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{{AFC comment|1=This article is promotional in tone - seen in things like the list of membership numbers throughtout the years to show growth, and sentences like "BeWelcome is committed to data protection and members' privacy". The external links in the list of founders also needs to be removed and replaced with their full names. [[user:Notcharizard|<span style="color:#70A67A">-- NotC</span><span style="color:#396340">hariza</span><span style="color:#0D2311">rd</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Notcharizard|<span style="color:#0D2311">🗨</span>]]</sup> 09:50, 29 April 2024 (UTC)}} |
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| founder = Marco Presti, Matthias Heß, Pierre-Charles Marais], et al. |
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| founder = [https://www.bewelcome.org/members/claudiaab Claudia], [https://www.bewelcome.org/members/coroa Jonas], [https://www.bewelcome.org/members/gotte Gerrit], [https://www.bewelcome.org/members/hkroger Hannu Kröger], [https://www.bewelcome.org/members/jeanyves Jean Yves], [https://www.bewelcome.org/members/junglerover Marco Presti], [https://www.bewelcome.org/members/matthias Matthias Heß], [https://www.bewelcome.org/members/pietshah Pierre-Charles Marais], and [https://www.bewelcome.org/members/thorgal67 Frank] |
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<ref name="history">{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.bevolunteer.org/about-bevolunteer/history/ |website=BeVolunteer.org |access-date=2023-03-28}}</ref> |
<ref name="history">{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.bevolunteer.org/about-bevolunteer/history/ |website=BeVolunteer.org |access-date=2023-03-28}}</ref> |
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| products = [[Homestay]] |
| products = [[Homestay]] |
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| services = [[Social networking service]] |
| services = [[Social networking service]] |
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| language = [[Arabic language|Arabic]], [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]], [[Catalan language|Catalan]], [[Czech language|Czech]], [[Danish language|Danish]], [[German language|German]], [[Greek language|Greek]], [[English language|English]], [[Esperanto language|Esperanto]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Basque language|Basque]], [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Finnish language|Finnish]], [[French language|French]], [[Galician language|Galician]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Croatian language|Croatian]], [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Japanese language|Japanese]], [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]], [[Latvian language|Latvian]], [[Norwegian Bokmål language|Norwegian Bokmål]], [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]], [[Polish language|Polish]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[Romansh language|Romansh]], [[Romanian language|Romanian]], [[Russian language|Russian]], [[Slovak language|Slovak]], [[Slovenian language|Slovenian]], [[Serbian language|Serbian]], [[Sundanese language|Sundanese]], [[Swahili language|Swahili]], [[Turkish language|Turkish]], [[Simplified Chinese language|Simplified Chinese]], [[Traditional Chinese language|Traditional Chinese]] |
| language = [[Arabic language|Arabic]], [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]], [[Catalan language|Catalan]], [[Czech language|Czech]], [[Danish language|Danish]], [[German language|German]], [[Greek language|Greek]] <ref>https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeWelcome</ref>, [[English language|English]], [[Esperanto language|Esperanto]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Basque language|Basque]], [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Finnish language|Finnish]], [[French language|French <ref>https://.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeWelcome</ref>]], [[Galician language|Galician]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Croatian language|Croatian]], [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Japanese language|Japanese]], [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]], [[Latvian language|Latvian]], [[Norwegian Bokmål language|Norwegian Bokmål]], [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]], [[Polish language|Polish]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[Romansh language|Romansh]], [[Romanian language|Romanian]], [[Russian language|Russian]], [[Slovak language|Slovak]], [[Slovenian language|Slovenian]], [[Serbian language|Serbian]], [[Sundanese language|Sundanese]], [[Swahili language|Swahili]], [[Turkish language|Turkish]], [[Simplified Chinese language|Simplified Chinese]], [[Traditional Chinese language|Traditional Chinese]] |
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<ref name="website">{{Cite web | url=https://www.bewelcome.org/ | title=BeWelcome | access-date = 2023-03-29}}</ref> |
