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==Computer-based== | ==Computer-based== | ||
Be Welcome | CouchSurfing at http://www.couchsurfing.com/: >400.000 members in >30.000 cities in >200 countries | ||
HospitalityClub at http://www.hospitalityclub.org | |||
Be Welcome at http://www.bewelcome.org/ | |||
, developped by http://www.bevolunteer.org | |||
Global Freeloaders, at http://globalfreeloaders.com/ | [[Global Freeloaders]], at http://globalfreeloaders.com/ | ||
see also: | |||
#VolunTourism, http://voluntourism.org +description | |||
#belodged, http://belodged.com +description | |||
#Nomadbase, http://nomadbase.org +description | |||
WWOOF, http://wwoof.org | |||
#Squat the Planet, http://squattheplanet.com | |||
==Book-based== | ==Book-based== | ||
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Hospitality Guide, http://www.hospitalityguide.net/hg/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page | Hospitality Guide, http://www.hospitalityguide.net/hg/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page | ||
Comparative overview, http://www.hospitalityguide.net/hg/site/ | |||
==Research== | |||
"Intimate Tourism; Friendship in a state of Mobility - The case of the online hospitality network." - Paula Bialski, MA thesis, University of Warsaw, Poland, 2007 | |||
http://intimatetourism.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/intimate-tourism-back-in-french/ | |||
"Gift, Exchange and Trust" - MA thesis, Julia Maria Koszewska, University of Warsaw, Poland, 2008 | |||
http://uw.academia.edu/JuliaKoszewska/Papers/88658/Gift--Exchange-and-Trust | |||
"The CouchSurfing Project; An Explorative Study on the Phenomenon of CouchSurfing." - thesis, Peter Heesakkers | |||
(Nominated for "TUI NL Award for Sustainable Tourism" & "de Joop Jansen Prijs") | |||
http://www.linkedin.com/in/pjaheesakkers | |||
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[[Category:Encyclopedia]] | [[Category:Encyclopedia]] | ||
[[Category:Sharing]] | |||
Latest revision as of 04:52, 1 January 2011
Specific forms of exchange and sharing, aimed at the travelling public.
Examples
Computer-based
CouchSurfing at http://www.couchsurfing.com/: >400.000 members in >30.000 cities in >200 countries
HospitalityClub at http://www.hospitalityclub.org
Be Welcome at http://www.bewelcome.org/ , developped by http://www.bevolunteer.org
Global Freeloaders, at http://globalfreeloaders.com/
see also:
- VolunTourism, http://voluntourism.org +description
- belodged, http://belodged.com +description
- Nomadbase, http://nomadbase.org +description
WWOOF, http://wwoof.org
- Squat the Planet, http://squattheplanet.com
Book-based
Servas, http://www.servas.org/, http://www.servas.org/siexco/index.php/Main_Page
More Information
Hospitality Guide, http://www.hospitalityguide.net/hg/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
Comparative overview, http://www.hospitalityguide.net/hg/site/
Research
"Intimate Tourism; Friendship in a state of Mobility - The case of the online hospitality network." - Paula Bialski, MA thesis, University of Warsaw, Poland, 2007 http://intimatetourism.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/intimate-tourism-back-in-french/
"Gift, Exchange and Trust" - MA thesis, Julia Maria Koszewska, University of Warsaw, Poland, 2008 http://uw.academia.edu/JuliaKoszewska/Papers/88658/Gift--Exchange-and-Trust
"The CouchSurfing Project; An Explorative Study on the Phenomenon of CouchSurfing." - thesis, Peter Heesakkers (Nominated for "TUI NL Award for Sustainable Tourism" & "de Joop Jansen Prijs") http://www.linkedin.com/in/pjaheesakkers