Heritage Homestay in Rajasthan By Stayvillas

Q.1 – Who owns homestay?

A homestay is a fast growing idea of hospitality and lodging, in which a visitor has to stay with a local to which they are traveling. Generally the individual property owner himself owns the homestay and facilitates to the visitors and guests.Like – the owner of the Stayvillajunction homestay is Mr. Sandeep Mangal. The length of stay can easily vary from a day/night to a year period. Generally anyone can facilitate the homestay services for the visitors and travelers. Generally homestay are offered by the academic institutes, hotels, resorts, hostels, guest house owners, and farm houses. Homestay is one of the best examples of the collaborative consumption and the shared economy. In advance, the terms and conditions for staying of the visitors and travelers are predefined by the property owners. These terms and conditions are already discussed between the host and the guests before stay.

Q.2 –Can we share a room in a homestay?

Yes, you can share a room in a homestay with the other travelers and visitors. Generally when a visitor has to share a room, this service/facility is also known as Co-living facility. Stayvillajunction also provides the co-living services and facilities to the guests and visitors who wish to take it as an option. In General, this facility is liked by specially those individuals,who wish to stay for a short period of time in the city. This facility is also liked by individuals, because it is less expensive in compare to other homestay services. Generally Stayvillajunction recommends offering this service to the travelers and tourists in only that condition when they have the plan to stay in another city for a short period of time. Additionally, considering the privacy of an individual, sharing room in co-living is not a good option.

Q.3 – How stayvilla manage homestay?

Stayvillajunctiondoes the following operations and activities for managing their homestay routines –

• Have the proper agreements with the property owners to rent their properties for guests.
• Manages basic amenities like –furnished rooms, parking, housekeeping, CCTV cameras, backup facilities, laundry and Wi-Fi services.
• Also takes clear pictures from the homestay to present in front of the guests.
• Gives the booking facility to the tourists from the portals and also submits the properties of vendors.
• Collects a fixed percentage booking deposits online and offline to secure the bookings and remaining on the arrival of guests.
• Performs every effort to maintain the privacy of the guests.
• Ensures the proper maintenance and damage-free property for the guests.

Q.4 – How to register homestay in stayvillas?

It is very easy to register property on Stayvillajunction.com. You can follow the under given steps to register your property on Stayvillas –

– First go to https://stay-villas.in and click on the option – “Add Your property +” at the top right corner of the home page.

– Or you can go to the following page to register your property on stayvillas- https://stay-villas.in/listingRequest.php

– On this page you will have to enter your name, phone number and email and click on the option – “send application”.

– After performing this step, you will get a verification link on your email. After clicking on this link, you will be redirected to the registration page.

– On this registration page, you will have to enter the details – username, first name, last name, email and password details.

– After performing this step, you will be redirected to your dashboard directly.

– From your dashboard, you can add your property on the given long form page.

– Fill all the details appropriately and submit the form page. It will be submitted to the administrator for approval queue. After getting approval, your property listing will be live on our website.

Q.5 – What is homestay tourism?

A homestay is a new emerging concept in which a tourist stays in someone else’s home for a short period of time. The term of holiday tourism indicates that a visitor not only stays in other’s home but also spends quality time with the family and observe their customs, cultures and routine life.

Thus it is not only a medium for the local individuals to earn the monetary benefits but also it is a chance to conserve their local culture and values. The emerging concept of the homestay generally offers the tremendous benefits to the guests and hosts both.

Travelers get a place to stay when traveling in another city and in exchange the host gets the monetary benefits as well. Now days, Farm stay is also growing as a new emerging concept.

Q.6 – What is difference between homestay and hotel?

A homestay is a type of accommodation service which is a part in the property of an individual. It is served to the guests which is helpful in getting the monetary benefits. A homestay is much more family oriented service which provides and personalized services than just bed and breakfast facility just like hotels. In contrary, a hotel is a much more reputable and professional accommodation service which works on the hierarchical model. There you will find as a guest the high end managers, reception desk and a lot of guests. Here you find comfort in the high end cost but less personalized care than homestays. To stay in the homestay and hotel can be a lot different than each other. Mostly it depends on your time of staying, budget, purpose and cost constraints.

Q.7 – What is homestay concept?

There is a famous proverb – “home away from home”. Many accommodation services claim themselves to be so homely. In real, they are not. A homestay is such kind of accommodation service which generally proves it to be so homely. It takes care of its guests in every possible manner from their check in to check out. Now a days, the concept of homestay is becoming a more viable option in India for the tourists due to increasing travel market with rate of 11% annually.

Q.8 – Homestay accommodation?

Homestay accommodation refers to the suitability of an individual available in the surroundings of a homestay. Generally a homestay is situated in the area which is not too far from the city and other transportation means. Like – Stayvillas homestay in Jodhpur is only 7.3 km from Jodhpur fort, 7 km from airport, and 8 km from clock tower. In a homestay accommodation, the duration of the stay can be both long and short term. Homestays are also available in different prices as per their location, area and duration of stay. You should choose it as per according to your own choice and budget constraints. Homestay accommodations can be of any type – villa, guest houses, lodges, farm houses, and havelis etc. Generally to stay in the homestays can give you a totally different experience of the destination, which you are traveling to. You come much closer to the culture and routine lifestyle to the local inhabitants. They are also very affordable, customizing, less noisy, peaceful areas.

