Home hospitality, with trust that travels
Cook for strangers. Leave as friends.
Open your home, share a meal, and collect written stamps from the people at your table. Your Trust Passport carries that record to the next city, so you never arrive as a stranger.
Guests chip in for ingredients only. No one profits from a meal.
Sample passport. Stamps are written by the people you ate with.
How it works
From your first group dinner to a welcome in any city
Join and verify
Confirm your identity and write a short profile of who you are and what you'd cook.
Start at a group table
First meals are group dinners of 6 or more, in community kitchens or co-hosted homes.
Host or be hosted
Hosts set a menu and seats. Guests chip in for ingredients, never for profit.
Stamp each other
After the meal, each person writes a short stamp in the other's passport.
Unlock deeper trust
A verified history opens smaller tables, one-on-one visits and hosting in other cities.
The Trust Passport
A record of how you treat people
The passport is earned by hosting and by being a good guest. It can't be bought, and it isn't a score.
Group tables
Dinners of 6 or more in community kitchens or co-hosted homes.
On verification
Small tables
Tables of 3 to 5 in members' homes.
3 stamps from 2 different hosts
One-on-one visits
Dinner with one host or one guest.
8 stamps, at least 1 earned as host
Host anywhere
Host and be hosted in other cities.
15 stamps across 2 cities
Stamp thresholds are proposals for the pilot and will be tuned with real data.
Guests are encouraged to become hosts. The passport shows both sides.
Trust levels gate what you can do, from group tables to one-on-one visits.
Written stamps replace 5-star ratings.
It travels with you, so a newcomer arrives in a new city already trusted.
Group tables near you · examples
Pull up a chair in Lisbon
Every first meal is a group table. These listings are illustrations of what the pilot will look like.
Where it fits
Home hospitality plus portable trust
Both halves are proven. Nobody combines them.
| Setting | Purpose | Money | Lasting trust | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eatwith | Hosts' homes | Paid culinary and travel experience | Guests pay per meal | Reviews only |
| Timeleft | Restaurants, 250+ cities | Meet 5 strangers weekly | Ticket plus own bill | Mutual chat after |
| Trust Passport | Homes and community kitchens | Friendship and belonging | Ingredient share | Portable passport |
Safety
Safe by default, from the first meal
Every member confirms their identity before their first table.
Everyone starts at tables of 6 or more before smaller ones open up.
Hosts can open tables to a specific community, and guests can filter for them.
A trusted contact hears when you arrive and when you leave.
Hosts are covered for accidents and damage at a Trust Passport table.
Hosts and guests both write stamps, so behavior is visible on each side.
The pilot
One city. One community. 20 to 30 dinners.
We start small and run every dinner by hand with newcomers, international students or recent retirees. Success means guests come back, and guests become hosts.
- MealsClose to free, ingredient share only
- MembershipOptional
- PartnersCities and health systems funding anti-loneliness work
- EmployersRelocation packages for new hires