7 Ways To Lit Your Homestay

The “Home like” feel can only be filled at just another home. The guests can go in search of this feeling anywhere but just can never be found in a hotel stay or fancy cab rides to explore the city. This gives homestay owners a good opportunity to provide a local experience to their guests. Giving guests the exact feel of home, just like the way they felt back at their house miles away, but of course, with a touch of travelogue can make their stay happy and enjoyable. As a homestay owner, here are a few tips to make your homestay “Lit” for your visitors.

1. Small touches, Great impact

It’s not necessary for you to rebuild the walls and ceilings with huge investments to light up your house and enhance the stay. A change in color of the walls or cushion covers, or as simple as a themed bedsheet will make a lasting impact on your guests. Give your house a simple yet attractive appeal with small acts like these.

2. The Vibes

Make the tourism of your guests simply “sweet and local” by providing them with authentic and traditional food. Some authentic furniture and handicrafts can also help with aesthetic pleasure. Make them feel special with unique artwork so that they visit you time and again or atleast recommend your place to the visitors in your location. For example, when in Uttarakhand  Bhatt kichurkani, Gahatki dal, Aloo kegutke, Madeki roti, and Pahadi raita are good options to serve the taste buds of your visitors. Similarly, dishes must be served as per the local tastes of the region.

3. Traditional yet Modern

With age and time passing by, we are coming to the realization of the old is gold being the “new cool”. Providing guests with basics like toiletries is a good option but what can comfort them more is when you assist them with wifi access, cooking space, open kitchen facility, iron board, hairdryer, and a veranda for the evening chill. Having these facilities in place will make sure they stay at your place for a longer duration than usual.

4. Local Tour with the Host

Make your guests enjoy their stay to the fullest. Make them try new things and be their tourist guide. Help them with local shopping, local festival celebrations, religious place visits, learning the native language and so much more. Make it more than “worth it” for them so they don’t forget a homestay like yours. Guide them in living these experiences as they are the localities of that region.

5. Stories that connect

When you are staying at a homestay, you get an opportunity to interact with other guests who might have come from a far-off place. You can learn about their life experience and share your stories with them too. It’s a good way to interact and build a connection with your guests where the host can organize small fun activities like multiplayer gaming or bonfire that certainly make your guests feel just “at home”.

6.  Offer a Gift

It sounds very basic but always makes it a point to compliment your guest with a gift. It doesn’t cost you much to buy a small gift that can be given to your guests at the time of checkout.  You can become a preferred choice of host for visitors who will expect a gift every time they make a visit to your homestay.

7. Social Star

Today having an online presence has become a must especially when you’re a part of the travel industry. So make sure you have pictures, posts, and regular Instagram stories to share every day and new events happening at your property. It may be as simple as your guests helping you plant some trees or recording the reaction of foreigners trying golgappa for the first time.  You can also ask your guests to post about your property on social media and help you with video reviews on the same.

Eden Homestay helps you connect with homestay properties in different locations to provide you a personalized and localized experience wherever you travel. Make the experience of your guests comfortable yet sociable and give your homestay a “me touch” to make it a prime place of stay. This is how you can help your guests make memories so that they cherish their stay with you for a lifetime.

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