Membership Pricing
One annual membership. Free stays, genuine connection, and a global community of women behind every journey.
Your annual membership
Your price depends on the country you live in. You will see it before you pay.
Join Her Travel CircleHer Travel Circle is more than somewhere to stay.
It is a private global community of women helping one another travel with more confidence, more connection and more support.
Your membership gives you access to women around the world who may welcome you into their homes, meet you locally, share their knowledge, answer your questions and become part of your travel experience.
Yes, accommodation between members is free.
But just as important are the conversations, friendships, local knowledge and sense of community that can grow around every trip.
You are not simply paying for access to accommodation.
You are joining a worldwide circle of women helping women travel.
See what Her Travel Circle membership is really about
Her Travel Circle is about far more than finding somewhere free to stay.
It is about the women you meet, the local knowledge you gain, the confidence that comes from knowing there is someone there, and being part of a worldwide community built around women helping women travel.
Watch this short video to see how membership works, what your annual fee gives you, and why connection and community are every bit as important as accommodation.
Why is there a membership fee?
Her Travel Circle is not a traditional accommodation booking site and we do not take commission when members stay with one another.
The annual membership is what allows us to build, operate and continually improve the platform and the community behind it.
That fee supports the technology that keeps Her Travel Circle running, the private messaging system, identity and trust features, stay requests, agreements, reviews, notifications, the Community Hub, Local Connections, member support and the ongoing work involved in growing a trusted worldwide network of women.
It also allows us to keep the core principle of the community intact: members do not charge one another for accommodation.
And while the value of Her Travel Circle goes far beyond saving money, the financial benefit can still be significant.
One night in a hotel can cost more than your entire annual membership.
With Her Travel Circle, stays between members are free, so even a short trip can make the membership worthwhile. The more you use the community, the more those savings can add up.
Free stays with women around the world
Full members can browse Host listings and request short stays in members’ homes.
A Host does not charge another member for accommodation.
Before anything is agreed, both women can communicate through Her Travel Circle, get to know one another and talk through what the stay will look like.
That gives the traveller the opportunity to understand who she may be staying with, and it gives the Host time to decide whether she feels comfortable inviting that person into her home.
No Host is ever obliged to accept a request.
Every stay is different. Some Hosts and guests may spend time together, share meals or explore locally. Others may simply offer a safe and welcoming place to stay while each person gets on with her own plans.
There is no expectation that every stay becomes a social event. The important thing is that both women can agree what suits them before the stay takes place.
Connection can be just as valuable as accommodation
Some of the most memorable parts of travelling come from the people you meet rather than the places you sleep.
A Host may become someone you share dinner with, explore with or stay in touch with long after the trip is over.
A Local Connection might meet you for coffee, recommend somewhere you would never have discovered yourself, help you understand how things work locally, or simply be a friendly face when you arrive somewhere unfamiliar.
For many women, that connection is every bit as valuable as the money they save on accommodation.
Her Travel Circle gives you the opportunity to travel knowing there are women around the world who are open to helping, connecting and sharing their local knowledge.
Local Connections
Not every woman is able to host, but that does not mean she cannot be an important part of another member’s trip.
Local Connections are members who offer their local knowledge and support to women visiting their area.
That might mean recommending places to eat, explaining transport, suggesting areas worth exploring, answering questions about a destination, meeting for coffee or simply being someone local that a traveller can connect with.
Sometimes knowing there is a friendly person nearby can completely change how it feels to arrive somewhere new on your own.
Local Connections are part of what makes Her Travel Circle a community rather than simply a network of accommodation.
The Community Hub
Your membership is designed to be useful even when you are not travelling.
The private Community Hub gives members a place to ask questions, share recommendations, talk about destinations, share experiences and photos, discuss hosting and connect with other women across the community.
It means you can start making connections before a trip begins and stay involved long after you return home.
You might ask about somewhere you are thinking of visiting, get advice from women who have already been there, find inspiration for your next trip or simply join a conversation with people who understand why travel matters to you.
The Hub is another important part of what makes Her Travel Circle more than somewhere to find a free bed.
Private communication before you commit to anything
Her Travel Circle gives members the ability to communicate directly through the platform before agreeing to a stay or meeting.
You can ask questions, discuss dates, talk about expectations and get a clearer sense of the person on the other side of the conversation.
Hosts can do exactly the same.
That communication is important because it allows both women to make an informed decision before anything is agreed.
The aim is not to pressure people into accepting stays or connections. It is to give them the time and space to decide whether something feels right.
Become a Host too
Full membership also gives you the option to become a Host yourself and open your home to other women in the community.
