Set up your best amenities so they’re immediately ready to use.

Quick inspirational tangent. We promise this relates. Have you ever been to a Cracker Barrel restaurant? (If not, no worries. Just picture a cluttered country store attached to a big, open eating hall. It’s meant to feel like a small town experience plucked out of the American south, but of course, it’s been heavily corporatized and installed 30 miles north and south of every major US city. Oh. And they have delicious biscuits.)

So along with the wood burning fireplace, rocking chairs, and candy counter, every Cracker Barrel has a set of checkers. And when the place gets busy, while folks are waiting for a table or waiting for their food, there are almost always people playing checkers. Now, nobody walked into the restaurant with the goal of playing checkers. These games are almost always spontaneous and rarely ever finished. And yet, here folks are, moving red and black pucks across the board. Why?

Here’s the secret: the checkerboard was already set up. Every piece was in its starting lineup. The chairs were open and waiting. Folks were wondering by. And suddenly, as if a gravitational pull were in play, guests find themselves 15 moves into a game when suddenly the rest of their family calls them back over to their table because the food has arrived.

This is what you want to replicate at your place: the seemingly accidental, practically impulsive enjoyment of your best Airbnb amenities. Instead of tucking your top notch stuff into drawers, baskets, or closets, you want to set out and set up your amenities so that they’re ready for immediate use. Your goal is to completely eliminate any potential excuse or friction preventing guests from enjoying your best amenities. In other words, you’ve got to set up your checkerboard. That intuitive itch to move the pieces will take care of the rest.