Never have

I am not at all strict about it, especially right now since the carpet will be ripped out soon anyway. I picked up the habit when I visited India, and I rather like the custom.

How come "I don't take off my shoes" is missing as an option? I have quartersawn white oak floors and tile. I hate carpeting for so many reasons! I think the only person who removed their shoes is a neighbor that just came from their horse pasture and had horse shit all over their boots. Other than that... Wipe your feet and come on in.

Obviously I remove my hiking boots if I go hiking and they are really muddy. I'll kick them off in the garage or beside the laundry room and let them dry. I have a backpack vacuum that works great. I hit the whole house every week to ten days.

I believe barefoot is best, but my guests are free to wear or not wear whatever they like.

Not only do I not take my shoes off I don't ask people to either. Keeps my house from getting stinky.

Nah. Neither. D) none of the above

You left out "I don't take off my shoes or ask others to".

Actually we're not stupid, we take our shoes off it it's rainy and muddy / snowy or otherwise a slop-fest as it's impossible not to track it all over the house. We also take our shoes off if it's more comfortable to have them off, which is usually true when we are staying indoors. But we don't necessarily do so when going in and out doing errands and such. My wife has boots of some soft material that she often forgets to take off because they're so comfortable, though. Also, ahem, at our age it's more work to get them off

I take off my shoes when entering any home. I know that is not how everyone does things, and I accept that. Most people remove their shoes in my home after they see I do so.

Since I live in Florida, I am nearly always in flip flops and prefer being barefoot, I am very likely to kick mine off whether they want me to or not LOL

Enclosed footwear is another matter. If I see a pile of shoes at the door and they have light carpet or brilliantly gleaming floors, I typically take them off but in the absence of some obvious hint that I should, I probably won't

If you prefer that people remove their shoes, you could post a decorative or whimsical sign

No shoe rules at my house. If I take my shoes off it's simply because I want to go barefoot. Back and front doors wide open when I'm home. (I took the screen doors off cos I don't like them). Polished floors throughout. We used to have a few rugs but when my dog was a pup she weed on them and we never replaced them.

i love barefoot, so no shoes at home, at the beach, when driving. at home the same applies to visitors.

I take mine off because I'm more comfortable that way. Guests are not expected to unless they want to take them off.

My BnB is shoe free. My office house is not. But no one goes in my office house but me.

ok here are the results so far of my impromptu survey. 36 votes for Yes.. I take off my shoes and ask others to

and 60 votes for I DO TAKE off my shoes but I don't ask others to.