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That's a tricky subject b/c you never know the person's intentions. Also there is a dua'a for when ppl come over and stay at your home.

If they were close friends...people who I generally trust.

i heard that too..
but women are not allowed as always

Is hospitality not a very emphasized component in Islam?

Ahh I see. I should've remembered the taboo on mixing of the sexes in that manner sweatdrop .

What are some of the rules and guidelines for hospitality in Islam besides "Don't make moves on my spouse"?
Are guests to have the best of what's available? Or are things divided up so that everyone (guest and house-owner ) get equally pleasant accommodations?
What if someone is out-staying their welcome?
What if an enemy comes to you for shelter and care?
What if a non-Muslim guest accidentally violates any of the purity/cleanliness laws?
These are just things off the top of my head...feel free to add anything else if you can think of it!

One of My father's friends of 15 years came over and stayed the night once. Father would have trusted him with his life. Once, when I was twelve, he started handling my breasts in an inappropriate fashion. It hurt. Needless to say, I was confused and slightly afraid. I was really innocent then and had never been remotely aware of anything sexual, so I had no idea what he was doing. I kept quiet for two days because I didn't know if it was worth telling or not. It felt like it was very important though, so I told my mother after he left. I remember that she got really frantic and asked me if he did anything else to me and I said no. Later I had to go to the police station and tell everything, and my father removed any photographs, letters, and any other traces of that man.unfortunately, he ran away to another country before the police could find him. Still hasn't been found today. When I look back, I was really stupid, because he could have done a lot more to me within those two days, but it just goes to show that even your closest friends can't be trusted.

My husband and I share the viewpoint of allowing others to stay over if they need a place to sleep. Unless we distrust the person for some reason. We trust our friends, however, Lisa, that is a terrible and very shocking thing to hear! It's awful what he did to you..

You can indeed never know someone's intentions, and they might not even have intentions at first, but they may act on impulses you can't predict.

When my husband and I offer someone to stay over, if it's a woman, my husband will not to be alone with her, and if it's a guy, I do the same.
We try to make them as comfortable as possible. Our guest room is actually bigger and nicer than our own bedroom xD because we prefer the sunlight in the other room in the morning.

We were supposed to have over two guys, cousins of a close friend of ours and we trust them indirectly because of that. They would've come in the evening, and leave after Fajr. I would've worn my hijab of course and just stayed in my room. (I don't exactly feel the need to socialise with two men I don't know xD) Didn't go through in the end, but yeah.

We definitely wouldn't have any smoking or drinking inside the house, and I expect them not to have sex in my house x3 if these friends are non-muslims, we will explain that to them. For the rest, they can't be expected to know about everything we do and I wouldn't feel upset if they did something by mistake.