Pomagajte gostom, ki rezervirajo prenočišče v kategoriji »Sobe«, da bodo potovali kot domačini

Na začetku je Airbnb predstavljal ugoden način potovanja, pri katerem so popotniki lahko bivali v prenočišču druge osebe. Zamisel je doživela resničen uspeh, saj so se gostitelji in gostje po vsem svetu povezali na pristen način.

Kategorija »Sobe« spoštuje to tradicijo. Več gostiteljev kot kdajkoli prej pomaga gostom, da potujejo kot domačini. To počnejo na več načinov – nekateri gostom ponujajo nasvete, kam iti, druge pa navdušuje vse nepričakovano.

Tukaj boste izvedeli, kako so trije gostitelji ustvarili nepozabne odnose.

Gostom lahko pomagate spoznati svoje območje tako, da za svoj vnos ustvarite vodnik. Tako lahko na preprost način delite priporočila z gosti. Gostitelji, ki ponujajo vodnike, običajno prejmejo več rezervacij.

Številni gostitelji ponujajo tudi osebna priporočila. Reed, ki skupaj z ženo ponuja sobo v Filadelfiji, vabi goste, naj se jima pridružijo pri nedeljski večerji. Pripravi enolončnico in jih vpraša, kaj bi radi počeli. Nato z njimi deli »odlične nenavadne kotičke«, kot je kavarna v soseski s stenami, polnimi knjig.

Včasih Reed povabi goste na ples, ki je ena njegovih najljubših razvedrilnih dejavnosti. »Z nekaterimi gosti smo skupaj obiskali lokal z latinsko glasbo, da bi se malce razvedrili,« pravi. Nekateri gostje, dodaja, »so zdaj kot najini otroci«.

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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