The concept of of hospitality services,also known as “accommodation
sharing”,” hospitality exchange” ,and “home stay network”, refers to centrally
organized social network of individuals
who trade accommodation without monetary exchange.while this concept could also
include house swapping or even time share plan ,it has come to be associated
mostly with travelers and tourists staying with one another free of
charge.since the 1990s ,there service
has increasingly moved away from using printed catalogs and phone tree s to
connet users towards internet websites.these have grown exponentially since
2000 and as of March,2007 over 500,000 people are registered users of these
networks.this very in poerational structure,place different emphasis on
graphical vs.textual formatting ,and cater disproportionately to specific
geographic region.
In 1949,Bob
luitweiler founded the first hospitality service called servas Open Doors as a
cross national,non profit,volunteer run organization advocating interracial and
internatonal peace.the next rarliest began in 1965 when john wilcock set up the Traveler’s Directory,orginally as a listing of his mutual friends willing to
host each other when traveling.this later became the hospitality exchange in
1988when john lily rescued the organization from imminent demise.Hospitality Club is the direct successor hospex,the first internet-based service,currently
the largest hospitality exchange network,and is growing exponentially.Couch
operating out of Germany since 1992.it is surfing is a never but also
rapidly growing hospitality exchange
organization founded in 2004.just as all
the individual service have their own individual creation stories and
organizational histories(often including demise and resurrection),many also
have specific niche markets that they
cater to including students,religions pilgrims,and even occupational groups
like police officers.However ,they trend in recent years points to a greater
consolidation of users in networks without a specific group,value,or lifestyle
affiliation.
In essene,these
systems employ reciprocity-users gain
access to other users informational only by postin g their own.Required field
normally include name and contact information,though newer service encourage
users to include more detail personal material ,including likes and dislikes
,hopes and dreams,and even photographs.of cours ,more information included
tends to improve the chances that someone will find them trustworthy enough to
host or stay with while traveling.
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