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BeWelcome is a hospitality exchange service that is run by a non-profit organisation.[1] It is one of four "most visited" hospitality exchange sites according to La Nación,[2] and one of the top-10 hospitality travel sites according to The Guardian.[3]

The site was founded in February of 2007[4] by unsatisfied ex volunteers from another hospitality exchange website Hospitality Club.[3][5] As of January 2010, the organisation has approximately 8,000 members from all over the world who offer free accommodation and help during travels.[6] It is the first such service to provide a truly multilingual environment with multilingual profiles. Joining is free and the software behind the site, the BW-rox platform, is libre software.[7]

Notes

  1. Vicky Baker, 2008. "The Guardian: Going local in Caracas, Venezuela"
  2. (Spanish) Paula Soler, 2008. "La Nación: Cómo usar la Web para hacer amigos y poder viajar... gratis"
  3. 3.0 3.1 Vicky Baker, 2008. The Guardian: Top 10 hospitality travel sites
  4. History of BeVolunteer
  5. (Lithuanian) Romuald Bokėj (2008). Apsikeitimas svetingumu. (PDF) Žalioji Lietuva Nr. 6 (298) ISSN 1392-7167. URL accessed on 2007-10-10.
  6. BeWelcome statistic
  7. Freshmeat: BeWelcome Rox, BeWelcome Source Code

External links

Hospitality services
Agritourism | Amikeca Reto | CouchSurfing | Dude ranch | GlobalFreeLoaders | Hospitality Club | Pasporta Servo | Servas Open Doors
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