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Workaway is a platform that allows members to arrange homestays and cultural exchange. Volunteers or "workawayers", are expected to contribute a pre-agreed amount of time per day in exchange for lodging and food, which is provided by their host. [1] [2] [3] The opportunities on offer are varied.
CouchSurfing is a hospitality exchange service by which users can request free short-term homestays or interact with other people who are interested in travel.It is accessible via a website and mobile app.
Tripping.com, a subsidiary of HomeToGo, is an online search engine and review aggregator for vacation rentals.It aggregates over 10 million listings in more than 150,000 cities worldwide. [1]
ThirdHome positions itself as an exclusive home exchange club for luxury second-home owners. The club has more than 15,000 members across 100 countries. [6] In this club, members can exchange unused weeks at their vacation homes with other members.
As of July 2006, the site had 155,000 members. [11] This number grew by around 1,000 new members a week in 2006. [10] In 2007, Google Trends search volume for hospitalityclub.org started to decline and was overtaken by the search volume for CouchSurfing. [12] In 2008, HC had more than 400,000 members from 200 countries. [4]
By September 2011, the site was available in 16 languages and offered 25,000 lodging options in more than 100 countries. [22] In December 2011, WirtschaftsWoche rated Wimdu among the most important startups of 2011. [23] By 2012, Wimdu claimed to be the biggest social accommodation website from Europe. [24]
In 2005, Randy Fay created the website based on the existing database. [20] As of 2018, Seth Portner was the executive director of Warm Showers. [18] [8] [17] In 2019, Tahverlee Anglen provided management services. [16] In 2021, Jerry Kopack is noted as the principal officer of the organization. [19]
WWOOF originally stood for "Working Weekends On Organic Farms" and began in England in 1971. [4] Sue Coppard, a woman working as a secretary in London, wanted to provide urban dwellers with access to the countryside while supporting the organic movement.