Tips - to ace Home Sharing
- Home/s shared should be neat and comfortable
- Home photographs shared on the website should correctly depict the Home
- Members to communicate with other members through the secure website chat only
- Photographs uploaded on the website should not display any personal or home contact details for data security purposes
Tips - for a Host when sharing their Home/s with a Guest
- Keep all valuables at Home under lock and key
- Inform guests in advance about practices not acceptable at their Home like illegal medication, drugs, drinking or any others
- Keep all electronic products labelled and in working condition. Manuals advisable.
Provide basics like:
Cutlery - plates, glasses, spoons
Cooking stove / hotplate with a couple of pans and spatulas
One or two backup noodles or ready to eat meals
Tips – for Guests when they travel to stay at a Host’s Home
- Respect the culture and traditions of the Host’s home and neighbourhood
- Guests to have their Hosts, share emergency contact numbers before they start on Home Share travel to get in touch with them
- Ensure to follow the terms discussed and agreed upon (about partying, additional guest members and any others)
A few important Tips on Hygiene
- Keep a First Aid kit handy
- Guest/s may have allergies - Inform them in advance if you have pets or other conditions like factories releasing emissions around your Home etc. to avoid medical emergencies
- Give clear directions for waste disposal practice to avoid an unpleasant experience
- Provide clean pair of bed sheets, bath towels,basic toletries
- Provide bug repellents / spray and any other appropriate facilities.
- Do provide a comfortable. clean and private place / environment to relax and sleep
- Do provide some shelf space in the cupboard for guests to keep their clothing and other items
Tips - how Hosts can guide Guests
Share with guest/s a Things to Do list:
- to visit places of interest, historical importance, local markets around your place.
Share with them details on:
- local transportation options
- contact numbers for good restaurants
- Taxis
- emergency contact numbers – medical, fire, police
Provide guidelines and manuals for
- all electronic devices that Guests can access during their stay at Hosts Home
..and for a few more important Tips
Members may draft a Home Share guideline to handle general matter and expenses incurred during the Guest stay and the mode of sharing
On Utility bills, WiFi charges or any other expense incurred during the stay :
- during short stays, the Host will bear the expenses
- however handling any extraordinarily high expenses during the stay – short or long,can be written out and agreed between the Home Share members.
On defining specifics of Home Share stay
- like date and time of arrival, mode of key handover at start & end, handling loss of key situation and any other
V Home Share entity will not be a part of or participate in any form for mutual transactions or agreements between members on their Home Share transactions.
