出租房間，協助客人體驗當地人的生活
Airbnb 在成立之初，希望協助客人以經濟實惠的方式入住其他人的家。世界各地有越來越多房東和客人藉此機會真誠交流，住家分享的概念也漸趨成熟。
Airbnb 房間延續了這項傳統：如果客人注重隱私，同時也想結識新朋友並體驗當地人的生活，那麼房間便是絕佳的選擇。入住房間的客人將在房源內享有自己的臥室，也可以使用其他共用空間。
歡迎參考下方建議，了解如何讓客人安心預訂和入住你的房源。
推薦當地最愛的好去處
不妨為房源建立《在地指南》，協助客人認識房源的當地情況，輕鬆與客人分享當地攻略。
許多房東也會親自分享旅遊建議。Reed 與妻子在費城出租一間房間，並會邀請客人共進週日晚餐。他會介紹附近非主流的好去處，如藏書豐富的咖啡廳等。
Reed 是個喜歡跳舞的人，因此有時候他也會邀請客人一起去跳莎莎舞。他分享：「我們曾和幾位客人到播放拉丁音樂的地方跳舞狂歡，有些客人甚至變得像自己的孩子一樣了。」
Making guests feel at home
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.
Embracing the unexpected
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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