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.​

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.

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

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.

Spanish

English

Guesthouse

Creative & Cultural

Urban

“We are thrilled to join StayAltered. Small hosts make a big difference in tourism, and we share the commitment to creating meaningful guest experiences that leave a positive impact on the world.”

Alessandra, StayAltered Host since 2024

Why We Exist

Our story begins in 2015, when Fiona opened one of Myanmar's first places to stay locally...