I know exactly how you feel. When we put our house up for sale I had the choice to take all my babies and bring them to my mom's house (30 minute car ride) everytime someone was going to view the house because I was told that the cats could not "roam" their own house or to "kennel" them in extra large dog kennels in the basement.

So I bought 4 extra large dog kennels and put them 2 by 2 and 1 in their own kennel until the perspective owners had viewed the house......what a major guilt trip that was. Lucky for me the first people to look at the house made an offer and I only had to kennel them once.

I don't like having to treat my animals any different that I do on any given day just because I have company coming or anything like that....so I feel your pain.