Freebird Club

Freebird Club正在为老年人开发一个点对点的社交旅行和寄宿家庭俱乐部，使会员能够旅行，联系，见面和彼此住宿，作为值得信赖的50多岁社区的一部分。通过我们的年龄友好型平台，计划旅行的会员可以与志同道合的当地人联系：（i）旅行提示和建议;（ii）一起做事情的聚会;（iii）通过寄宿家庭住宿。Freebird为老年人提供了一种无障碍的新旅行方式（特别是如果单独/没有同伴），一种在家里和外面见面和享受社会和文化互动的方式，也是一种在家里解锁价值并在以后的生活中创造收入的手段。自由鸟俱乐部位于旅游科技和老年科技的交叉点，银经济与共享经济相遇，自由鸟俱乐部寻求解决孤独，通过技术社区模式，为老年人提供断开连接和缺乏晚年生活机会的机会。Freebird的使命是通过有意义的旅行和共享社交体验，连接、赋予和丰富老年人的生活。Freebird Club的早期版本于2017年推出，完全基于寄宿家庭。疫情危机导致了一个支点;将寄宿家庭的客人/主人市场扩展为一个更开放的社区平台，为会员提供新的互动方式，而不仅仅是寄宿家庭。在UKRI的资助下，我们现正设计及重建Freebird Club 2. 0，计划重新推出，作为疫情后的动态解决方案，透过独特的社交旅游社区模式，动员及联系长者。

Freebird Club is developing a peer-to-peer social travel and homestay club for older adults, which enables and empowers members to travel, connect, meet, and stay with each other, as part of a trusted over 50s community. Through our age-friendly platform, members planning a trip can connect with like-minded locals for: (i) travel tips & recommendations; (ii) meet-ups to do things together; (iii) accommodation via homestays. Freebird offers an accessible new way of travelling for older adults (especially if alone/without companion), a way to meet and enjoy social & cultural interaction at home and away, and a means to unlock value in their homes and generate income in later life.Positioned at the intersection of traveltech and agetech, where the silver economy meets the sharing economy, Freebird Club seeks to address social issues such as loneliness, disconnection and lack of later life opportunities for older adults through a tech enabled community model. Freebird's mission is to connect, empower and enrich the lives of older adults through meaningful travel and shared social experiences.An earlier version of Freebird Club was launched in 2017 based solely on homestays. The pandemic crisis led to a pivot; expanding the homestay guest/host marketplace into a more open community platform with new ways for members to interact beyond just homestays. With the support of UKRI funding we are now designing and rebuilding Freebird Club 2.0 which we plan to relaunch as a dynamic post-pandemic solution to mobilise and connect older adults via a unique social travel community model.