Q.9 – How stayvillas manage homestay?

Stayvillas does the following operations and activities for managing their homestay routines –

• Have the proper agreements with the property owners to rent their properties for guests.
• Manages basic amenities like – furnished rooms, parking, housekeeping, CCTV cameras, backup facilities, laundry and Wi-Fi services.
• Also takes clear pictures from the homestay to present in front of the guests.
• Gives the booking facility to the tourists from the portals and also submits the properties of vendors.
• Collects a fixed percentage booking deposits online and offline to secure the bookings and remaining on the arrival of guests.
• Performs every effort to maintain the privacy of the guests.
• Ensures the proper maintenance and damage-free property for the guests.

Q.10 – How to pay in a homestay?

Payment terms and conditions can vary according to the policies of homestay owners. You can go ahead to pay the booking amount when a host confirms that they are available. You should be very cautious about any host who contacts you for any additional security deposit. Stayvillas doesn’t support any policy per training additional security deposits. You should pay to your host after completing your check in or as per according to the profile of your host. The method of payment can be online or offline both. Generally online payment transfer methods include cash, paytm, paypal, VISA or mastercard facilities. At Stayvillas, we charge 30% booking fee to secure your bookings. Generally, we prefer the cash, bank transfer, and paytm payment transfer services. It is calculated on the base of the total booking price. The remaining amount will be payable to host after your arrival. You can pay the payment to your host in their local currency as well. In the case of cancellation of your booking, the whole amount will be refunded back to you.

Q.11 –Why live in homestay?

There would be tremendous benefits if you choose to stay in a homestay like –

• Homestays provide you an opportunity to live a destination up to its full extent. You not only get to meet the local people but also live with them.
• Homestays are more affordable than any other accommodation facilities. They charge much less than the hotels, guest houses and lodges.
• If you choose to stay in a homestay, you will have straight forward interaction with the local culture, food and destination itself at first hand.
• Nobody knows a destination much better than its own locals. If you are traveling at a solo level then it can be more useful for you to live in homestay to get familiar with the new location.
• Sometimes the language of the new place can be also new which you are traveling to. To stay with the local host, you get the chance to get familiar with the language of that location.
• To stay in a homestay makes you more experienced about the local customs, life and rituals than you just read.
• A traveler can know much more about a country because of its food. To stay in homestay can more introduce you with the best famous dishes of that country.
• When you are away from your own hometown, you feel lonely and saturated. In a homestay, you feel this proverb getting true – “home away from home”.
• To live in a homestay helps you in making new life-long friends. If you visit to that location anytime else, it will be much comfortable for you.

Q.12 – Why choose homestay?

There are the following benefits to choose homestay –

• A homestay is after all a home away from home. It adds the value and more touch of affinity to your tour.
• You get the authentic home-cooked food. So you get the regional taste of food.
• Staying in a homestay brings you closer to the local culture of that destination. You eat, have fun and celebrate the culture of the destination.
• A homestay gives you more personalized services and care.
• They are less expensive in compare to the other accommodation services.
• Living in a homestay generates additional income opportunities for the local individuals.
• Homestay leads straight forward to the eco-tourism.
• Living with locals also helps you in getting more insights about the local culture and rituals.
• A tourist would make its tour more memorable because they are often invited to local events and ceremonies.
• Homestays are much more spacious than any other accommodation service.

Q.13 – Why homestay is better than hotel?

There are the following reasons which justify the homestays much better than a hotel –

• A homestay is much more customized and personalized than a hotel.
• Less crowd is available in the homestays which provides the more emphasized services to you than in a crowded environment in a hotel.
• A homestay is less expensive and much affordable than a hotel.
• A homestay is much more neat and clean than the rooms of a hotel.
• May be there is no swimming pool, starter and other hotel services in a homestay but you get the more air-acquaint house in street.
• A homestay is more informal accommodation facility but a hotel is more formally structured facility.
• At homestays, you are treated as guests but not their clients.
• The environment of a hotel is like a commonplace but the homestay provides much cool and different environment.
• At homestays, tourist does not feel like a outsider, loner or left behind like hotels.
• A homestay is very much appreciated concept than a hotel because of its simplicity, reliability, and informalities.

Q.14 – Are homestays safe?

Nothing in this world stays safe forever. Neither a homestay, nor a hotel itself. If you want to stay in a hotel or homestay you should be cautious to check its online reputation first of all. Good reviews from different guests, high trust scores on search engines and other renowned portals of homestays like – booking, Airbnb, Backpacker panda, and Stayvillas can help you in selecting the proper homestay service provider. Homestays are not only safer than hotels in terms of staying but also from the food. Generally the food is made from the fresh vegetables which is more hygienic from the kitchens of hotels. Homestays are generally cleaner, and are mostly inside or near the city. So it makes them much safer. Also, homestays are available in different prices as per according to their location, facilities and area.