#creatinghomestay

We are still going through difficult times and some extra money is always welcome. So, if you have a house, a villa, an apartment, or a small flat with empty rooms to spare, you can earn some additional money for investment opportunities and make intelligent savings for a rainy day!

More than just lodging

Vacationers nowadays want much more than just visit a new and exotic place. They want a captivating travel experience at out-of-the-way places. Travelers, while searching for homestay websites, look for informal places to stay with local people who can not only provide them with information, but also be a guide and give them an authentic taste of the place. Homestay owners are also creating special moments and are including attractive events to provide guests with unique travel experiences. These make every homestay different and offer an immersive experience to tourists.

Special attractions

Homeowners can hold special cooking events, barbeque nights, musical soirees, and such other do-s where guests can interact with each other and learn about the local culture and people.

This way, a homestay can become a second source of income for homeowners and, at the same time, these homeowners can use local resources to make tourism sustainable. They can provide jobs to local youths and support women by using local vegetables and other grocery items. They can even sell indigenous hand-made decorative products to guests from faraway lands.

Setting up a homestay

Here are some tips for you to become smarter than other homestays of India. It does not take too much money or effort to convert your spare room/rooms into a homestay accommodation for guests. But, while decorating your empty room/rooms, you have to keep in mind who your guests can be—a student, a job-seeker, just a vacationer, or a work from homestay (WFH) person.

The basic bed-and-breakfast accommodation is meant for family or solo travelers. It is easy to set up a homestay for such travelers because you can provide just a room with a double bed and a clean toilet. The walls should have bright colors with simple curtains on the doors and windows. Make sure that you have a clean toilet with simple accessories, like soap and shampoo. Do keep a supply of fresh linen and towels at all times. During winter, you may have to provide warm quilts depending upon your location.

But for students, WFH persons, or job-seekers, you have to ensure your room has a strong and comfortable chair, a desk with enough daylight, as well as electric lights, for a study atmosphere.

Do remember to have the room/rooms sanitized before your guests arrive, especially in these Covid times!

Food ideas

Your breakfasts can be easy with simple items, like toast with eggs and fruit juice or fruits, such as apples and bananas, or seasonal fruits like oranges or mangoes. Or, you can serve a local breakfast like puri-sabzi, poha-jalebi, vada pav, idli-sambar, and so on.

If you want to include lunch and dinner, there are endless ideas, but it would be best to serve some local cuisine since your guests would want to taste them.

Running a homestay

Homestay is quite a lucrative business! You do not even have to move out of your home for this!

How much you can charge for a room per night depends on the location of your house/property and the amenities you provide—it can be around Rs1,500 to Rs2,000 per night and around Rs50k-Rs80k per month.

You have to get some government paperwork done and follow certain rules and regulations to start a homestay business. You can find these online for individual states/UTs.

If you join us, we will guide you with all the details of converting your home into an elegant accommodation so that tourists searching for ‘a homestay near me’ find it very attractive. With us, more and more people trying to find a nearby homestay will be able to locate you across the nation than you running a homestay all by yourself. We will also help you with all the paperwork that is required.

So call us/write to us for more information if you want to partner with us and convert your spare room/rooms into a well-designed homestay.