Kuidas aidata külalistel kohalikust elust osa saada?

Airbnb oli alguses taskukohane viis reisijatele peatumiseks kellegi kodus. Idee kinnitas kanda sedamööda, kuidas üha rohkem hoste maailmas hakkasid pakkuma majutust ja suhtlesid külalistega.

„Tubade“ kategooria on osa sellest traditsioonist: need sobivad hästi külalistele, kes hindavad pisut privaatsust, kuid samas sooviksid suhelda uute inimestega ja kogeda vahetult kohalikku elu-olu. Toa puhul on külalisel majutuskohas oma magamistuba koos juurdepääsuga aladele, mida võidakse teistega jagada. 

Siin on mõned nõuanded, mis aitavad külalistel mugavalt broneerida ja sinu juures peatuda.

Saad aidata külalistel oma piirkonda tundma õppida, kui koostad neile teejuhi. See on hõlbus viis külalistele soovituste jagamiseks.

Paljud hostid jagavad soovitusi ka külalistega vahetult suheldes. Reed, kes pakub koos abikaasaga majutust Philadelphias, kutsub külalisi pühapäeviti sageli oma pere õhtusöögilauda. Ta räägib neile „põnevatest, kuid ebatraditsioonilistest kohtadest“ nagu kohalik kohvik, mille seinu täidavad raamaturiiulid.

Mõnikord kutsub Reed külalisi salsaõhtule, mis on üks ta 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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