A brief history of hospitality exchange networks

2011-09-02T08:21:01Z

Chmac: Added link to Tripping

'''[[Hospitality exchange]] networks''' have been around for a while.

*[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]]

*[http://www.hospex.org Hospex] was the first Internet based hospitality club, established back in 1992.
*[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]]
*[http://www.couchsurfing.org CouchSurfing] was started by Casey Fenton in 2003 and is currently the largest hospitality exchange network. Also the term "''couch surf''" 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]
*[http://www.bewelcome.org BeWelcome] was started in 2007.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeWelcome read more]
*[http://www.belodged.com BeLodged]
*[http://www.globalfreeloaders.com Global Free Loaders]
*[http://www.place2stay.com Place 2 Stay]
*[http://www.stay4free.com Stay 4 Free]
*[https://www.tripping.com/ Tripping]

===Specialized networks===
*[http://dachgeber.de/ Dachgeber] (a still paper based, mostly german network for cyclists)
*[http://www.gigswap.org Gig Swap]
*[http://www.warmshowers.org Warm Showers] (hospitality network for cyclists)
*[http://www.wwoof.org Organic Farming]<small><sup>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWOOF wiki]</sup></small>
*[http://www.helpx.net/ HelpX.net] (help exchange network)

==References==
* More about [http://www.hospitalityguide.net hospitality networks].
* [[Academic research about Hospitality Exchange]]

Organisational critique
* on [http://opencouchsurfing.org/ CouchSurfing]
* on [http://openhospitalityclub.org/ Hospitality Club]

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