BeWelcome
Encyclopedia
BeWelcome is a hospitality exchange service that is run by a non-profit organisation. The site was founded in February of 2007 by volunteers from another hospitality exchange website Hospitality Club
. As of November 2011, the organisation has more than 15,000 members from all over the world who offer free accommodation and help during travels. Joining is free and the software behind the site, the BW-rox platform, is free
and open-source software
.
do the support of BeWelcome and keep the project running. They work in groups or at BeVolunteer. The Nonprofit organization
behind BeWelcome, technically a Voluntary association
is registered in Rennes
(France).
Hospitality Club
The Hospitality Club is an international, Internet-based hospitality service of appr. 300,000 members in 226 countries Its members use the website HospitalityClub.org to coordinate accommodation and other services, such as guiding or regaling travelers....
. As of November 2011, the organisation has more than 15,000 members from all over the world who offer free accommodation and help during travels. Joining is free and the software behind the site, the BW-rox platform, is free
Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
and open-source software
Open-source software
Open-source software is computer software that is available in source code form: the source code and certain other rights normally reserved for copyright holders are provided under a software license that permits users to study, change, improve and at times also to distribute the software.Open...
.
Organisation
VolunteersVolunteer (disambiguation)
-Volunteerism:*Volunteering, the practice of people working on behalf of others without being motivated by financial or material gain*Volunteers of America, U.S...
do the support of BeWelcome and keep the project running. They work in groups or at BeVolunteer. The Nonprofit organization
Nonprofit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
behind BeWelcome, technically a Voluntary association
Voluntary association
A voluntary association or union is a group of individuals who enter into an agreement as volunteers to form a body to accomplish a purpose.Strictly speaking, in many jurisdictions no formalities are necessary to start an association...
is registered in Rennes
Rennes
Rennes is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France. Rennes is the capital of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department.-History:...
(France).