Women who would like to apply their talents and skills in entertaining and accommodating guests pursue a home based business. There are lots of choices and opportunities of home based business available and one of those is homestay hosting. This is opening your home to paying guests.What is homestay? According to Cheryl Verstrate, an experienced homestay host and author of Homestay 101 for Hosts, it is a home-away-from-home. It is different from a hotel, a motel, or a bed and breakfast home. The primary purpose of the home is a residence and the secondary purpose is opening your home and offering a room for paying guests.Anyone could be a homestay host but most of the time, women engage in this kind of home based business because of the following reasons: loves to cook and bake and wants to showcase their talents and skills to guests; spend more time at home; wants to focus more energy at home and family; seeks opportunity to meet people from different walks of life and from other countries; earn additional income for the family; and open to learn other cultures.The best way to know if you are into this home based business is to evaluate yourself and lifestyle. Here are 10 questions that you could ask yourself to know if you are for homestay hosting business:
Do you enjoy meeting new people from different cultures and countries?
Do you have spare room/s to accommodate your guests?
Do you enjoy cooking and/or baking for non-members of your family?
Can you stay calm when unforeseen events and situations arise?
Are you comfortable having strangers inside your home for a short or long period of time?
Is your home and community has a safe and healthy environment?
Are the members of your family open to the idea of living with guests under one roof?
Are you open to the beliefs, customs and cultures of your guests?
Are you organized and systematic?
Are you and your family open to communicate and accommodate your guests’ needs?Homestay hosting business is not for everyone. This kind of home based business is challenging but rewarding and fulfilling. If you answered yes in all of the questions above, homestay hosting business is for you.If the homestay hosting is not for you, you may need to look further at what you would like to do. Home based business for women has increased 10 fold over the last few years and one of the major increase that has been seen, is for women starting their own internet business.