AIBU……just not responding to texts.

A thumbs 👍 up at least to let you know all is well.
Most owners of rented holiday type accommodation make contact to ensure person has arrived and found no problems. (I know there is no cost to SiL.)

You have been generous and a wouldn't offer again or get her to phone for the key safe details next time!

Rude and I’ll mannered.

As neither of your texts were answered (2021 and 2023), are you sure you've got her correct mobile number? Just a thought.

Send another text…..
“Just checking if everything is ok?”

If this was me, I’d think they were rude!

I personally consider it rude when people don't reply to a message after a reasonable length of time . It's one of my pet hates . At a push a 👍 will suffice lol.

Totally!!

How rude, made worse by the fact that you could clearly see that she had received and read the msg. It only takes a second to respond with a simple thumbs up or a smiley face to indicate all is well and say thanks.

There’s nothing needy about expecting basic courtesy and good manners.

You sound very needy. Why not give her the benefit of doubt and assume she is busy unpacking and settling in. I'm sure she's already thanked you or will at the end if her stay. Your text did not actually require an answer, you gave her the key code which she needed to enter. Why post on here for all to see, making out you are the good guy but jumping down anyone's throat who disagrees with you!

Shes rude

In the ‘old days’ it would have been a phone call and even those who aren’t text savvy must admit that finding a call box was a lot more of a nuisance than a beeping smartphone
And in the OLD old days it would have been an entire letter
Civility takes 30 seconds
Charge her next time!

She’s being ungrateful and rude. Too bad that she has ruined any future chances of ever staying there again.
Why do people have to be like that?

It was remiss of your SiL not to acknowledge your text, but as they say, no news is good news so presumably she got into your holiday let eventually.
What would definitely "off" is if she did not quickly get in touch to say how charming the place is and how.much she appreciates your generosity.

"You are adding 2 and 2 and making 56!"

As, Sago, are you.

Don't understand why some people think it wrong to charge family to stay in privately owned accn! I don't own a property to let but there are family members who were bequeathed a lovely bungalow near the sea, they charge everyone, family or not, to make use of it, not even a discount!! At the end of the day, occupied or unoccupied, there are still expenses to be paid on any property.

I think it comes down to good manners. You are letting them have the place free so they should at least text back to say they have arrived safely and all is well.
However, they may be just settling in and intending to reply to you after .
Give them a little time.

AIBU? No. Is she rude in not replying to your text ? Yes. I have a daughter in law who never responds to my texts either so we text infrequently. Rise above it - just another thing you have to "let go" it seems. Some people are just ignorant and there's very little you can do to change that!

You are definitely not being unreasonable!

tickingbird

I’m a stickler for good manners and yes, it’s rude. Always posters coming out with excuses for bad behaviour. Unless something untoward has occurred then she should have replied. A thumbs up would suffice but no response is inexcusable imo.

YANBU

I second that.

In response to JenniferEccles, it's surprising how many people didn't consider giving us a small gift after visiting our house.
The most generous was from the person who was our cleaner at the time who not only replaced the food she had used but left us some lovely additions to our food store as a thank you.
Many people don't even bother to replace tins of food, cartons of UHT milk or fruit juice that they've used or household products that have run out.

Ignore some of the nasty replies you’ve had! I’m always roaring laughing reading the responses people get on here to AIBU posts. Clearly there are a lot of very saintly followers of gransnet ( I am not one of them) I think she’s rude Sago and if you let me stay for free in your holiday let I promise I will text you every day.

It's actually quite a lot of work to sort out the linen before and after a visit and we live three hours away so there aren't many people to whom we will lend our holiday let. We've found in the past that most people don't seem to appreciate it and take us for granted.
And I would ALWAYS respond to a text like that from the OP. In fact I usually respond to texts from people I know, even if it isn't strictly necessary.

The person in question has a phone so presumably uses it and a few seconds taken fir a quick thanks for free holiday accommodation is surely not too much to ask.

Some people are not that big on texting.