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Jimbo:
MOD NOTE: Spreadsheet here: AirMnM Spreadsheet

So, it's finally summer in the cold North (Montreal) and during my bike ride home today, it got me thinking.

We should have some sort of home-swapping thingy on this forum. A la AirBnB. Only, more mustachian, aka free. Ok, not free, but bartered!

I have an extra room in my condo, which can (and is!) be used for guests. We'd be more than happy to lend it out to fellow mustachians in exchange for the same service in an area where we want to go. We can lend bikes, cooking supplies (although I wouldn't blame you to want to try restaurants around here), maps, suggested activities that are free and fun. What more could you want?

We are not exactly downtown-y, but we are in an interesting spot with easy biking access to a lot of stuff. That is also something I would be interested in while looking for other places for the swap.

This is a very popular concept in France/Europe. Let's bring it over to Mustacheland. (By the way, swaps can be done at the same time or not. Private discussions will be required.)

I understand the trust issue, but I believe trust can be granted to people online. Maybe not to people who have 1 message on this board and sound sketchy. But I am 100% confident this can be done.

What do you guys think?

limeandpepper:
I think it's a cool idea! Unfortunately as I don't have my own place, I wouldn't be able to offer a room. Though, I'm willing to do grocery shopping and cooking in return for an AirMnM room. ;)

Sri C.:
I see a lot of potential in setting up a bartering system among MMM readers. Since we share some core beliefs and likely to have same "ways of life", I would like to hear more feedback on a community that has an effective bartering system.

I shared some thoughts here too: https://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/mustachian-marketplace/experiment-electronics-repair-services-in-socal-(irvine-ca)/

Here I want to work as a producer of services (repair electronics) at a highly discounted price and people can rate me.

The idea being that the community has members who are rated by their peers both as a producer as well as a consumer of the services.

So in this case, we can rate people who "rent" these places out and people who stayed there and so on.

EK:
I think it's a really good idea!  I wonder if enough people would be interested.  We've got an extra bedroom in Fredericksburg, va which is a cool place to visit if anyone is into civil war history.  We're walking distance to many historical sites, as well as the cute downtown area.

jamaicaspanish:
We're semi-early-retired teachers currently living in Kingston, Jamaica.
We'd love to host some fellow Mustachians and give advice about where to travel island-wide.
Where do we register?

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