The silos of business and leisure travel are collapsing. And airbnb is leading this change globally. For someone running a homestay in the business city of Gurgaon (India) for the last 7 years this is a great opportunity. Homestays have a different experience to offer to the business travel.

1. Business Travel in the Age of Airbnb
Picture Courtesy – Airbnb.com
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2. The Business Traveler has Changed
a) 24 X 7 networked worker
a) Comfortable with informal clothes
and non hotel stays
a) Often looks for fun with productivity
in the places they stay
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3. Is Comfortable Staying in Homestays
Homestays are not just for leisure travelers but a serious
option for business travelers.
”Business travel is the third most popular reason for travel, after taking
a holiday and education”- Hotelmarketing.com, Feb 2016
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4. Homestays For
Business Travelers. Really?
“Booking statistics from hosted accommodation provider Homestay.com reveal a
growing demand from business travelers booking homestays for work-related trips,
including a 102% increase from 2014 to 2015 for female business travelers” -
www.prnewswire.com
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5. Feel At Home Away From Home
• Full of people and energy to go back to, rather than a
stiff, single and empty room.
• Prefer human touch to hotel hardware
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6. No Sacrificing Convenient Locations
Choice of homestays located conveniently close to the office
or meeting areas.
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7. Live With The Locals
Connect with local culture, food, lifestyle on your time “off”
from work in a new city.
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8. Get the Basic Business Amenities
Wifi, conference space, white boards and a constant supply
of coffee. Fresh thinking more likely to happen in informal
environment.
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9. Homestays are
Wallet Friendly
Great deal for companies,
SMEs & startups working
on small budgets. Artists,
freelancers...
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10. Great for Extended Stays
Homestays are great for extended stays on projects and assignments.
It's especially relaxing to stay in a home like environment when the stay is
longer than a week. The big USP for the business traveller in such cases is
increasingly healthy home cooked meals!
Alan Clarke, CEO at Homestay.com, said: “The combination of comfort, value for money and the
friendliness of staying with a host as compared to staying in a hotel, where you might not talk to
anyone, are all contributing factors in choosing a homestay for a business trip.
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11. Ideal for Small Creative Off-sites
Ideal for team building and group bonding. Again the space
comes at a fraction of the hotel cost.
At a jungle lodge
​On a boat in Banaras
​In an urban UnhotelTM
Budget friendly creative set ups
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12. Our Gurgaon Homestay
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13. “Business travelers are also experience
seekers and looking for stories in their
business and personal travels.
Particularly those not bound by
corporate policies”
Ram Badrinathan
Co Founder KarmYog Education Network
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14. If you are a business
traveller looking for
a friendlier, more
affordable stay in
Gurgaon, Cinnamon
Stays is a good option.
Many of the benefits of
a hotel with the comfort,
convenience and
creativity of a homestay.
cinnamonstays@gmail.com
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Gurgaon – Varanasi - Jim Corbett