Our Purpose

Stay locally, globally.

When we stay locally in the places we visit, we alter the way the world works, plays, travels, and stays together – for good.

Maria's place to StayAltered in South Africa.

Foreign-owned chains recirculate less than:

15%

of their revenue back into local communities.

Independent hosts recirculate over:

3x more

of their revenue back into local communities.

The StayAltered Community champions independent hosts.

Together, independent hosts own over two-thirds of the world's places to stay.

When locally-operated and sustainably-managed, their accommodations help local communities flourish.

Every night you StayAltered alters how the world works, plays, travels, and stays together – for good.

StayAltered makes it rewarding for travelers to ensure the $11 trillion they spend annually...

...also rewards the people who live in the places we love to visit.

StayAltered makes it rewarding for travelers to ensure the $11 trillion they spend annually...

...also rewards the people who live in the places we love to visit.

StayAltered Guests

Join for free.
Stay locally, globally.
Share the rewards of travel.

StayAltered Hosts

Better help.
Better guests.
Better bookings.
Better businesses.

Our Principles

We are each unique and all united in the infinite ways we express our hospitality.

Our story began when we discovered the power of independent hosts to uplift local communities – as well as the extraordinary challenges independent hosts face.