Hospitality Club

The Hospitality Club is an international, Internet-based hospitality service of 370,000 members in over 200 countries. Its members use the website HospitalityClub.org to coordinate accommodation and other services, such as guiding or regaling travelers. Hospitality Club was long time the largest hospitality networks, now it size is still comparable to the leader of CouchSurfing with 400k+ registered members.

It is comparable in size to Couchsurfing. Many Couchsurfing users are also members of Hospitality Club, and vice-versa.

The club is based on the work of hundreds of volunteers around the world. The motivation for many volunteers is the idea that bringing people together and fostering international friendships will increase inter cultural understanding and strengthen peace. After CouchSurfing it is the largest hospitality network, and there is a mission to find 1,000,000 friendly people.

As for financial sustainability, the site contains advertising in the form of Google's AdSense. However, there is no transparent structure in order to verify this.

The policy of the organization explicitly forbids alternative uses, such as dating, job-seeking, commercial use, and website promotions. In order to protect members' mailboxes from spam and to keep trust in the network at high levels a volunteer team scans the messages being sent across the site. Members may also opt-out of this service and receive all messages directly. The website includes a very active forum where members can discuss hospitality exchange and share experiences.

For people who are urgently looking for accommodation and are not already members, The signup team will work overtime to make sure you are accepted quickly and can contact hosts immediately. Please put "CS stranded" in the Feedback field so we can accept you as a priority.

External Links

• HospitalityClub.org