Hjælp gæster i Værelser med at rejse som lokale

Airbnb begyndte som en overkommelig måde for rejsende at bo i en andens hjem. Ideen tog fart, da værter og gæster i hele verden blev forbundet på autentiske måder.

Værelser hylder denne tradition. Flere værter end nogensinde hjælper gæster med at rejse som lokale. Det gør de på mange måder, uanset om det er at give tips til, hvor de skal tage hen, eller at omfavne magien ved det uventede.

Sådan skabte tre værter mindeværdige forbindelser.

Du kan hjælpe gæster med at lære dit område at kende ved at oprette en guidebog til dit opslag. Det er en nem måde at dele anbefalinger med gæster på. Værter med guidebøger får ofte flere bookinger.

Mange værter tilbyder også personlige anbefalinger. Reed, der er vært for et værelse i Philadelphia sammen med sin kone, inviterer gæster til søndagsmiddag. Han laver en gryderet og spørger dem, hvad de gerne vil lave. Så fortæller han om "seje steder, der ikke er traditionelle", f.eks. caféen i nabolaget, hvis vægge er dækket af bøger.

Nogle gange inviterer Reed gæster ud at danse, hvilket er noget han selv elsker at gøre i sin fritid. "Vi har taget et par gæster med til et latinsted for at skrue lidt op for stemningen," siger han. Han tilføjer, at nogle gæster "er nærmest som vores børn nu".

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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