In our quest for sharing platforms to promote collaborative consumption, it's impossible not to mention CouchSurfing, the platform through which many people is getting introduced into this trend of economy.
This platform is very interesting because its main purpose is to promote values, such as trust and friendship between strangers, then the practical implementation of this promotion leads to collaborative consumption. How does it work? Well, when you are travelling somewhere instead of paying for a hotel or hostel room, a local resident will host you in his/her place and will help you to visit the city and all those treasures that do not appear in travel guides, but rather are known just by the locals.
In the way you meet new people with similar interests, you known the city and its hidden gems and you do not pay for a hotel room. All these thanks to this sharing platform promoting a shift in values and with it the collaborative consumption.
Take a look at it!
www.couchsurfing.org/about
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