BeWelcome

BeWelcome
Available in 41 languages
Headquarters Rennes
Area served Global
Owner BeVolunteer
Products Homestay
Services Hospitality service
Social networking service
Website www.bewelcome.org
Alexa rank 434,626 (10 February 2018)[1]
Users 110,000, of which 11% have logged in within the last 12 months[2]
Launched February 2007 (February 2007)

BeWelcome operates a hospitality service and social networking service. Its website is a platform for members to arrange homestays, offer hospitality, meet other members, and join events. The platform is a gift economy; hosts are not allowed to charge for lodging.

Upon creating an account, members set up an online identity, and after leaving comments on their experiences with other members, develop a reputation.[3]

BeWelcome is operated by BeVolunteer, a nonprofit organization organized as a voluntary association registered in Rennes, France, which is composed solely of volunteers. The software behind the website, the BW-rox platform, is free and open-source software.[4]

History

The website was launched in February 2007.[5][6]

After Couchsurfing International Inc., which operates Couchsurfing.com, became a for-profit corporation in 2011, some members urged others to join BeWelcome.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Alexa Internet: BeWelcome.org". Alexa Internet.
  2. ↑ "BeWelcome: Statistics". BeWelcome.
  3. ↑ Baker, Vicky (18 April 2008). "Going local in Caracas, Venezuela". The Guardian.
  4. ↑ "About BeWelcome". BeWelcome.
  5. ↑ Baker, Vicky (26 August 2011). "Budget Travel: Not-for-profit Couchsurfing becomes a company (with a conscience)". The Guardian.
  6. ↑ Kugel, Seth (7 January 2014). "Tips for Travel Savings in 2014". The New York Times.
  7. ↑ Brown, Kristen V. (26 November 2014). "A rough ride to profit for CouchSurfing". San Francisco Chronicle.
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