Hosting is designed to fit around your life, not the other way around. You choose when your home is available, how often you want to host, and whether a particular request feels right for you. If there are weeks or months when hosting doesn’t suit you, you can simply block those dates out and leave them unavailable.
There is never any expectation that you must accept a stay request. Before agreeing to anything, you can talk with the traveller through Her Travel Circle, get to know her, discuss the practical details and decide whether you feel comfortable inviting her into your home.
Some members enjoy hosting regularly, while others may only do it once or twice a year when the timing is right. Both are equally valuable.
Every time another woman chooses to host, she creates another place in the world where a fellow member may be able to stay, connect and experience a destination in a more personal way. That is what keeps the circle growing and creates more opportunities for everyone.
Hosting Rewards
Hosting is one of the things that makes Her Travel Circle possible, and we want to recognise the women who help strengthen the community by opening their homes to other members.
Each completed stay contributes towards a discount on your next annual membership renewal.
- 15% offOne completed stay
- 30% offTwo completed stays
- 50% offThree or more completed stays
You can keep track of what you’ve earned in your My Membership section, where your current Hosting Reward and expected renewal amount are shown clearly.
It means that by helping another woman travel, you are also reducing the cost of your own future membership.
Regional pricing
Her Travel Circle is a global community, and we know that the same membership fee does not represent the same level of affordability in every country. A price that may feel reasonable in one part of the world can be significantly more difficult to afford somewhere else, so we use regional pricing to make membership more accessible while keeping the system fair.
Your annual membership price is based on the country you are joining from and, where possible, is shown in a currency that is familiar to you.
When you reach checkout, Stripe also checks the country associated with your payment method. If that places you in a different regional pricing band, the price may adjust before payment is taken, and the reason for any change will be clearly explained.
Where the country you are joining from and the country linked to your payment method fall into different pricing bands, the higher applicable price is used.
This allows us to offer lower membership prices in countries where the standard UK price would be much less affordable, while still protecting the regional pricing system from being misused.
Supported currencies
Membership can currently be charged in GBP, EUR, USD, CAD, AUD and NZD.
Further local currencies may be added as the community grows.
Available payment methods can vary by country and may include debit or credit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Link and iDEAL where supported.
The price shown to you should reflect the membership price that applies to your region before you move through to payment.
Our standard UK membership price
The standard UK annual membership is now capped at:
£97 per year
This is the maximum standard UK price we always planned to reach as Her Travel Circle grew.
Earlier members joined at lower founding prices while the platform and community were being built.
As the number of Hosts, Local Connections, members, countries and platform features has grown, so has what membership provides.
The £97 price is now the capped standard UK annual membership price.
Regional pricing means members in some countries will pay less.
Already a member?
Nothing changes during the membership year you have already paid for.
When your membership renews, your renewal price will be based on the membership price that applies at that time, less any Hosting Rewards or other eligible discounts you have earned.
If you joined at one of our earlier founding or growth prices, that lower price applied to the membership year you purchased and does not permanently fix your renewal price at that amount.
We will always contact you well in advance of any renewal price change and tell you clearly what your next annual payment will be and the date it will be taken.
Your My Membership page will also show your renewal date, expected renewal amount and any Hosting Reward or other eligible discount being applied.
A pricing change does not mean you are charged immediately. The new amount is only taken on your normal renewal date.
Membership renews automatically each year unless you cancel. If you cancel before renewal, you keep access until the end of the period you have already paid for and no further annual payment is taken.
What does “free accommodation” actually mean?
Accommodation between members is free.
Hosts do not charge a nightly accommodation fee.
A Host and traveller may, however, agree beforehand to share ordinary costs connected with a stay.
That might include meals, activities, transport or, where the Host has clearly stated it in advance, a contribution towards household costs.
These things should always be discussed before the stay and should never be expected.
Not every stay will involve socialising together, and there is no expectation that a Host entertains her guest.
The details are agreed between the women involved, so everyone knows what to expect.
More than travel. More than accommodation.
Her Travel Circle is built around a simple idea:
Women helping women travel.
Sometimes that means opening your home.
Sometimes it means meeting someone for coffee.
Sometimes it means sharing advice in the Community Hub.
Sometimes it means helping another woman feel confident enough to visit somewhere she may not otherwise have gone.
The free accommodation can save you money.
But the connection, friendship, support and community can be just as valuable.
That is what Her Travel Circle membership is really about.
Ready to join?
Your annual membership gives you access to Hosts, free member stays, Local Connections, private messaging, the Community Hub, Hosting Rewards and a growing worldwide community of women helping women travel.
Your annual membership
Your price depends on the country you live in. You will see it before you pay.
Join Her Travel Circle