During this year Design Publico, today is last day, Milan decided to offer design students a budget housing alternative with Bed Sharing. I do not care for the name. House Sharing would be a better fit.

It reminds me of facilities such as Hostals in Spain where families offer young travelers rooms for rent and also an opportunity to interact with local people.

Bed Sharing offers a catalogue of available accommodations. You pick your 3 preferred choices and wait to find out which is available. Then you confirm your choice, pay a small fee to the organization and then get the owner's contact info.

First read about it on Springwise

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