I received many gifts, when I was running the guest house. Wine, Whyskey 😂(from my first guest ever!), perfume, sweets, rare beer and beer mugs (from attendee of beer festival), t-shirt (from poker champion). Tons of food that guests left and even towels, that they bought for themselves. One guest bought a nice shower curtain and holder and personally fixed it.
Sweet written welcome note came from the guests, that I thought will never do that. The Mongolian family came with undeclared guests... I was in a good mood and allowed them in. On the last day of their noisy stay they brought a rose champagne and asked me to talk to them. Next morning, when they left I found a written note with thank you...
I put this note on my refrigerator, made picture and uploaded to my listing. It helped me A LOT to attract more bookings! It also helped a lot to attract Quality guests, not those looking for a place to sleep, but those, who look for cultural experiences and good friendships.
I sincerely wish all of you, dear hosts, to have wonderful friends, who just happen to be your guests. Without Airbnb I will never had such amazing people and time in my life...