BeWelcome

BeWelcome is a hospitality exchange service that is run by a non-profit organisation. [Vicky Baker, 2008. " [http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/apr/19/caracas.adventure?page=all The Guardian: Going local in Caracas, Venezuela] "] It is one of four "most visited" hospitality exchange sites according to La Nación, [es icon Paula Soler, 2008. " [http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=998987 La Nación: Cómo usar la Web para hacer amigos y poder viajar... gratis] "] and one of the top-10 hospitality travel sites according to The Guardian.Vicky Baker, 2008. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/jun/27/travelwebsites.top10 The Guardian: Top 10 hospitality travel sites] ] The site was founded in February of 2007 [ [http://www.bevolunteer.org/wiki/History_of_BeVolunteer History of BeVolunteer] ] [lt icon Romuald Bokėj (2008) "Apsikeitimas svetingumu". "Žalioji Lietuva" Nr. 6 (298) ISSN 1392-7167] by volunteers from another hospitality exchange website Hospitality Club. As of Aug. 24th, 2008, the organisation has approximately 4,700 members from all over the world who offer free accommodation and help during travels. It is the first such service to provide a truly multilingual environment with multilingual profiles. Joining is free and the software behind the site, the BW-rox platform, is free and open-source software. [ [http://freshmeat.net/projects/bewelcome-rox/ Freshmeat: BeWelcome Rox] ]

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* [http://www.bewelcome.org Official BeWelcome website]