帮助客人在旅行中体验当地人的生活

起初，爱彼迎以经济实惠的价格，吸引旅行者入住其他人的家。随着世界各地越来越多的房东提供房源并与客人互动，住房共享的概念也逐渐成熟。

爱彼迎房间延续了这一传统：非常适合那些希望拥有私人空间，同时也希望结识新朋友、像当地人一样生活的客人。房间的客人在房源中拥有自己的卧室，同时还可以使用共用空间。

以下建议有助于让客人放心预订和入住。

你可以为房源编写旅行指南，帮助客人了解你所在的地区。这是向客人提供当地攻略的简单方法。

许多房东还会亲自分享旅行建议。Reed 和妻子在美国费城出租一个房间，他们会在周日邀请客人共进晚餐。他会给客人介绍一些「非常规的好去处」，比如街区里藏书丰富的咖啡馆。

Reed 业余时间很喜欢跳舞，有时会邀请客人一起出去跳萨尔萨舞。他说：「我们曾和几位客人到播放拉丁音乐的地方跳舞狂欢。」用他的话说，有些客人「现在就像我们的孩子一样」。

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.”

You can get more hosting stories and tips by joining your local Host Club. These clubs are run by and for hosts, and offer in-person and virtual meetups, ongoing support, and Airbnb news and product updates.

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