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'''BeWelcome''' is a [[non-profit]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bewelcome.org/about|title=About BeWelcome|website=BeWelcome|access-date=March 31, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Bosnic|first=Tyra|date=January 14, 2022|title=Meet the Women Who Created a Facebook Group That's Helping Thousands of People Survive the Pandemic|work=BuzzFeed News|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tyrabosnic/host-a-sister-facebook-group-covid-pandemic|access-date=March 31, 2023}}</ref> and [[open-source]]<ref>{{cite web|last=BeWelcome|title=rox/LICENSE|url=https://github.com/BeWelcome/rox/blob/develop/LICENSE|website=GitHub|access-date=March 31, 2023}}</ref> online [[hospitality exchange service]] |
'''BeWelcome''' is a [[non-profit]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bewelcome.org/about|title=About BeWelcome|website=BeWelcome|access-date=March 31, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Bosnic|first=Tyra|date=January 14, 2022|title=Meet the Women Who Created a Facebook Group That's Helping Thousands of People Survive the Pandemic|work=BuzzFeed News|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tyrabosnic/host-a-sister-facebook-group-covid-pandemic|access-date=March 31, 2023}}</ref> and [[open-source]]<ref>{{cite web|last=BeWelcome|title=rox/LICENSE|url=https://github.com/BeWelcome/rox/blob/develop/LICENSE|website=GitHub|access-date=March 31, 2023}}</ref> online [[hospitality exchange service]] by which users can request free short-term homestays or interact with other members who are interested in travel. Hosts are not allowed to charge for lodging<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Schöpf |first=Simon |date=2015-01-25 |title=The Commodification of the Couch: A Dialectical Analysis of Hospitality Exchange Platforms |url=https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/480 |journal=Triple-c |volume=13 |pages=32|doi=10.31269/triplec.v13i1.480 }}</ref> and the use of the platform is free of charge. The platform focuses on direct interpersonal exchange in real life as well as online. |
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Core values are being free to use both for guests and hosts, being entirely run by volunteers, its code is open source and with a strict privacy policy.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ossewaarde |first1=Marinus |last2=Reijers | first2=Wessel |title=The illusion of the digital commons: 'False consciousness' in online alternative economies |journal=Organization |date=21 August 2017 |volume=24 |issue=5 |pages=609–628 |doi=10.1177/1350508417713217 |s2cid=149344352 | url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1350508417713217 | issn=1350-5084}}</ref><ref name=delhi>{{cite book |last1=Tagiew |first1=Rustam |last2=Ignatov |first2=Dmitry. I |last3=Delhibabu |first3=Radhakrishnan |title=2015 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining Workshop (ICDMW) |chapter=Hospitality Exchange Services as a Source of Spatial and Social Data? |date=2015 |pages=1125–1130 |doi=10.1109/ICDMW.2015.239 |isbn=978-1-4673-8493-3 |s2cid=8196598}}</ref> Full transparency extends to financial aspects, budgets and expenses are publicly accessible. The platform is run purely on donations. |
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BeWelcome is a non-profit hospitality exchange service by which users can request free short-term homestays or interact with other members who are interested in travel. It is accessible via a website and mobile app. Hosts are not allowed to charge for lodging and the use of the platform is free of charge. The platform focuses on direct interpersonal exchange in real life as well as online. |
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Core values are being free to use both for guests and hosts, being entirely run by volunteers, its code is open source and with a strict privacy policy [sources ]. Full transparency extends to financial aspects, budgets and expenses are publicly accessible. The platform is run purely on donations. |
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In 2008 a verification process amongst members was started which was omitted in the meantime for creating a false sense of safety. |
In 2008 a verification process amongst members was started which was omitted in the meantime for creating a false sense of safety. |
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== History == |
== History == |
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In 2005, a disagreement between some volunteers of the defunct Hospitality Club |
In 2005, a disagreement between some volunteers of the defunct Hospitality Club<ref>{{cite web |title=receipt for creation of "Hospitality Club Volunteers" in January 2007 |url=https://www.bevolunteer.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Recepisse-creation-BeVolunteer.pdf |access-date=1 January 2024}}</ref> and its founder led to the foundation of BeWelcome.<ref name=conscience>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2011/aug/26/couchsurfing-investment-budget-travel | title=Budget Travel: Not-for-profit Couchsurfing becomes a company (with a conscience) | first=Vicky | last=Baker | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=26 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Tips for Travel Savings in 2014 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/travel/tips-for-travel-savings-in-2014.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=7 January 2014}}</ref><ref>https://www.unsere-zeitung.at/2022/08/24/hospitality-club-ein-nachruf-2/ | date=26 October 2023</ref> |
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Inspired by the legal structure behind [[Wikipedia]], the platform BeWelcome is operated by the non-profit organization |
