New to the Community Center? Introduce yourself here ‌👇

[Bhumika]

Hello everyone! 😊

Welcome to the Community Center! 👋  I'm @Bhumika , one of the Community Managers for our English Community Center along with my lovely team members @Quincy @Paula @Rebecca  and @Elisa  and we are thrilled to have you join us.

Let's kickstart this thread with a little about us Community Managers:

@Quincy : I'm from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 I have been on the Community Center for 6+ years, and have been an Airbnb Host myself. I love cycling🚲, playing football⚽, and travelling🌏 . I love how dynamic and diverse the Community Center is as we meet Hosts from all around the globe. 

@Bhumika :  🌍 I was born in Gujarat, India 🇮🇳 , and shifted to Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦 last year! 📷 I recently realized my love for photography and aesthetics. I love to capture mundane life and candid pictures. 🌆 When I'm not working, you'll find me binge-watching thriller movies or exploring history.

@Paula : I am from Colombia 🇨🇴 and currently living in British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦. I have a passion for Latin American culture (I love to dance 💃) . I've had the opportunity to visit around 20 countries 🌎 and plan to visit many more. In my free time, I enjoy outdoor activities, especially mountain biking 🚲 and hiking 🏔.

@Rebecca : I'm from Cardiff in Wales originally but being a military child and a veterans spouse, I've travelled and lived in a lot of different places in the UK and Europe. I'm an environmentalist 🌿 and like to minimise my impact on the planet 🌎 as well as volunteering in my local community.  I love sea swimming 🌊 yoga on the beach 🧘‍ and I'm a children's yoga instructor too! 🙌 

@Elisa : I was born in Italy 🇮🇹 and as a lover of unique experiences—from exploring the streets of Rome🇮🇹 , Paris 🇫🇷, and Toronto 🇨🇦 to appreciating timeless art and cuisine—I'm here to blend the old with the new. 

Now it's your turn! Tell us a bit about yourself. Where are you from? And is there something special about the location of your accommodation that you'd like to share?

Looking forward to getting to know you all!

Warm regards,

Bhumika

[Hajar41]

Often those who stay at home are coming to enjoy the vacation, but this does not prevent them from working from home, where there is free internet , a place to work, and quiet environment help any one accomplish his work, but as I said, the majority of people come to spend the vacation 

[Jen10399]

Hello!

Jen & McDonald here. We started hosting back in 2011 when we lived in NYC and we're still hosting now that we live in Chicago. We're both artists who are involved in the diy gallery scene.

It's been interesting seeing how the hosting experience has changed since COVID. We used to rent out our guest bedroom and ended up making quite a few friends through hosting, but now we rent out a separate unit so our relationship with the guests has definitely changed and we miss the sense of community! Happy to be a part of this forum and curious if others have felt this shift as well. 

[Elisa]

Hi @Jen10399 😊, 

Welcome to the community center, and thank you for this lovely introduction! 🎉

You're right, everything changed after COVID. Are you considering renting a bedroom in your house again in the future?

Warm regards 🌻

[Jen10399]

Jen & McDonald here! We started hosting back in 2011 when we lived in NYC and we're still hosting now that we live in Chicago. We're both artists who are involved in the diy gallery scene.

It's been interesting seeing how the hosting experience has changed since COVID. We used to rent out our guest bedroom and ended up making quite a few friends through hosting, but now we rent out a separate unit so our relationship with the guests has definitely changed and we miss the sense of community. Happy to be a part of this forum and curious if others have felt this shift as well. 

[Matthew-Thomas0]

Hi! I an Matt, I was born and raised in Seattle, WA and now live in NYC. I have visited over 25 countries and plan to move to Chiang Mai, Thailand next year to live for a couple of months. I enjoy creating predictive models to predict sports outcomes and cooking 🙂 

[Elisa]

Hi @Matthew-Thomas0 😊, 

Welcome to the community!

You have a wonderful travel experience. Where were you staying during that time?

Why did you decide to start hosting?

Warm regards🌻,

[Matthew-Thomas0]

I decided to start hosting to help out my parents. They owned two investment condos and were not seeing the return they would've liked to. My background is in digital marketing so I was able to generate them a nice return and host the properties for them. Since then more people have approached me about my services and now I manage 10 doors!