Homestay is an accommodation whereby a host offers hospitality and lodging for a short time by sharing their residence with travellers or visitors. It offers impressive living with local families and a great opportunity to experience their culture, lifestyle, food, and tradition. The article is about how to start a homestay business in your house or how to plan guesthouse start up.
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Homestay business plan
A homestay business plan can be taken anywhere, be it
a village or a city. The business plan can be taken in an area of the
city where the population is slightly less. However, the rural environment or
hilly place is a perfect place to start a guesthouse.
If your house is in the state of Uttarakhand, Himachal
Pradesh, Rajasthan, Darjeeling, Goa, or Jammu and Kashmir, you have a better
chance to start a homestay. Besides this, if you live near any tourist
place or near any popular temple, you have to go with the plan. That type of property can generate the best income source for a family. A girl or
woman or housewife can easily run the accommodation business in their own house by
renovating and decorating a room. Just need good communication, where you want
to start the start-up.
Why do you start a homestay business?
The homestay business is more profitable than other
businesses, and it is a one-time investment business. A homestay business can
be run by a housewife also.
When a person visits a tourist destination, then he
has several options for staying, like a hotel, lodge, resort, hospice, and
homestay. All the accommodation offers almost the same facilities. The
facilities of the high-quality hotel or resort are much improved, and it is
very expensive to stay there. General hotels, lodges and hospices (Dharamsala)
are not a great choice for tourists staying there. The last staying option is
homestay and is the best choice for tourists nowadays. Because, in a homestay,
you can feel like you are at home and gain cultural experience; traditional
foods and village life can be enjoyed from very close up. That’s why the
home stay business is growing day by day.
Homestay License
To convert your house into a homestay, you need to
take permission and a homestay license from the Indian Tourist Department.
Every state has their tourist department offices and societies in different
places. You can contact those offices to get a license. Each Indian state has
its own website for the registration. like
For registration in Uttarakhand state, visit the website: www.uttarakhandtourism.gov.in ,
for Himachal Pradesh, visit: www.himachaltourism.gov.in .
Homestays are generally divided into two categories,
like the Silver category and the Gold category. It depends on your property location, room furnishings, and facilities like AC, geyser, freeze, and washing
machine and provided amenities.
Homestay rules and regulations
If you are an Indian and want to start it in any
Indian state, some rules and regulations prescribed by the Indian Government must
be followed to make a homestay and also run it. According to Indian accommodation guidelines, the homestay owner has to stay in the same house, and the room can
be minimum of 1, and maximum of 6.
Homestay rules and regulations may vary by country. But
the concept of homestay is generally the same. So, these will be almost the
same in every country; there will be a good match.
How to promote homestay online?
The first challenge after starting a homestay is how to grow it. You can promote your homestay online and offline. Online
growth has become the most effective and the easiest method today. You can
promote through Google My Business, a Facebook business page, and a YouTube
channel and also create a website. You must list your property on some OTA like
Airbnb, MakeMyTrip, etc. to get more bookings. You need a digital marketer to
promote your homestay and manage your online profile.
How to set up homestay on Google?
You must set up your homestay on Google by creating a Google Business Profile. To create and manage profile, you need a Google account (Gmail). To set up a startup or guest house on Google, you have to follow some steps, like email verification, add a proper address, set the location accurately, set all business information, and phone number verification. All the information and set up must be according to Google guidelines; otherwise, the property will not live. You also add a “call button” and make a “website” for your homestay.
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