This was my very first AirBnB experience, so it was even more important to me that it be a good experience for both myself and my host. I had picked John because he had been involved in the music industry (and still was involved in promoting artists) and I was very involved with music (I do a radio show locally). So we had something in common and the basis for conversation. Though our conversation went much farther afield on matters like travel, other culture, the Boston/Cambridge area in general, even life. It was good to have that for the two nights and two mornings -- and we ended up having breakfast twice on his second-floor patio.
John was very helpful all the way around. He told me all about public transportation, made it a point to make breakfast and coffee, and was generally pretty easygoing about things. I felt welcome and the host experience was probably the best part of my brief stay (only one full day) there. We communicated well about guidelines and rules for staying.