Inspired by the legal structure behind [[Wikipedia]], the platform BeWelcome is operated by the non-profit organization<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rules of BeVolunteer |url=https://www.bevolunteer.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Rules-of-BeVolunteer-draft-v4GA.pdf |website=BeVolunteer}}</ref> BeVolunteer which is registered in [[Rennes]], [[Brittany]], [[France]]. Its members decide on legal issues like its statutes and the Terms of Use of BeWelcome.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kühner |first=Anja |title=(Fast) Gratis Reisen. Ein Guide durch die Gastfreundschafts-Netzwerke |publisher=abc Verlag |year=2010 |location=Heidelberg |pages=163 |language=German}}</ref> |
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The BeVolunteer statutes can be modified only by an extraordinary General Assembly.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Schöpf |first=Simon |date=2015-01-25 |title=The Commodification of the Couch: A Dialectical Analysis of Hospitality Exchange Platforms |url=https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/480 |journal=Triple-c |volume=13 |pages=32|doi=10.31269/triplec.v13i1.480 }}</ref> |
The BeVolunteer statutes can be modified only by an extraordinary General Assembly.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Schöpf |first=Simon |date=2015-01-25 |title=The Commodification of the Couch: A Dialectical Analysis of Hospitality Exchange Platforms |url=https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/480 |journal=Triple-c |volume=13 |pages=32|doi=10.31269/triplec.v13i1.480 }}</ref> |
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⚫ | The platform BeWelcome.org went online in 2006. The number of members currently is 207,160 as of December 2023<ref name="t31">{{cite web |title=BeWelcome.org suspends members who haven't logged in for 5 years to keep database up-to-date & active |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/couchsurfing/comments/17jpeb6/bewelcomeorg_suspends_members_who_havent_logged/?rdt=54258 |website=www.reddit.com |access-date=December 30, 2023}}</ref> |
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The platform BeWelcome.org went online in 2006. The number of members grew slowly but steadily: |
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* 30,000 in 2012<ref>{{Cite web |last=TAN |first=JUN-E |date=2012 |title=BUILDING TRUST IN ELECTRONIC-TO-FACE SOCIAL NETWORK SITES: CASE STUDY OF COUCHSURFING.ORG TAN JUN-E WEE KIM WEE SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION |url=https://jun-etan.com/documents/Building-Trust-in-e2f-SNSs-Case-Study-of-CS-Tan-Jun-E.pdf |access-date=11 October 2023}}</ref> |
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* 68,320 on 04.03.2014<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Tagiew |first=Rustam |date=December 30, 2014 |title=Bewelcome.org – a non-profit democratic hospex service set up for growth. |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270217532 |journal=ResearchGate |arxiv=1412.8700 }}</ref> |
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* 100,000 in 2016 <ref>{{cite web |title=press release of BeWelcome |url=https://www.bevolunteer.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/BeWelcome-welcomes-its-100.00th-member_final.pdf |website=press release of BeWelcome |access-date=December 31, 2023}}</ref> |
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* 125.728 in 2020<ref name="t29">{{Cite web |date=January 28, 2020 |title=Ditch The Hotels: Stay In Someone's Home On Your Next Vacay |url=https://www.outlooktraveller.com/travelnews/people/5-couchsurfing-apps-and-websites-for-your-solo-travels |access-date=October 11, 2023 |website=outlooktraveller.com}}</ref> |
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* 165,000 in early 2022<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thenomadfamily.org/7-best-couchsurfing-alternative/ | title=The 7 Best Couchsurfing Alternatives in 2023 | TheNomadFamily | date=19 November 2020 }}</ref> |
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* 200,000 by June 2022<ref name="t29" /><ref name="t10" /> |
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* 250,000 in June 2023<ref>{{Cite web |title=BeWelcome: The largest non-profit hospitality exchange network reaches milestone in membership |url=https://bewelcome.medium.com/bewelcome-the-largest-non-profit-hospitality-exchange-network-reaches-milestone-in-membership-57c60b5d49c3 |access-date=October 10, 2023 |website=medium.com|date=9 July 2023 }}</ref> |
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⚫ | Since 2012 BeWelcome is considered the most important alternative to Couchsurfing.<ref>{{cite web |title=Der Hospitality Club – ein Nachruf |date=24 August 2022 |url=https://www.unsere-zeitung.at/2022/08/24/hospitality-club-ein-nachruf-2/ |access-date=26 December 2023}}</ref><ref> {{cite thesis |last= TAN JUN-E |first= WEE KIM|date= 2012|title=BUILDING TRUST IN ELECTRONIC-TO-FACE SOCIAL NETWORK SITES: CASE STUDY OF COUCHSURFING.ORG |page=166 |url= https://dr.ntu.edu.sg/handle/10356/53526?mode=full|degree= PhD |publisher= WEE SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION Nanyang Technological University in Communication|access-date=December 20, 2023}} </ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Best Free Hospitality Exchange Websites: 16 Couchsurfing Alternatives in 2023 |date=25 January 2018 |url=https://cycloscope.net/couchsurfing-alternatives-free-hospitality |access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref> |
