Pasporta Servo

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title: "Pasporta Servo" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hospitality-exchange-services", "esperanto-language-websites", "argentine-social-networking-websites"] description: "Hospitality exchange service" topic_path: "general/hospitality-exchange-services" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasporta_Servo" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Hospitality exchange service ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox organization"]

Field	Value
name	Pasporta Servo
founded_date
founder	Rubén Feldman González
location	Argentina
area_served	Global
products	Homestay
services	Hospitality
membership	2257 hosts
homepage
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| name = Pasporta Servo | founded_date = | founder = Rubén Feldman González | location = Argentina | area_served = Global | products = Homestay | services = Hospitality | membership = 2257 hosts | homepage = ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/PS_mapo_2015.png" caption="Cities in the world with Pasporta Servo hosts as of 2015"] ::

The Pasporta Servo (, ) is a hospitality exchange service available both online and in print that lists people in Esperanto culture who are willing to offer free homestays to speakers of Esperanto. It is maintained by the World Esperanto Youth Organization (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.

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

In August 2008, the directory was first published online.

Censorship

, the online website has been blocked by the Iranian government.

References

References

1. "Pasporta Servo: International hosting service through Esperanto".
2. "Pasporta Servo". [[World Esperanto Youth Organization]].
3. Wells, Charlie. (11 November 2014). "One of the Perks of Speaking Esperanto? Free Lodging Around the World". [[The Wall Street Journal]].
4. (1 August 2008). "TEJO reformas Pasportan Servon". [[Libera Folio]].

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