The Coronavirus | A delay to subscription fees for PLU
Dear PLU friends, I know this virus is affecting many of you. I’ve spent many hours each day reading about the impact around the world and your comments about your personal experience. I know this is painful and no one is really sure about what to do. Short-term travel is badly affected and no...
600 homes in the US, a new entrant in our top ten, and a trip to NZ!
Every week I like to welcome our new members to our community. We have around 50-60 new homes on our website every week and everyone always brings something new to our community. It's exciting to find out who you are, where you live and where you want to travel. To everyone who joined this week,...
60 new homes, 9000 Facebook members, system updates
This week we've added another 60 homes to our website, passed 9000 members in our Facebook group, welcomed our 60th home in Denmark, our 30th in Croatia, our 10th in Romania and our 2nd in Bulgaria! 🥳 Welcome to all our new starters! If you have not yet activated your listing, you must! You can't...
Between sea and mountain
From May 30 to June 11, I am going on exchange and my house will be available, I live in the south of France, a few minutes from Spain in Catalonia not far from the Dali Museum in Figueres. Many other places to visit near the house. It is a village, with a station and buses at 1 Euro, #487
3000 homes, 97 countries and other milestones
Welcome to all our recent newcomers! ❤️ This year has already been super-busy with over 60 new homes every week. We just listed our 3,000th home, our 300th in Australia, our 200th in Spain and the first in the Seychelles (that makes 97 countries!). 🥳🤩 We'll also cross 600 in the US and 500 in...
A People Like Us development update
Work is underway for subscription fees. This is a really big job, and one that has to be perfect. Note that this is about development work. It is not yet available on the main site. It will be ready in a few weeks. The first thing I needed to do this week was to set up the system to accept paym...
Is People Like Us too Australian?
I often read that PLU is too Australian. I'm not sure anything could be too Australian! 😂 We're really nice. And we'd love to welcome you down under, any time you want to come! I'd like to dispel that little myth though. I'm Australian, as are 294 other listings that we have here, but...
Our subscription fees plus an extra incentive
Last week I announced details of our upcoming Premium subscription for People Like Us. Thank you all for your feedback and warm encouragement. This is a really exciting time as we enter a time together where we can truly grow, something I think we’re all interested in. As a reminder, I’ve attache...
New privacy provisions
In response to a suggestion made by a member overnight, I've added three new privacy settings into People Like Us today. These are to hide travelling party descriptions, member descriptions and desired destinations. Unlike any other exchange platform, most People Like Us privacy settings are...