Who Can Benefit As A Host At Host And Care?

December 18, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Lidia Nash asked:


Host and Care is an online community that connects people looking for free accommodation with those on the hunt for free child care, free senior care, free kids’ tutorials, free ESL tutorials, free pet sitting, free house sitting, and several other services. Those who are looking for free homestay and are prepared to share in the household work or provide any other form of assistance are the service providers, who, in turn, receive free board and lodging from hosts.

There are many ways to be a host at Host and Care. The website is open to everyone who has some extra space in the house and also requires some help with the household chores or any other form of work. The most common hosts are families who are looking for free child care or free senior care but who do not have extra money to spare for such needs. With the recession affecting most household the world over, several families find themselves torn between the need to work longer hours to earn more and the need to stay at home to take care of kids or seniors to avoid paying money for professional care. The savings that parents who offer themselves up as hosts get are significant compared to the costs they would otherwise spend on professional care, sending kids to summer camps, or paying for nursing homes for seniors.

But families and working parents are not the only ones qualified to benefit from being a host at Host and Care. Several other people with similar needs and the space in their homes to offer can also benefit as a host. For example, single parents usually have more limited resources than couples, and so the cost of child care can be a much heavier burden for them. One way of obtaining free child care even with the problem of the recession and unemployment hovering around is to provide free accommodation to people who are willing to provide free child care in exchange.

Aside from that, other forms of exchanges can be made possible with connections created on the site. For example, families who want to travel can do so without having to worry about leaving their houses. They can find service providers through Host and Care who are willing to house-sit for them in exchange for free accommodation. Or they may also find other families who are also travelling with whom they can swap houses with. Various types of homestay and service exchanges are possible with Host and Care.

The global recession has been undeniably hard on everyone. Hosts often face financial difficulties and lack of cash to pay for their household needs. Providers, in turn, face the problem of unemployment, which often motivates people to seek for other opportunities away from home. The problem is that when they do so, they would need money to pay for accommodation. Thankfully, there is a mutually advantageous solution for both problems that does not require the exchange of money. And that’s exactly what Host and Care offers.