Time for new accommodation ideas!
Samoa is not a big place with lots of different accommodation types. We are still in the beginning of developing a quality tourist destination.
Some of the bigger hotel has got a well organized infra structure with their own black and grey water cleaning systems. Samoa in general still has a long way to go to get all areas of service working properly.
Some tourists are telling us that they enjoy the old way of doing things, which is fine. The reality is that not every old practice is environmentally friendly. As the progress is slow we will not change too quick anyway.
We get requests from people that are interested in home exchange, which I think is a great idea. I use your home and you use mine…
This is a simple idea and it works really well. You save all hotel expenses and just need to save up for the travel and food and drinks. Many families also let people use their cars and bicycles.
So far this is a new idea in Samoa and very few people have used the system. We hope that we have an opportunity to change this which could be a great experience for both Samoans and people from outside.
I am not sure though, that everyone would exchange their nice house for a small Samoan Fale?
You can go to almost every country in the world and use this system. have a look at how it works and save yourself all the hotel costs on your next trip.
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Mats Loefkvist
