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Why Playplanet?
What is Playplanet?
What is a Playplanet host?
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Getting Started
How Can I Become a Host?
Joining the Playplanet Platform
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Managing Your Hosting
My Experiences
Open a previous experience
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Enjoying Playplanet
Enjoying My Experience
Enjoying Your Life
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5. What is Playplanet?
Playplanet is a social travel platform which connects travelers with locals and their own local culture.
Playplanet caters to the needs of the
local hosts and travelers. Local people
can be a Playplanet host and plan
local trips to share their passion and
knowledge about their local community
while earning money.
Conversely, travelers can get a unique
authentic travel experience with real
local people.
We believe that people’s warm hearts
and unforgettable travel memories can
inspire everyone to change the world
around them.
Why don’t you spread your warm heart to
the world with us?
Exciting adventures. Amazing people.
Unforgettable memories.
Change the world with sustainable travel!
Let’s playplanet!
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6. What is a Playplanet host?
A Playplanet host is someone who wants to share their local experiences, world views, and local stories with travelers. Hosts invite travelers to try
their local food, go to local markets, and live like a local. Host and travelers become friends, share good memories, and create social impact together.
Why should I host in Playplanet?
Make your personal brand!
You can host many unique experiences
which provide positive social impact
to locals and the environment.
Our platform allows you to create a
brand for yourself so you can express
your talent and share your stories to
many people who seek new
experiences.
Travel in your daily life!
Being a Playplanet host brings
freshness to your everyday life, as
travel brings about exciting and
unusual moments.
Being a host is a great way to meet
people from different backgrounds
all around the world.
Earn money and travel!
You can earn extra income by hosting
your experiences in Playplanet. You
can use this money to travel to your
dream destination (hosted by another
local, of course!)
Set your own schedule!
You can host your travel date and
time freely. You can adjust your
hosting time whenever you are
avilable. Manage your travel
experience schedule as single,
repeat, or by request.
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8. How Can I Become a Host?
Signing up
1. Signing up
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Visit Playplanet
Website
(letsplayplanet.com)
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Login via Facebook
or
enter your e-mail
address in the box
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Confirm
the e-mail sent
to your Mail Inbox
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Click the link
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Fill in the basic
information in
the sign up page
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Complete!
Welcome to
Playplanet!
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9. Becoming a Host
2. Edit your profile
Travelers visiting Playplanet want
to know not only about the host’s
experience but also the host’s
hobbies and interests.
Upload your profile picture and
introduce yourself to travelers!
01) Photo
02) Name
03) I play
05) Phone number
06) URL name
07) Locarion
08) Speaking language
09) My story
10) Verify
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Log in Become a Host Host your experience
How Can I Become a Host?
10. How can I host my first experience?
Fill out the experience information for your hosting
Enter the title of your experience within
60 character, and type a short explanation
of your experience in 100 character.
The title must include the topic and
keywords of your experience. It will serve
as a first impression of your experience
hosting page, and can persuade travelers
to choose your experience.
Lastly, you can choose the category
which your experience belongs to.
Save the plan (You can edit anytime) Complete the Checklist
You can click the “Request for approval” after
required information has been filled out
When the experience is approved,
you can open the schedule for travelers.
General Information
1. Experience Title / Short description/ Category
Choose the city and country of your experience destination.
2. Location
- Art and culture
- Urban discovery
- Family and kids
- Music and performance
- Learning and education
- Nature and outdoor
- History
- Food Exploring
- Photography
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11. You can receive your profit via bank deposit or Paypal within 10 days after the travel experience.
Consider the best and most reasonable price given the costs for your hosting experience.
If it's too expensive, this might not be attractive to potential travelers.
80% of profit goes to the host, and 20% goes to playplanet as commission and bank transfer fees.
80% 20%
4. Price per person
Choose the number of people you can
accommodate in your experience.
We recommend you to choose a
maximum of 12.
If your experience involves small alley
tours or requires deep conversations
with travelers, we recommend around
4-6 people for each hosting.
However, If you plan to hold a big project, party, or meeting many people, there is no certain limitation for it, but it is better to choose wisely to
respect other travelers.
If your experience involves a middle
size project for a local community,
we recommend that you to invite
6-12 people.
3. Number of People
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How can I host my first experience?
12. List down the main language you will use for your hosting, and other languages you're comfortable with speaking.
You can meet and make friends with more travelers if you can speak several languages.
5. Speaking Language
- Things you must include
6. Description
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Why you made
this hosting
experience
What activities
do you offer
Why should
travelers join
your hosting
experience
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How can I host my first experience?
13. 1) Decribe your experience using simple words so that travelers can understand your experience easily.
If you use foreign words (Chinese characters for Korean), you can give a short explanation in parentheses.
2) If there is a website, social networking site, or blog that has useful information about your experience, you can upload the link.
3) Encourage your travelers to write a review of their travel experience after to help improve your hosting experience.
Tips to attract travelers
How can I host my first experience?
14. Set a meeting point for you and
your travelers to meet,
and give a detailed explanation
on how to get there.
① Indicate the number of subway line and exit, bus number and bus stop for travelers who take puplic transportation.
② Inform where to park near meeting point for travelers who use their own car.
