Cabhrú le haíonna Seomraí a bheith ag taisteal ar nós mhuintir na háite

Thosaigh Airbnb amach mar bhealach do thaistealaithe fanacht i dteach duine eile. Tháinig borradh faoin smaoineamh de réir mar a rinne Óstaigh agus aíonna nasc lena chéile ar fud na cruinne ar bhealaí barántúla.

Déanann Seomraí ceiliúradh ar an traidisiún seo. Tá níos mó Óstach ná riamh ag cabhrú le haíonna a bheith ag taisteal ar nós mhuintir na háite. Is iomaí bealaí a ndéanann siad sin, trí leideanna faoi na háiteanna le dul a thabhairt nó trí thaitneamh a bhaint as an rud gan choinne.

Seo mar a chruthaigh triúr Óstach dáimh speisialta.

Is féidir leat eolas an cheantair a thabhairt d'aíonna trí threoirleabhar a chruthú do do liostú. Is bealach éasca é sin chun moltaí a roinnt le haíonna. Is iondúil go bhfaigheann óstaigh ag a bhfuil treoirleabhar níos mó áirithintí.

Cuireann go leor Óstach moltaí ar fáil go pearsanta freisin. Tugann Reed, a óstálann Seomra in Philadelphia lena bhean chéile, cuireadh chun dinnéir d'aíonna ar an Domhnach. Déanann sé stobhach agus fiafraíonn sé díobh cad ba mhaith leo a dhéanamh. Ansin roinneann sé “áiteanna iontach nach bhfuil traidisiúnta,” amhail caife sa chomharsanacht a bhfuil ballaí de leabhair iontu.

Uaireanta tugann Reed cuireadh d'aíonna dul amach ag damhsa, ceann de na caithimh aimsire is fearr leis. “Chuamar chuig áit Laidineach le cúpla haoi chun bheith ag damhsa,” ar seisean. Dúirt sé go bhfuil roinnt aíonna ann "atá mar chlann againn anois."

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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