Kuidas aidata tubade kategooria külalistel kogeda vahetult kohalikku elu?

Airbnb sai alguse taskukohase viisina reisijatele peatumiseks kohalike kodudes. Majutajate ja külaliste vahel kogu maailmas tekkisid selle käigus isiklikud sidemed ja nii kinnitas idee kanda.

Kategooria „Airbnb Toad“ jätkab seda traditsiooni. Rohkem majutajaid kui kunagi varem tutvustab külalistele kohalikku elu. Inimestel on erinev majutusstiil – mõni annab soovitusi kuhu minna, teine vaatab, mis külalisi huvitab ja naudib koos nendega ootamatusi.

Järgnevad lood on kolmelt majutajat, kes kirjeldavad avatud suhtlemist külalistega.

Saad aidata külalistel oma piirkonda tundma õppida, kui lood oma majutuskoha jaoks teejuhi. See on lihtne viis külalistele soovitusi pakkuda. Teejuhti pakkuvad majutajad saavad enamasti rohkem broneeringuid.

Paljud majutajad jagavad soovitusi ka vahetu suhtlemise käigus. Reed, kes pakub koos abikaasaga majutust Philadelphias, kutsub külalisi pühapäeviti oma pere õhtusöögilauda. Ta teeb hautist ja küsib neilt, mida nad tahaksid linnas teha. Seejärel kirjeldab ta külalistele „põnevaid, kuid ebatraditsioonilisi kohti“, nagu kohalik kohvik, mille seinu täidavad raamaturiiulid.

Mõnikord kutsub Reed külalised tantsima – see on üks tema lemmiktegevusi. „Oleme läinud mõne külalisega Ladina-Ameerika tantsude klubisse pidutsema,“ ütleb ta. Ta lisab, et mõned külalised „on nüüd nagu oma lapsed“.

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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