guidance for UK hosts, not legal, tax or insurance advice. Rules change and edge cases are real. Check GOV.UK or a professional for your situation. Wello connects hosts and guests; hosts run their own events and are responsible for following the laws that apply to them.