Join Altering Hospitality
Alter how the world travels & stays together – for good.
About
What is StayAltered?
StayAltered is a worldwide community who celebrates and rewards each other when our travels and hospitality benefits local communities.
To join The StayAltered Community, start by choosing a membership in either our Guests Club or our Hosts Collective:
👋 The StayAltered Guests Club for global travelers to earn 10% rewards when we stay locally, globally.
🫶 The StayAltered Hosts Collective for local hosts to strengthen our hospitality, revenue & impact.
What is Altering Hospitality?
Altering Hospitality is a company founded in 2022 to deliver the solutions and support our community needs to stay together and support each other.
The solutions and support we offer independent hosts include:
Our powerful hospitality platform to help hosts welcome, recognize, and reward guests who stay longer and support local communities.
Collective programs for hosts to build power and positive impact – included with every collective membership.
Pro Services for hosts to partner with us to strengthen your brand and business.
What's the meaning behind these names?
Why StayAltered and Altering Hospitality? Well, it's a triple entendre.
1️⃣ Altered ways of living that care for each other and all life on earth.
2️⃣ Alternative hospitality that is soulful and personal – not industrial.
3️⃣ The life-altering moments that remind us what truly matters.
This is what we talk about when we talking about altered, alternative, and altering hospitality.
Impact
What makes StayAltered better?
StayAltered triples the positive impact of global tourism for local communities.
Global tourism generates $10 trillion annually – but most of it goes to global corporations and intermediaries instead of local people and communities.
On average, foreign-owned chains recirculate less than 15% of revenue back into local communities. Meanwhile, intermediaries take 15-35% in commissions and fees.
Depending on how we travel, as little as 5% of our spending goes to the people who live in the places we visit. And local are angry.
From Barcelona to Bali, Machu Picchu to Mount Fuji, anti-tourism protests have erupted. Cities are banning homesharing and increasing tourist fees. But it's not enough.
StayAltered is a community-powered ecosystem of solutions for global travelers to stay with local hosts and support local communities.
For travelers: StayAltered makes it easy to stay locally, globally. Our platform takes 0% commission and every booking earns 10% rewards for guests to stay longer and support support local communities.
For hosts: StayAltered celebrates and advocates for local hosts. We don't just help hosts get more revenue, reviews, and referral bookings from better guests, we unite our hosts together to support each other so we can all grow stronger businesses with greater impact.
Press & Awards
2025
The New York Times
2022
Madeira Startup Retreat
Team
United States
Evan Tzeng
Founder
Company
Community
Brand
Sustainability, Beyond Green Travel (Preferred Travel Group)
Experience & Partnerships, Danny Wimmer Presents
Creative & Strategy, Superfly
Canada
Jasmine Carpentier
Contributor
Product
Technology
Marketing
SDET, Cleo (Hydro-Québec)
QA, C2 Studio (kyu Collective)
Digital Marketing, Boutique La Raffinerie
United States
David Alvaro
Contributor
Community
Success
MS, Hospitality, New York University
Accounts, 160over90
Service, Bunkhouse Hotels
Canada
Vahid Kiani
Contributor
Technology
SSENSE
Canada
George Boursiquot
Contributor
Technology
Utilmo
Germany
Badel Batu
Contributor
Product
Udemy
IBM
United States
Mike Trapanese
Advisor
Investments
Behrens Investment Group
VantageScore Solutions
Canada
Bob Ellison
Advisor
Growth
Rated Labs
Groupe Scandinave Spa
United States
Chancellor Tseng
Advisor
Legal
Joseph & Cohen
Hopkins & Carley
Careers
Introduce Yourself!
Open roles are always announced to our community first before we post them publicly. Join The StayAltered Guests Club to find out about opportunities to join our team.
Mexico
Alessandra & Lalo
The hosts of a warm & colorful bed & breakfast situated in one of Mexico City's best hotspots.