I am a member of a traveller's organisation that provides visitors to Australia with short-term accomodation in host's houses, as well as shows them around the city.
I got contacted by a professional dancer from New York coming out here for six months as part of a job. She asked if she could have free accomodation with me for the whole six months(!) in exchange for some light housework. This seems like quite the outrageous request, as the normal period of stay is for a few days. I was going to ignore her request until I looked her up on-line and discovered she was a 9.5!
So my question is how do I turn this request to my advantage? So far, I have sent her this e-mail:
"Hi there ****,
I may be able to help out. I have a place near the city where you would have your own room and kitchen ... However, I prefer to meet anyone I am hosting for that long before offering the room ... I have already had a few visitors arriving in Feburary write to me as well ... If you are interested, contact me when you arrive and I will be happy to meet up to see if you are the sort of person I would be happy to have stay for a few months ... I would be happy to host you if things work out after we meet."
Basically, I am sure that she has lots of AFC's kissing her ass, begging to have her stay with her so I figured that I should make her feel that she has to work to earn the right to stay with me. She has already responded, saying that she wants to keep in touch with me AND meet me once she arrives, despite the fact that she probably has a ton of guys already offering her a place. So how do I take it from here?
I got contacted by a professional dancer from New York coming out here for six months as part of a job. She asked if she could have free accomodation with me for the whole six months(!) in exchange for some light housework. This seems like quite the outrageous request, as the normal period of stay is for a few days. I was going to ignore her request until I looked her up on-line and discovered she was a 9.5!
So my question is how do I turn this request to my advantage? So far, I have sent her this e-mail:
"Hi there ****,
I may be able to help out. I have a place near the city where you would have your own room and kitchen ... However, I prefer to meet anyone I am hosting for that long before offering the room ... I have already had a few visitors arriving in Feburary write to me as well ... If you are interested, contact me when you arrive and I will be happy to meet up to see if you are the sort of person I would be happy to have stay for a few months ... I would be happy to host you if things work out after we meet."
Basically, I am sure that she has lots of AFC's kissing her ass, begging to have her stay with her so I figured that I should make her feel that she has to work to earn the right to stay with me. She has already responded, saying that she wants to keep in touch with me AND meet me once she arrives, despite the fact that she probably has a ton of guys already offering her a place. So how do I take it from here?