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Puedes traer visitas siempre y cuando me avises antes.

Puedes traer visitas siempre y cuando me avises antes.
You can bring visitors as long as you let me know beforehand.
From Lesson 345:Strict conditions (con tal de que, siempre y cuando)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Puedes traer visitas siempre y cuando me avises antes.

Why is avises in the subjunctive mood here?
The phrase siempre y cuando ('as long as' or 'provided that') introduces a strict condition that must be met for the main action to happen. Conditional phrases of strict requirement always trigger the subjunctive because the condition is a pending requirement, not an established fact.
Could I just use siempre que instead of siempre y cuando?
Yes, both can mean 'as long as' and both trigger the subjunctive in this context. However, siempre y cuando is slightly more emphatic, stressing that the condition is non-negotiable. Additionally, siempre que can sometimes mean 'whenever' if followed by the indicative mood, whereas siempre y cuando is exclusively used for conditions.
Doesn't visitas translate directly to 'visits'?
Literally, yes, but in conversational Spanish, visitas is heavily used to refer to the actual people who are visiting. Saying traer visitas or tener visitas is the most natural way to talk about bringing or having guests over.
Why use me avises instead of a direct translation like me dejes saber for 'you let me know'?
While you might hear literal translations like dejar saber in regions with heavy English influence, the verb avisar is the standard, most natural way in Spanish to say 'to let someone know', 'to notify', or 'to give a heads-up'.

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