Hjälpa Airbnb Rum-gäster att resa som lokalbefolkningen

Airbnb började som ett prisvärt sätt för resenärer att bo i någon annans hem. Idén tog fart när värdar och gäster runt om i världen fick kontakt på autentiska sätt.

Airbnb Rum firar denna tradition. Fler värdar än någonsin hjälper gäster att resa som lokalbefolkningen. De gör detta på många sätt, oavsett om det handlar om att erbjuda tips om vad man ska göra eller omfamna magin i det oväntade.

Så här skapade tre värdar minnesvärda kontakter.

Du kan hjälpa gäster att lära känna ditt område genom att skapa en guidebok för ditt boende. Detta är ett enkelt sätt att dela rekommendationer till gäster. Värdar med guideböcker brukar få fler bokningar.

Många värdar erbjuder också personliga rekommendationer. Reed, som är värd för ett rum i Philadelphia med sin fru, bjuder in gäster att göra dem sällskap på söndagsmiddagen. Han gör en gryta och frågar dem vad de skulle vilja göra. Sedan berättar han om "coola ställen som inte är traditionella", som grannskapets kafé med väggar av böcker.

Ibland bjuder Reed ut gäster på dans, en av hans favoritsysselsättningar. "Vi har åkt med några gäster till ett latinskt ställe för att göra något annorlunda", säger han. Vissa gäster, tillägger han, "är som våra barn 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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