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Social networking services where hosts do not receive payments are called hospitality exchange services (HospEx).[1][2][3][4] The relationships on hospitality exchange services are shaped by altruism[5][6] and are related to the cyber-utopianism on the Web in its beginnings and to utopia in general.[7][8]

Non-profit hospitality exchange services have offered scientists access to their anonymized data for publication of insights to the benefit of humanity. Before becoming for-profit, CouchSurfing offered four research teams access to its social networking data.[9][10][11][12] In 2015, non-profit hospitality exchange services Bewelcome and Warm Showers also provided their data for public research.[13]

The biggest HospEx platform in 2012, "CouchSurfing appears to fulfil the original utopian promise of the Internet to unite strangers across geographical and cultural divides and to form a global community"[14] CouchSurfing used utopian rhetoric of "better world," "sharing cultures," and of much better access to global flows and networks of all sorts.[15] It was featured as a means to achieve a cosmopolitan utopia.[16] Commodification of CouchSurfing terminated "the existence of a project run as a flourishing commons, a cyber-utopian dream come true; an example of genuine exchange outside and free from the dominant logic of capital, a space highlighting cultural instead of monetary values, understanding instead of commerce. This space still exists, but instead of outside, now within the market."[7] After CouchSurfing became a for-profit corporation in 2011, some members urged others to join BeWelcome.[17][18][19] Many brand ambassadors, who had become volunteers within CouchSurfing left to BeWelcome and other non-profit platforms because of the change in legal status and insufficient management transparency.[20]

Notable hospitality exchange services

Name Non-profit? Year founded Notes
BeWelcome Yes 2007 BeWelcome (BW) is a non-profit, open-source hospitality exchange service accessible via the BeWelcome website or Android app. BeWelcome is operated by BeVolunteer, a nonprofit organization organized as a voluntary association registered in Rennes, Brittany, France, which is composed solely of volunteers. Membership in BeWelcome is motivated by the absence of for-profit pressure, democratic decision making, and a strict privacy policy.[21][13] The site had 200,000 users as of June 2022, across 216 countries.[22][23] BeWelcome was formed by members of Hospitality Club who had had a disagreement with its founder.[24][25][26]
CouchSurfing No 2004 Casey Fenton founded CouchSurfing, which offers free accommodation. In 2011, Couchsurfing, previously a non-profit, was turned into a for-profit corporation.[27][28] Couchsurfing is a hospitality exchange service, where guests do not pay for homestays. Members in some developed countries pay a monthly subscription fee.[29]The conversion of the biggest of hospitality exchange service, CouchSurfing, to a for-profit corporation in 2011 was objected to by many of its members.[30] This was an instance of commodification.[7] CouchSurfing had previously been financed by donations and built using volunteer work.[30][31]
Friendship Force International Yes 1977 Presbyterian minister Wayne Smith and U.S. President Jimmy Carter established Friendship Force International, with the mission of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, friendship, and intercultural competence via organized trips involving homestays.
Pasporta Servo Yes 1974 Pasporta Servo facilities free lodging for Esperanto speakers and was established from the work of psychologist Rubén Feldman González in Argentina. Access to the service and lodging are free; however, some hosts may request reimbursement of food costs.
Servas International Yes 1949 Servas International is a volunteer-run international nonprofit organization advocating interracial and international peace.[32] People wishing to join SERVAS must supply letters of recommendation and be interviewed to ensure that they understand the purpose and protocol of being a Servas member, whether as a traveller or host. Members pay an annual fee to the organization, which is determined locally by country.[33]
Trustroots Yes 2014 In 2014, Trustroots was founded by Kasper Souren and Mikael Korpela in Berlin, Germany.[34][better source needed] Trustroots.org is a non-profit hospitality exchange service featuring “circles” for hitchhikers, cyclists, buskers, train hoppers, vegans and vegetarians, climbers and others.[citation needed][35][36][37][better source needed] In 2020, Trustroots had 44,000 members, from 220 countries.[38][39]
Warm Showers Yes 1993 Warm Showers is a non-profit homestay platform for traveling cyclists. It has over 173,000 members, including 114,000 hosts.[40] Registration requires payment of a one-time $30 registration fee.[41]
Hospitality Club (defunct) Unknown 1992 Hospex.org was launched online; it later was folded into Hospitality Club,[42] which was created in 2000 by Veit Kühne.
Traveler's Directory (defunct) Yes 1965 John Wilcock set up the Traveler's Directory as a listing of his friends willing to host each other when traveling.[43] In 1988, Joy Lily rescued the organization from imminent shutdown, forming Hospitality Exchange.

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