Post by High Priestess on Dec 7, 2017 16:10:06 GMT
This sounds like an interesting idea:
www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2017/12/05/the-freebird-club-an-airbnb-for-the-50-set/#d28c290463cc
Here's the site:
www.freebirdclub.com/
www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2017/12/05/the-freebird-club-an-airbnb-for-the-50-set/#d28c290463cc
Here's the site:
www.freebirdclub.com/
The Freebird Club, founded by a young, zealous Irishman named Peter Mangan, lets people 50 and older host in their homes other people who are 50+ and traveling. The one requirement for hosts of the peer-to-peer social travel and homestay club: they can’t just hand over the keys. They need to be home some of the time their guests are visiting so they can mingle and have fun together.
“We don’t want to be considered just another travel accommodation site,” Mangan says. “We’re more of a club for older adults.” Freebird, he adds, “is about empowering older people and giving them opportunities to be mobile and vibrant.”
It costs 25 Euros (roughly $30 currently) to become an approved Freebird Club member. Initially, Mangan says, “I thought it would be free to join. But experts didn’t like that. They said people will trust it more if only people who paid are in the club and that this would increase the level of security and trust. Also it would generate some upfront income.”
You can charge any amount you like to rent out your home as a Freebird member. Freebird’s fees are similar to Airbnb’s: It charges guests 12% above the rental fee and charges hosts 3%, to cover processing costs. In the United States, Freebird members often charge guests between $50 and $100 a night.
It costs 25 Euros (roughly $30 currently) to become an approved Freebird Club member. Initially, Mangan says, “I thought it would be free to join. But experts didn’t like that. They said people will trust it more if only people who paid are in the club and that this would increase the level of security and trust. Also it would generate some upfront income.”
You can charge any amount you like to rent out your home as a Freebird member. Freebird’s fees are similar to Airbnb’s: It charges guests 12% above the rental fee and charges hosts 3%, to cover processing costs. In the United States, Freebird members often charge guests between $50 and $100 a night.