How it works
You’ve travelled. You know what it feels like when someone opens a door. Now you live somewhere, and that door is yours. Before Terroo exists as a place travelers can visit, it exists as founding locals who decided to be the beginning.
What you should know
Principle 01
It is free. You decide.
Principle 02
You are not a service provider.
Principle 03
You decide everything.
Principle 04
We grow slowly on purpose.
Principle 05
You can leave any time.
The questions most locals ask first
What if I only want to host once?
That’s fine. Once is a real encounter. We would rather have ten locals who host once meaningfully than one who hosts forty times. You set the pace.
I don’t speak English well. Does that matter?
No. Terroo launches in French, Spanish, and English, and we have a context card system that translates the small things that matter (a menu, a neighbourhood note, the name of the dish you’re making) ahead of time. We will never turn a local away for not speaking a traveler’s language.
What if I have a bad guest?
A person reads every traveler request before it reaches you. You can decline without explanation. If something goes wrong during an encounter, there is a human on call in your city, and the consequence system on the safety page is real, short, and enforced. We would rather lose travelers than locals.
What does a typical week look like for a founding local?
You write your listing with us. You tell us your rhythm. You wait. When travelers open, the first few requests come to you from people we have briefed personally. You decide which ones you want to meet. There is no inbox to maintain, no dashboard to feed.
If you got to the bottom of this page and you are still reading, you are probably the right person. We would rather hear from ten of you than ten thousand of the wrong ones. Write back. We read everything.
Not a local?
Read how this works for travelers →It means opening your city to travelers on your own terms: what you offer, who you meet, and when. You are not a service provider, you are someone sharing part of your life with a stranger.
No. Every encounter is offered freely, with no suggested contribution or fee. It is the foundation Terroo is built on.
No. Hosting a stay is one option among several. You can also share a meal, take someone on a walk through your neighbourhood, or teach a craft, without ever hosting anyone overnight.
All of it. You decide what you offer, who you welcome, when you are available, and how many people you meet. Terroo provides the infrastructure, not the terms.
