The BedPosts community, comprising around 1000 independent accommodation-providers mainly in UK, “meet” and share information, help and advice on the internet through community software as follows:

• Forum notice boards
• Calendar
• Chat room
• Messengers
• Social content-managed pages
• Blogs
• Photo galleries
• File sharing

Membership is free and open to independent accommodation-providers. Click here to join.

Whilst much of the interaction takes place between members on a national basis there is plenty of scope for local interaction between members:

• Local forum notice boards
• Local area description, promotion, events etc
• Sharing of excess demand for accommodation between members

Example: www.bedposts.org.uk/accommodation/marlow.php

The community has formed its own members' association with elected officers and this brings its own benefits for example:

• the negotiation over discounted suppliers from a range of suppliers
• newsletters keeping members and non-members alike informed