Altered Host Benefits

Community

All hosts gain the strength of a worldwide community for independent hospitality.

Marketing

Host-Owners gain the trust of a global brand celebrating Altered Hosts like you.

Distribution

Host-Owners gain the power to better reach better guests with better bookings.

Impact

Host-Owners gain the rewards of altering hospitality for good.

Host-Owners

1 night's revenue quarterly

  • Join before April 4, 2023 and get 25% off through 2024.
  • Join before April 30, 2023 and get 25% off through 2023.

1 night's revenue yearly
+ 1 social post monthly

  • Access to host community spaces.
  • Free or discounted access to all virtual events.
  • 1 #ALT Voting Share to nominate new Host-Owners, give input on budgets, and fund investments and grants.
  • Data cleaning service to deliver you guest database for you to use for direct marketing.
  • 100% confidential – you remain the owner of your data, we do not take or keep.
  • 50% of your contribution funds co-marketing with 100% share-of-voice including your places.
  • Inclusion in direct marketing to Altered Guests database. 
  • Right of first refusal in any additional global campaigns with Altered Partners.

2 nights' revenue yearly

  • Premium listing on Stay page.
  • Rotating feature on Home page, Country page, and Category page.
  • Link to your website, socials, email, and phone.
  • Embed your direct booking engine.
  • Free editorial consultation to help you craft your story and messaging.
  • Host-Owners use #ALT Voting Shares to prioritize roadmap for Altered reservations, relationships, and rewards platform:
    • Customer Data Platform (CDP)
    • Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
    • Central Reservations System (CRS)
    • Channel Manager (CM)
    • Payment Service Provider (PSP)
    • Revenue Management System (RMS)
    • Token Management System (TMS)
  • Host-Owners use #ALT Voting Shares to prioritize discounts and special offers with Altered Partners.
    • Property Management Systems (PMS)
    • Booking Websites
    • Payment Processors
    • Marketing & Media Channels

1 night's revenue yearly

  • If a financial surplus remains after growth budgets are funded, Altered Contributors are paid, and Altered Partners are repaid… Host-Owners use #ALT Voting Shares to decide how profits are:
    • Reinvested in Altered Host-Owners through grants.
    • Redistributed to Altered Neighbors through donations.
    • Rewarded to Altered Hosts and Guests through rebates and Contributors through bonuses.

Host-Members

$10 monthly

  • Join before April 4, 2023 and get the first 12 months free.
  • Join before April 30, 2023 and get the first 6 months free.

$5 monthly
+ 1 social post monthly

  • Access to host community spaces.
  • Ticketed access to all virtual events.

$5 monthly

  • Basic listing on Stay page.
  • Link to your website only.

Community

Global Community

Meet other independent hosts, share advice and services, learn new skills, and trade free stays.

Eric

Star Hostels, Taiwan

Ask me about:
How to scale your hospitality brand to multiple cities.

Languages:
Taiwanese, Mandarin, English.

Ale & Fran

Casa Pancha, Mexico

Ask us about:
How we integrate wellness programs into our urban hotel-hostel hybrid.

Languages:
Spanish, Lebanese, English.

Luca

Omhom, Italy

Ask me about:
How I created a pay-it-forward pricing model for my guests.

Languages:
Italian, English.

Juan Carlos

Andean Lodges, Peru

Ask me about:
How our company shares ownership with local communities.

Languages:
Spanish, English.

Fiona

Song of Travel, Myanmar (Burma)

Ask me about:
How to build a hostel from the ground-up in remote destinations.

Languages:
Burmese, Mandarin.

Keren

Kasaba, Portugal

Ask me about:
How to develop a co-living village that shares ownership with long-term guests.
Languages:
English

Data Cleaning, GLOBAL BRANDING, Global Marketing & Global Distribution

Data

Data Cleaning & Altered Profiles

Altered offers a free data cleaning service for independent hosts.

  • 100% confidential.
  • 100% your data only.
  • 100% free (if you help us with the marketing)!

Branding

ALTERED BRAND

Altered is our "halo" brand representing hosts like you.​

  • Listing on Stay page.
  • Link to your website, socials, email, and phone.
  • Embed your direct booking engine.

Marketing

Co-Op Marketing

Altered helps you position your places differently from your competitors.

  • Co-op marketing means you have a say and you are included in the budgets you contribute.

Distribution

StayAltered.com

StayAltered.com is our booking website that takes less and gives more.

  • 5-10% reinvested in hosts, redistributed to neighbors, or rewarded to guests.
  • 5% platform fee.

Impact

Global Impact

Altered shares ownership – control and profit – with our Host-Owners through The Altering Foundation.

Host-Owners

1 night's revenue quarterly

  • Join before April 4, 2023 and get 25% off through 2024.
  • Join before April 30, 2023 and get 25% off through 2023.

Host-Members

$10 monthly

  • Join before April 4, 2023 and get the first 12 months free.
  • Join before April 30, 2023 and get the first 6 months free.