Social Networks for Vagabonds
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Notes on 'Social Networks for Vagabonds'
introduction of several social networks for travellers...
What
- Find accommodation possibilities all around the world
- Host people from all around the world at your place
The Benefits
- Free accommodation
- Local contact and perspective ("authentic")
The Disadvantages
- Security
- No guarantees at all (need backup plan)
- potential conflicts
- entrance barrier (digital divide)
- opportunistic “there is no real altruism”
Where?
- http://www.hospitalityclub.org/
- http://www.couchsurfing.com
- http://www.globalfreeloaders.com/
- http://www.place2stay.net
- http://www.servas.org