③ Choose a famous landmark or a place where travelers can easily find it as your meeting point.
7. Meeting Point
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How to add the meeting point
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3.
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5.
Drag and zoom the map to near the
meeting point's location
Click Add location marker
Adjust the marker by dragging it to
the exact location
Fill in "How to get there" information
Click "Save meeting point" button to
save
Describe how to get there
Save meeting point
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③
How can I host my first experience?
15. 8. Managing Your Hosting Schedule
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Choose the country of your experience. The country’s time zone will automatically be set up.
ex) If your experience is in Seoul, choose ‘Asia/Seoul’
- Set time zone
Make detailed schedule for your experience.
This is one of important fact when travelers
choose experiences, so write it precisely.
- Itinerary
Choose a starting time for your travel. You can repeat your experience everyday, weekly, or monthly.
- Date/Starting Time/ Repeat
Tip
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2)
If your experience lasts for one day,
you better start your experience at
10-11AM for lunch or 4-5PM for dinner
to know each other deeply by having
meal together.
If your experience is a 2-4 day schedule,
you better start your experience on
Friday so your travelers can experience
both weekday and weekend life of locals.
How can I host my first experience?
16. * What is a good photo?
9. Photo
Upload at least 2 photos to give a short preview of your experience. Photos can give travelers an idea of what to expect from your experience.
Showing host and
locals well
Showing a fun episode
from your previous
hosting vividly
Expressing host’s
personality well
High-quality photo
(GIF,JPEG,PNG)
How can I host my first experience?
17. Optional information
1. Social Impact
Playplanet believes that sustainable travel can change the world. You can create social impact through traveling.
Decribe what social impacts would be created with your experience.
What is Social Impact? Social Impact is any positive effect towards society from actions that aim to solve social problems such as
environment, culture, human rights, unemployment, education, etc.
2. Translation
You can post information of your experience in other languages for foreign travelers. If you can’t translate it to another language (i.e. English),
send a ‘Request for Translation’ to playplanet. We will translate your experience for you.
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How can I host my first experience?
19. 1. Go to ‘My hosting’ 2. Hosting Experience 3. Click the ‘Manage experience’
4. Click ‘Add new schedule’ 5. Click the date you want
to open your experience
6. fill the detailed schedule and save
Opening a Previous Experience
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My Experiences
20. If you want to host new experience, please follow this steps.
1. My Hosting 2. Hosting Experience
3. Click ‘Host new experience’
at the top of right side
4. fill the detailed information about
new experience and save
My Experiences
Hosting Another Experience
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21. When a traveler decides to book your experience, he/she will send a request to you with their preffered date.
If you are available, you can open the experience on that date. (Refer p18 ‘Open the previous experience’)
Request from Traveler
Accepting a Traveler's Booking Request
If you can’t open the travel at the date requested,
send Playplanet a message and discuss about your available date.
Changing the Date of the Booking Request
23. Arrive at the meeting point 10 minutes
earlier than your travelers. If you are
going to be late for unavoidable reasons,
contact your travelers in advance.
Support local economy. Buy local
products and encourage travelers
to do so as well.
Guide travelers to respect and
understand local culture.
Suggest travelers to write a review
about your hosting. Travelers’ reviews
are a great feedback for you and
Playplanet.
Keep the local environment clean and
pleasant by not making too much noise
and reducing your trash.
Enjoying My Experience
Host Guideline
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Enjoying My Experience
You can start your travel with a light
conversation to create a comfortable
atmosphere. Because travelers all
meet each other for the first time,they
may feel a little awkward or nervous.
Wear bright-colored clothes or
accessories that make you stand out
as a host. It will help travelers
recognize you easily during the course
of the travel experience.
Have a break time during the travel.
Usually, long hours of traveling make
travelers tired, and it might disrupt
your travel. You can use this time to
know more about one another while
resting in a cafe with a cup of tea or
coffee.
Make many travel memories by taking
loads of pictures. A travel becomes
more memorable when you take nice
and funny pictures. Find wonderful
spots around your hosting area where
you and your travelers can take
photos.
ex) What a wonderful weather! It’s
going to be an amazing travel!/
I am currently working for~, and
I created this experience because~.
Where are you from? Please tell
me about yourself!
Tips to make the traveler twice happier
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Reviews can be seen in the playplanet
platform and become a good reference
for potential travelers and other host.
Whenever you want to recall a memory
from your previous hosting experience,
you can go to playplanet and read the
reviews. Also, since the travelers’ profile
and Facebook profile is made public when
they upload reviews, you can contact
them easily for catching up or asking
questions.
Because of your travel experience, you
will soon notice a transformation around
you. You can observe small changes as
your travelers get to know more about
your local stories and culture. Eventually,
your experience can lead to big changes
that try to solve the environmental and
social problem in your community. As
you end your travel experience, you are
considered local heroes of your community.
New friends and wonderful memories
from your local travel through playplanet
will surely create an impact in you. This
experience will change your perspective
of the world and bring a certain kind of
peace and happiness in your life. You also
can join local host networking meetings
or parties held by Playplanet throughout
the year to meet other hosts and build
your network.
Enjoying Your Life
Review Social Impact Through Travel Never Ending Story
