Stay a Night, Give a Night — Couchsurfing to end homelessness

“ We've been working on @gethorizonapp for a couple years to facilitate home sharing / hospitality exchange among friends, friends of friends, and communities (like Peace Corps and StartingBloc). While we've had a giveback model since the beginning (Travel by Giving benefitting Kiva) -- we've made a number of changes in terms of the business for this new model: 1. Shrunk scope/focus from "the world" to "Seattle" 2. Align the giving with homelessness / Mary's Place (an organization we won't have to educate Seattle residents/hosts about) 3. Force pre-payment of the donation ($14 per night minimum + $10 service fee per "stay" to Horizon), and added a sponsorship model. 4. Manually match the traveler & guest (ie not forcing either side of the market to use the product IF they pay the donation & service fee). Like what we're up to? Please join Horizon’s Stay a Night, Give a Night to transform the way travelers experience Seattle by adding purpose to their allocation of tourism dollars. PS: This program is only in Seattle currently, though have heard requests already for expansion to Portland and San Francisco. If you are interested in bringing it to your city, please shoot me an email (drew at horizonapp co). ”
– Drew Meyers

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