協助人客體驗當地人的生活

在成立之初，Airbnb專門協助人客以經濟實惠的方式入住他人的家。隨着世界各地越來越多旅居主人提供住宿並與人客互動，分享住宿的概念也更受歡迎。

Airbnb房間正正延續了這種傳統：如果人客注重私隱，但又想結識新朋友並體驗當地人的生活，房間便是絕佳之選。預訂房間的人客可在旅居內擁有自己的睡房，其他空間則可能會與他人共用。

不妨參考以下貼士，了解如何讓人客安心預訂和入住你的旅居。

你可以為旅居製作旅遊攻略，協助人客認識旅居所在的地區。透過這種簡單方法，你就能和人客分享自己的推介。

許多Host也會親自分享旅遊推介。Reed與太太在費城出租Airbnb房間，不時會邀請人客共進週日晚餐。他會介紹一些「非一般的精彩好去處」，例如區內一間四面牆身放滿藏書的咖啡店。

Reed閒時喜歡跳莎莎舞，所以有時候也會邀請人客一起共舞。他表示：「我們曾與幾位人客一起到拉丁舞場跳舞狂歡。有些人客現在更與我們情同子女。」

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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