Pomagajte gostom, da bodo potovali kot domačini

Sprva je Airbnb ponujal cenovno ugoden način potovanj, ki je popotnikom omogočal bivanje na domu druge osebe. Ideja je postala resničnost, saj je vse več gostiteljev začelo ponujati bivališča po vsem svetu in se družiti z gosti.

Sobe se poklanjajo naši tradiciji. So odlična rešitev za goste, ki imajo radi kanček zasebnosti, vendar še vedno želijo spoznavati nove ljudi in doživeti kraj skozi oči domačinov. Gostje, ki rezervirajo prenočišče v kategoriji »Sobe«, imajo v prenočišču na voljo lastno spalnico in dostop do prostorov, ki jih bodo morda morali deliti z drugimi. 

Tukaj je nekaj nasvetov, kako gostom olajšati odločitev za rezervacijo in jim zagotoviti prijetno bivanje.

Gostom lahko pomagate spoznati svoje območje tako, da ustvarite vodnik za svoje prenočišče. Tako lahko na preprost način delite priporočila z gosti.

Številni gostitelji ponujajo tudi osebna priporočila. Reed, ki skupaj z ženo ponuja sobo v Filadelfiji, pogosto povabi svoje goste, naj se jima pridružijo pri nedeljski večerji. Predstavlja »prijetne kotičke, ki niso tradicionalni«, kot je kavarna v soseski s stenami, polnimi knjig.

Včasih Reed povabi svoje goste na ples salse, 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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