Ayuda a que los huéspedes de Airbnb Habitaciones se sientan como locales mientras viajan

Airbnb surgió como una opción económica para que los viajeros se quedaran en el alojamiento de otras personas. La idea prosperó cuando los anfitriones y los huéspedes de todo el mundo empezaron a conectar de manera auténtica.

Las habitaciones celebran esta tradición. Ahora más que nunca, los anfitriones ayudan a los huéspedes a viajar como personas del lugar. Lo hacen de muchas maneras, ya sea ofreciendo consejos sobre a dónde ir o dejándose llevar por la magia de lo inesperado.

Así es como tres anfitriones crearon conexiones inolvidables.

Crea una guía para tu anuncio y ayuda a los huéspedes a conocer tu zona. Esta es una forma sencilla de compartir recomendaciones con los huéspedes. Los anfitriones que publican guías suelen recibir más reservaciones.

Muchos anfitriones también ofrecen recomendaciones en persona. Reed y su esposa, anfitriones de una habitación en Filadelfia, invitan a los huéspedes a que los acompañen en la cena los domingos. Él hace un guiso y les pregunta qué les gustaría hacer. Luego comparte “lugares geniales que no son tradicionales”, como la cafetería del vecindario que tiene paredes de libros.

A veces Reed invita a los huéspedes a salir a bailar, uno de sus pasatiempos favoritos. “Hemos ido con algunos huéspedes a un lugar latino para animarnos un poco”, dice. Algunos huéspedes “son como nuestros hijos”, agrega.

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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