Air Plants: The Nearly Indestructible House Plant

Hi, I'm like Peggy, I grow other plants but I do not have very good luck with the air plants. My husband had one growing at his office at work and it was beautiful. He bought me 'starts' from work and they would die, every one of them.... I don't know what I did to them, but it was not good. Is it the water, soil, amount of sunlight??? Thanks

I consider myself to be a person blessed with a green thumb & I even tend to have great success bringing plants back from the brink of death (basically nearly dead plants that I’ve rescued from friends or family members, or ones that I’ve found barely clinging to life on the discount sale table at our local Walmart or home improvement store). But for some reason, despite my best efforts, every air plant I’ve ever gotten has croaked! I would just like to know the best way to water air plants as a rule (& typically how often to do so). I’ve tried growing air plants 2 different ways in terms of watering — I’ve tried following the instructions to soak them in water, and I’ve followed instructions to mist them instead. I have found it to be very confusing that different “experts” make very different recommendations about how best to water air plants & how often. I know many have stated that you need to take the level of humidity in the air into consideration when deciding how often to water. I’ve done that also, still with no success. But I would LOVE to successfully grow an air plant! So, since I’ve tried to take a variety of these so-called “experts” suggestions & failed, I would love to just know the general consensus on how most people specifically go about watering air plants and how often they water them? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!