Hjálpaðu gestum að ferðast eins og heimamenn

Airbnb var í upphafi vettvangur sem gerði ferðalöngum kleift að gista á heimili einhvers annars á viðráðanlegu verði. Hugmyndin náði flugi eftir því sem fleiri gestgjafar buðu eignir um allan heim og áttu í samskiptum við gesti.

Herbergi heiðra þessa hefð: Þau henta gestum sem vilja fá næði en vilja líka kynnast nýju fólki og upplifa sig eins og heimamaður á staðnum. Með herbergi fá gestir sitt eigið svefnherbergi inni á heimili ásamt aðgangi að rýmum sem aðrir gætu einnig haft aðgang að.

Hér eru nokkrar ábendingar til að láta gestum líða vel með að bóka og gista hjá þér.

Þú getur kynnt staðinn fyrir gestum með því að útbúa ferðahandbók fyrir skráninguna þína. Það er einföld leið til að deila ráðleggingum með gestum.

Margir gestgjafar gefa einnig ráð í eigin persónu. Reed, sem býður upp á herbergi í Philadelphia með eiginkonu sinni, býður gestum oft að borða með þeim á sunnudögum. Hann segir frá „flottum en óvenjulegum stöðum“ eins og hverfiskaffihúsinu með vegg þakinn bókum.

Stundum býður Reed gestum út að dansa salsa—en dansinn er í miklu uppáhaldi hjá honum. „Við höfum farið með nokkra gesti á rómanska staði til að koma blóðinu smá á hreyfingu,“ segir hann. Hann bætir við að sumir gestir séu „orðnir eins og börnin okkar“.

Guests may book your room because your host profile creates a sense of familiarity, which can help guests feel comfortable staying with you.

Nicola, who hosts a room in Fitzroy, Australia, shares that she appreciates new cultures and cuisines. She’s found that some guests like to “hang out and feel like they’ve got a home here.”

She and her brother, a renowned chef in Melbourne, sometimes offer to cook meals with guests. “We’ve got a commercial kitchen, so they can roll out the pasta or the panini breads,” she says.

One group felt so at ease that they did yoga in Nicola’s living room. “It was great that they really enjoyed the space,” she says. Noting their interest in exercise, Nicola took them to a park nearby, where they spent an afternoon climbing trees and talking about other places to explore.

Think about how you’d like to interact with guests, and let them know what you prefer. If you’re up for socializing, your openness may lead to meaningful connections.

Garth, a host in Auckland, New Zealand, says welcoming guests allows him to spend more time with people from other cultures without traveling. He thought, “Let’s bring the people to me.”

One of Garth’s most memorable moments as a host happened with guests visiting from France. The mother asked if her son could watch him tinker in his garage workshop. “He thought everything I was doing was cool,” Garth says.

So Garth came up with a project they could do together. “We made a little boat, and we painted it,” he says. “It was really lovely, because he didn’t speak English, but we had this shared language.”

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