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<p>94.179.12.30: </p> <hr /> <div>'''[[Hospitality exchange]] networks''' have been around for a while.<br /> <br /> <br /> *[http://joomla.servas.org Servas] is the oldest hospitality exchange organization. Setup in 1948 by Bob Luitweiler, it was originally called 'PeaceBuilders'. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servas_Open_Doors read more] - [[Servas]]<br /> <br /> *[http://www.hospex.org Hospex] was the first Internet based hospitality club, established back in 1992.<br /> *[http://www.hospitalityclub.org Hospitality Club] is the successor to Hospex and Travelhoo, founded in 2000 by Veit Kühne and grown after merging with the Hitch Hikers Database, a global site based in Lithuania which originally had a dispute with Veit who copied parts of their website. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospitality_club read more] - [[Hospitality Club]]<br /> *[http://www.couchsurfing.org CouchSurfing] was started by Casey Fenton in 2003 and is currently the largest hospitality exchange network. Also the term &quot;''couch surf''&quot; has been around for decades, it used to mean staying on friends' couches. [[CouchSurfing]] is credited with changing the meaning to include international hospitality exchange. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couchsurfing read more] <br /> *[http://www.bewelcome.org BeWelcome] was started in 2007.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeWelcome read more]<br /> *[http://www.belodged.com BeLodged]<br /> *[http://www.globalfreeloaders.com Global Free Loaders]<br /> *[http://www.place2stay.com Place 2 Stay]<br /> *[http://www.stay4free.com Stay 4 Free]<br /> <br /> ===Specialized networks===<br /> *[http://dachgeber.de/ Dachgeber] (a still paper based, mostly german network for cyclists)<br /> *[http://www.gigswap.org Gig Swap]<br /> *[http://www.warmshowers.org Warm Showers] (hospitality network for cyclists)<br /> *[http://www.wwoof.org Organic Farming]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWOOF wiki]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> * More about [http://www.hospitalityguide.net hospitality networks].<br /> <br /> {{stub}}</div>

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