I'm the person responsible for the quote...
I hate it when my words come back to haunt me...
Up til a few years ago, I lived in Manhattan, in several places in Manhattan, and it never failed, every few weeks, I'd get a phone call from someone who was coming into NYC and needed a place to stay, could they stay on my couch. Now that meant, eating the food in my fridge, watching my cable, using my air conditioning, hot water and everything else in my apartment.
That person got a nice inexpensive vacation, and ok, they had to put up with me, which is no easy task, but my life got put on hold while they stayed, because I might just have to entertain.
if I was lucky, I might get a dinner out of it... Most of these people I haven't talked to since i moved out of the city... Hotel Maleficent closed, so my usefulness was gone.
I would never impose on someone else when I am elsewhere -- hotels exist for a reason.