Comments on: 8 Simple Ways To Be A Great Host http://matadorlife.com/8-simple-ways-to-be-a-great-host/ Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:38:43 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hubert http://matadorlife.com/8-simple-ways-to-be-a-great-host/comment-page-1/#comment-3605 Hubert Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:05:50 +0000 http://matadorlife.com/?p=1924#comment-3605 Tip No 9: Lock up your valuables. Strangers tend to steal. Tip No 9: Lock up your valuables. Strangers tend to steal.

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]]> By: Tim http://matadorlife.com/8-simple-ways-to-be-a-great-host/comment-page-1/#comment-3158 Tim Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:46:10 +0000 http://matadorlife.com/?p=1924#comment-3158 Put the kettle on! Put the kettle on!

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]]> By: William Wallace http://matadorlife.com/8-simple-ways-to-be-a-great-host/comment-page-1/#comment-3006 William Wallace Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:43:31 +0000 http://matadorlife.com/?p=1924#comment-3006 Give me a break who in their right minds is going to go and bake something. This is a clichéd and boring list. Give me a break who in their right minds is going to go and bake something. This is a clichéd and boring list.

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]]> By: Andra http://matadorlife.com/8-simple-ways-to-be-a-great-host/comment-page-1/#comment-2914 Andra Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:19:52 +0000 http://matadorlife.com/?p=1924#comment-2914 Brilliant ideas! Thanks for sharing! Brilliant ideas! Thanks for sharing!

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]]> By: Candice http://matadorlife.com/8-simple-ways-to-be-a-great-host/comment-page-1/#comment-2897 Candice Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:54:49 +0000 http://matadorlife.com/?p=1924#comment-2897 Awesome tips! Especially number one...nothing worse than being awoken by a drunkard stumbling in at 3 a.m. while you have to work the next morning. Awesome tips! Especially number one…nothing worse than being awoken by a drunkard stumbling in at 3 a.m. while you have to work the next morning.

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]]> By: marina k. villatoro http://matadorlife.com/8-simple-ways-to-be-a-great-host/comment-page-1/#comment-2894 marina k. villatoro Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:07:50 +0000 http://matadorlife.com/?p=1924#comment-2894 I'm a great host! i have all of the above ready and waiting, however, i also get fed up fast. meaning, don't over stay your visit. for me 3 days is what I can handle of a foreighner entering my life! then i get edgy and lots of lines are crossed. people find it that if htey stay somewhere too long that they have the right to tell YOU HOW TO LIVE YOUR LIFE! so three days is what i give:) I’m a great host! i have all of the above ready and waiting, however, i also get fed up fast. meaning, don’t over stay your visit. for me 3 days is what I can handle of a foreighner entering my life!

then i get edgy and lots of lines are crossed. people find it that if htey stay somewhere too long that they have the right to tell YOU HOW TO LIVE YOUR LIFE! so three days is what i give:)

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]]> By: joshywashington http://matadorlife.com/8-simple-ways-to-be-a-great-host/comment-page-1/#comment-2881 joshywashington Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:15:28 +0000 http://matadorlife.com/?p=1924#comment-2881 solid advice and a great article idea. Often we are focussed on the person doing the traveling and not the host. this makes me want to have friends in from out of town! solid advice and a great article idea. Often we are focussed on the person doing the traveling and not the host. this makes me want to have friends in from out of town!

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]]> By: Dave http://matadorlife.com/8-simple-ways-to-be-a-great-host/comment-page-1/#comment-2880 Dave Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:32:24 +0000 http://matadorlife.com/?p=1924#comment-2880 After couchsurfing with 10 hosts and staying with may more new travel friends on my RTW trip, I now know it takes more than I thought to be a good host, not that it has to be hard or expensive. One of the things I appreciated most, was having a key, which you listed first and foremost. It really does make a difference for both guest and host, though I can understand people's hesitation in giving one out to a stranger. After couchsurfing with 10 hosts and staying with may more new travel friends on my RTW trip, I now know it takes more than I thought to be a good host, not that it has to be hard or expensive.

One of the things I appreciated most, was having a key, which you listed first and foremost. It really does make a difference for both guest and host, though I can understand people’s hesitation in giving one out to a stranger.

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]]> By: Tim Patterson http://matadorlife.com/8-simple-ways-to-be-a-great-host/comment-page-1/#comment-2876 Tim Patterson Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:50:56 +0000 http://matadorlife.com/?p=1924#comment-2876 Awesome advice. Awesome advice.

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]]> By: Michelle http://matadorlife.com/8-simple-ways-to-be-a-great-host/comment-page-1/#comment-2873 Michelle Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:46:25 +0000 http://matadorlife.com/?p=1924#comment-2873 Great tips! And your banana bread looks delicious. Great tips! And your banana bread looks delicious.

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