The Pasporta Servo ( en, Passport Service) is a

hospitality exchange service Social networking services where hosts do not receive payments are called hospitality exchange services (HospEx). The relationships on hospitality exchange services are shaped by altruism and are related to the cyber-utopianism on the Web in its ...

available both online and in print that lists people in

Esperanto culture Esperanto culture refers to the shared cultural experience of the Esperantujo, or Esperanto-speaking community. Despite being a constructed language, Esperanto has a history dating back to the late 19th century, and shared socio-cultural norms have ...

who are willing to offer free

homestay Homestay (also home stay and home-stay) is a form of hospitality and lodging whereby visitors share a residence with a local of the area (host) to which they are traveling. The length of stay can vary from one night to over a year and can be p ...

s to speakers of Esperanto. It is maintained by the

World Esperanto Youth Organization The World Esperanto Youth Organization ( eo, Tutmonda Esperantista Junulara Organizo, TEJO) is an organization dedicated to supporting young Esperanto speakers around the world and promote the use of Esperanto. TEJO was founded in 1938 as the '' ...

(TEJO). The platform is a gift economy; hosts are not allowed to charge for lodging. Guests using the service are encouraged to speak only Esperanto with their hosts.

History

In 1966, psychologist Rubén Feldman González started the ''Programo Pasporto'', a lodging service for Esperanto speakers, in

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

. In 1974, the Pasporta Servo directory was first published, listing 40 hosts. In August 2008, the directory was first published online.

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* {{Sharing economy Hospitality exchange services Esperanto-language websites Argentine social networking websites