Freebird Club

自由鸟俱乐部正在为老年人开发一个点对点的社交旅行和寄宿俱乐部，使会员能够彼此旅行，联系，见面和住宿，作为一个值得信赖的50多岁社区的一部分。通过我们的年龄友好平台，计划旅行的会员可以与志趣相投的当地人联系：(i)旅行小贴士和推荐；（ii）一起做事的聚会；（iii）寄宿家庭。Freebird为老年人提供了一种便捷的新旅行方式（尤其是独自一人或没有同伴的情况下），一种在国内外满足和享受社会和文化互动的方式，一种在家中释放价值并在晚年创造收入的手段。自由鸟俱乐部位于旅游科技和agetech的交汇处，白银经济与共享经济相结合，旨在通过技术支持的社区模式解决老年人的孤独、脱节和缺乏晚年生活机会等社会问题。自由鸟的使命是通过有意义的旅行和分享社会经验来联系、增强和丰富老年人的生活。自由鸟俱乐部的早期版本于2017年推出，完全基于寄宿家庭。大流行危机导致转向；将民宿客/房东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，而不仅仅是民宿。在UKRI资金的支持下，我们现在正在设计和重建自由鸟俱乐部2.0，我们计划将其重新推出，作为一种动态的大流行后解决方案，通过独特的社交旅行社区模式动员和联系老年人。

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.