A great host turns a trip into a story — the kind you tell friends about for years. I’d have missed half my best travel stories without the hosts who treated me like family. We shared meals, explored the city together, went surfing, had conversations that lasted till midnight. Platforms bury these hosts under hotel-like properties and turnover-optimized listings. SoulHosts changes that.
Explore Soul HostsEveryone on Airbnb has 4.8 stars. That tells you nothing. But there’s a world of difference between “clean, good location” and “we had dinner together and she showed us her favorite spots.”
We read hundreds of thousands of reviews per city, looking for what star ratings can’t measure. Property managers and bulk operators are filtered out.
Claudia
♥97.8“Tessa was really welcoming and gave a lot of great advice for what to do while in London and we had some really nice chats over tea and coffee.”
Cynthia
♥97.8“Yet, Cynthia's very welcoming and friendly demeanor made it less of an inconvenience.”
Gustavo A
♥97.8“He helped us with our arrival hour (1 AM) without putting any problem, solved every question that we had… all great!...”
Jennifer
♥97.1“We had to check out a bit late and she was so accommodating and even helped us bring our luggage to our car.”
Trevor
♥97.8“Trevor was one of the best host’s! He went out of his way to accommodate us.”
Peter
♥97.8“It was spacious and catered for our every need- full of great kitchen equipment, toys, good wifi connection, books, lovely neighbours, an awesome person who gave us our keys (and went above and beyond when we had an airline issue) and really cool decor.”
Alexander
♥97.8“He helped us in many situations and we can really recommend this apartment! :-) We had a nice time, thanks for that.”
Barbara
♥97.8“She was so friendly and welcoming and introduced us to her other long term house guests.”
Lori
♥97.8“Lori was friendly, accommodating, and went above and beyond to make sure my stay was comfortable.”
Susan
♥97.8“She went out of her way to get little extras here and there that were not expected.”
Kira
♥97.2“Kira goes above and beyond for her guest and truly provides a wonderful atmosphere and experience.”
Maia
♥97.8“She was very helpful with good local knowledge which was very useful for planning our short visit.”
Gerardo Andres
♥97.8“I didn't meet the owners in person but they were very responsive via text.”
Jill
♥97.8“Jill immediately made me feel right at home and went way above and beyond as a host.”
Steve
♥97.8“They gave us a myriad of restaurants suggestions and even drove us to the BART station one day.”
Clare & Hannah
♥97.8“Clare and Hannah were both great hosts, so welcoming and friendly.”
Lori
♥97.8“If I hadn't been so busy I would have enjoyed just spending time chatting with her a bit more.”
Isabella
♥95“Isabella is very friendly and helped us with a long list of restaurant and activity suggestions.”
Tingying(Helen)
♥97.6“She is very warm hearted and helped us a lot in settling!”
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