Exchange housing and exchange beautiful experiences in daily life
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Interesting phenomenon of college students staying in hotels
Before, I once saw an article in the newspaper “The rent is too high and they can’t afford it, so college students living in Qingjiao simply live in hotels” report mentioned that due to the large number of students at Tsinghua University and Jiaotong University in Hsinchu City, the number of rooms in the dormitories of these two schools is extremely limited. Therefore, nearby hotels have taken advantage of this opportunity to attract customers by claiming to be close to the school, safe and managed, and managed like a high-end hotel. Because the price is reasonable and the distance is very close, many parents of new students are so excited that they book four-year housing in one go. Since its opening, the hotel has not only generated a wave of impressive revenue figures, but it is now even more difficult to find a room.
Speaking of the interesting experience of college students not living in dormitories but staying in hotels, have you also thought: Wouldn’t it be great if you had the opportunity to exchange housing? Well, no problem, this wish is actually not difficult to achieve! If you happen to be an artist or designer, just go to the website called Behomm to apply, and you will have the opportunity to exchange homes with your designer friends in another corner of the world!
As long as you are an artist or designer, you can apply through the Behomm website to experience housing exchange with fellow enthusiasts in another world.
Behomm’s entrepreneurial philosophy
As the name suggests, Behomm actually takes its idea of “be home”. They use the slogan “Treat your exchange partners as your guests!” (Treat your exchange partners as your guests!). They have quickly risen in the market and have received many praises.
The founders of “Behomm” are Agust Juste and Eva Calduch, a graphic designer husband and wife team living in Barcelona. This Spanish couple with artistic temperament was tired of the past experience of looking for a needle in a haystack on real estate agency websites, so they wanted to create a more convenient and confidential housing exchange website for fellow artists.
Membership-based business model
Just like the business model of Airbnb, if you happen to have a vacant room on hand and want to apply to join this program, you must first tidy up and decorate the environment at home, and take a set of beautiful photos to submit to Behomm’s operations team for review. Only after passing the review can you successfully join as a member. Also because Behomm operates on a membership model, only [designers, artists and other people in related fields] (https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/08/garden/house-swapping-for-design-professionals.html) can apply to join in the initial stage. After all, Behomm is not a traditional hotel or B&B operator. They emphasize and care about making everyone feel at home.
The founder also believes that by exchanging accommodation, friends from different parts of the world can experience different types of cultural baptism through short-term life experiences. In this way, it is also expected to improve the quality of life and self-taste.
Different from Airbnb’s business operation logic, Behomm’s operations basically adhere to the principle of integrity. Even if there is no monetary transaction involved, both parties exchanging housing have a consensus on caring for the environment and belongings.
Designers only need to tidy up and decorate the environment of the vacant room, and then submit it to Behomm for review to become a member of the exchange house.
User’s real experience
Alex Trochut, an illustrator currently living in New York, USA and Barcelona, Spain, believes that having the opportunity to stay at Behomm is really a blessing! And because everyone treats us sincerely, we will cherish everything in front of us even more. Although websites of similar nature such as Airbnb have many more room types to choose from, the feelings they give people are very different!
Another graphic designer Ms. Frisk who lives in Chicago, USA, also mentioned that through the services provided by the Behomm website, she can easily plan her vacation destination at home. Not only is this a very efficient action, it also feels fun and can even stimulate her creative inspiration!
In the case of Behomm, rather than saying that this group of artists scattered around the world exchanged each other’s homes, it is better to say that they also exchanged the beautiful experiences of daily life through travel and short stays.
★ Featured image credit: Jarosław Ceborski
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