Paikallisten matkailukokemusten tarjoaminen vieraille

Airbnb syntyi edulliseksi tavaksi yöpyä jonkun muun kotona. Suosio kasvoi, kun yhä useammat tarjosivat kohteita eri puolilla maailmaa ja olivat tekemisissä vieraiden kanssa.

Huoneet ovat osa tätä perinnettä: Ne sopivat erinomaisesti vieraille, jotka kaipaavat omaa rauhaa mutta haluavat silti tavata uusia ihmisiä ja tutustua alueeseen paikallisten tavoin. Huoneessa vierailla on oma makuuhuone asunnossa ja pääsy tiloihin, jotka ovat mahdollisesti muidenkin käytössä.

Tässä on vinkkejä, joiden avulla vieraat voivat luottavaisin mielin varata kohteesi ja majoittua luonasi mukavasti.

Voit auttaa vieraita tutustumaan alueeseesi lisäämällä opaskirjan ilmoitukseesi. Tämä on helppo tapa jakaa vieraille suosituksia.

Moni tarjoaja antaa suosituksia myös kasvotusten. Philadelphiassa huonetta vaimonsa kanssa vuokraava Reed kutsuu vieraita usein mukaansa sunnuntai-illalliselle. Hän kertoo "hienoista ja epätyypillisistä paikoista", kuten kulmakahvilasta, jonka seinät ovat täynnä kirjoja.

Joskus Reed kutsuu vieraita tanssimaan salsaa, mikä on yksi hänen lempiharrastuksistaan. "Olemme menneet muutamien vieraiden kanssa latinopaikkaan laittamaan lanteet heilumaan", hän sanoo. Joistakin vieraista on hänen mukaansa tullut "kuin omia lapsia".

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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