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== Organization == |
== Organization == |
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Any member of BeWelcome can start volunteering at any time. There is no obligation of joining BeVolunteer |
Any member of BeWelcome can start volunteering at any time. There is no obligation of joining BeVolunteer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bewelcome.org/volunteer |website=BeWelcome volunteers |title=BeWelcome Volunteers |access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref> |
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BeWelcome is committed to data protection and members' privacy <ref>{{cite web |title=Katarzyna Gajewska, Implementing peer-to-peer hospitality exchange: organizational philosophy of BeWelcome.org |url=https://www.resilience.org/stories/2021-02-09/implementing-peer-to-peer-hospitality-exchange-organizational-philosophy-of-bewelcome-org/ |website=resilience.org |access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref>and adopted a strict [https://www.bewelcome.org/privacy privacy policy]. |
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⚫ | The Board of Directors is the main organ of BeWelcome. Every active volunteer for BeWelcome can become a member of BeVolunteer and is then entitled both to vote or being elected in a Board position.<ref> {{cite thesis |last= Zvolska |first= Lucie |date= 2015 |title=Sustainability Potentials of the Sharing Economy The case of accommodation sharing platforms |chapter= page 46, 3.2.1 Free platforms BeWelcome |degree=MSc |publisher=Environmental Management and Policy Lund, Sweden |url=https://lup.lub.lu.se/luur/download?func=downloadFile&recordOId=8055286&fileOId=8055287 |access-date=2023-12-30}} </ref> |
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== General Assembly == |
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The Board of Directors of BeVolunteer is elected on a yearly base. So far Board members have come from countries such as Argentina, Belgium, China, Croatia, France, Germany, New Zealand and Poland. |
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The Board of Directors is the main organ of BeWelcome. Every active volunteer for BeWelcome can become a member of BeVolunteer and is then entitled both to vote or being elected in a Board position <ref> {{cite thesis |last= Zvolska |first= Lucie |date= 2015 |title=Sustainability Potentials of the Sharing Economy The case of accommodation sharing platforms |chapter= page 46, 3.2.1 Free platforms BeWelcome |degree=MSc |publisher=Environmental Management and Policy Lund, Sweden |url=https://lup.lub.lu.se/luur/download?func=downloadFile&recordOId=8055286&fileOId=8055287 |access-date=2023-12-30}} </ref>. The Board of Directors of BeVolunteer is elected on a yearly base. So far Board members have come from countries such as Argentina, Belgium, China, Croatia, France, Germany, New Zealand and Poland. |
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- Comment: This article is promotional in tone - seen in things like the list of membership numbers throughtout the years to show growth, and sentences like "BeWelcome is committed to data protection and members' privacy". The external links in the list of founders also needs to be removed and replaced with their full names. -- NotCharizard 🗨 09:50, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: See WP:ORGCRIT. CNMall41 (talk) 04:47, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
Type of business | Non-profit |
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Available in | Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek [1], English, Esperanto, Spanish, Basque, Persian, Finnish, French [2], Galician, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Norwegian Bokmål, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romansh, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Sundanese, Swahili, Turkish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese [3] |
Area served | Global |
Founder(s) | Marco Presti, Matthias Heß, Pierre-Charles Marais], et al. [4] |
Products | Homestay |
Services | Social networking service |
URL | https://www.bewelcome.org/ |
Users | 207,160[5] |
Launched | February 2007[4] |
Part of a series on |
Homestays |
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Hospitality exchange services |
Hospitality for work |
Hospitality for money |
Home exchange and others |
BeWelcome is a non-profit[6][7] and open-source[8] online hospitality exchange service by which users can request free short-term homestays or interact with other members who are interested in travel. Hosts are not allowed to charge for lodging[9] and the use of the platform is free of charge. The platform focuses on direct interpersonal exchange in real life as well as online.
Core values are being free to use both for guests and hosts, being entirely run by volunteers, its code is open source and with a strict privacy policy.[10][11] Full transparency extends to financial aspects, budgets and expenses are publicly accessible. The platform is run purely on donations.
In 2008 a verification process amongst members was started which was omitted in the meantime for creating a false sense of safety.
History
In 2005, a disagreement between some volunteers of the defunct Hospitality Club[12] and its founder led to the foundation of BeWelcome.[13][14][15]
Inspired by the legal structure behind Wikipedia, the platform BeWelcome is operated by the non-profit organization[16] BeVolunteer which is registered in Rennes, Brittany, France. Its members decide on legal issues like its statutes and the Terms of Use of BeWelcome.[17]
The BeVolunteer statutes can be modified only by an extraordinary General Assembly.[18]
The platform BeWelcome.org went online in 2006. The number of members currently is 207,160 as of December 2023[19]
The growth in membership was propelled by events in the biggest hospitality exchange network Couchsurfing.[20]
Since 2012 BeWelcome is considered the most important alternative to Couchsurfing.[21][22][23]
Organization
Any member of BeWelcome can start volunteering at any time. There is no obligation of joining BeVolunteer.[24]
The yearly General Assembly is composed by the members of BeVolunteer. The participants elect the Board of Directors and approve the financial statement and the budget.
The Board of Directors is the main organ of BeWelcome. Every active volunteer for BeWelcome can become a member of BeVolunteer and is then entitled both to vote or being elected in a Board position.[25]
The Board of Directors of BeVolunteer is elected on a yearly base. So far Board members have come from countries such as Argentina, Belgium, China, Croatia, France, Germany, New Zealand and Poland.
See also
References
- ^ https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeWelcome
- ^ https://.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeWelcome
- ^ "BeWelcome". Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ^ a b "History". BeVolunteer.org. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
- ^ "BeWelcome statistics". BeWelcome.org. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
- ^ "About BeWelcome". BeWelcome. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ^ Bosnic, Tyra (January 14, 2022). "Meet the Women Who Created a Facebook Group That's Helping Thousands of People Survive the Pandemic". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ^ BeWelcome. "rox/LICENSE". GitHub. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ^ Schöpf, Simon (2015-01-25). "The Commodification of the Couch: A Dialectical Analysis of Hospitality Exchange Platforms". Triple-c. 13: 32. doi:10.31269/triplec.v13i1.480.
- ^ Ossewaarde, Marinus; Reijers, Wessel (21 August 2017). "The illusion of the digital commons: 'False consciousness' in online alternative economies". Organization. 24 (5): 609–628. doi:10.1177/1350508417713217. ISSN 1350-5084. S2CID 149344352.
- ^ Tagiew, Rustam; Ignatov, Dmitry. I; Delhibabu, Radhakrishnan (2015). "Hospitality Exchange Services as a Source of Spatial and Social Data?". 2015 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining Workshop (ICDMW). pp. 1125–1130. doi:10.1109/ICDMW.2015.239. ISBN 978-1-4673-8493-3. S2CID 8196598.
- ^ "receipt for creation of "Hospitality Club Volunteers" in January 2007" (PDF). Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ Baker, Vicky (26 August 2011). "Budget Travel: Not-for-profit Couchsurfing becomes a company (with a conscience)". The Guardian.
- ^ "Tips for Travel Savings in 2014". The New York Times. 7 January 2014.
- ^ https://www.unsere-zeitung.at/2022/08/24/hospitality-club-ein-nachruf-2/ | date=26 October 2023
- ^ "Rules of BeVolunteer" (PDF). BeVolunteer.
- ^ Kühner, Anja (2010). (Fast) Gratis Reisen. Ein Guide durch die Gastfreundschafts-Netzwerke (in German). Heidelberg: abc Verlag. p. 163.
- ^ Schöpf, Simon (2015-01-25). "The Commodification of the Couch: A Dialectical Analysis of Hospitality Exchange Platforms". Triple-c. 13: 32. doi:10.31269/triplec.v13i1.480.
- ^ "BeWelcome.org suspends members who haven't logged in for 5 years to keep database up-to-date & active". www.reddit.com. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
- ^ Tagiew, Rustam (December 30, 2014). "Bewelcome.org – a non-profit democratic hospex service set up for growth". ResearchGate. arXiv:1412.8700.
- ^ "Der Hospitality Club – ein Nachruf". 24 August 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ TAN JUN-E, WEE KIM (2012). BUILDING TRUST IN ELECTRONIC-TO-FACE SOCIAL NETWORK SITES: CASE STUDY OF COUCHSURFING.ORG (PhD thesis). WEE SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION Nanyang Technological University in Communication. p. 166. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
- ^ "Best Free Hospitality Exchange Websites: 16 Couchsurfing Alternatives in 2023". 25 January 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "BeWelcome Volunteers". BeWelcome volunteers. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ Zvolska, Lucie (2015). "page 46, 3.2.1 Free platforms BeWelcome". Sustainability Potentials of the Sharing Economy The case of accommodation sharing platforms (MSc thesis). Environmental Management and Policy Lund, Sweden. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
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