Type of business Private Headquarters Bali, Indonesia | Founded 2015 Website bedforest.com | |
Industry vacation rental, travel, internet | ||
Bedforest is an Indonesian start-up, an Online Booking System that donates part of its commission back to local charities. The website enables people to list, search and rent accommodations in Indonesia. Launched in July 2015 and headquartered in Bali, Indonesia, Bedforest connects people from around the world as a community of travellers and hotels/private property owners.
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Concept
Bedforest enables private and professional accommodation owners to rent some part or their whole accommodation to travellers. The Indonesian start-up provides booking and listing services for vacation rentals as well as hotels. It is a marketplace for villas, houses or other places for rent across the archipelago. The website is designed with a search engine that filters through locations, price range or type of accommodation services. It enables discussion between a traveller and a property owner alongside a booking and a review system. Besides, Bedforest generates funding for charitable organisations. On every transaction made, the company donates to Indonesian Charities listed within its platform and selected by the traveller. That way, travellers can discover Indonesia whilst contributing to improving local development. Global charities (Unicef, Red Cross, etc...) as well as local ones (Sumba Foundation, Anak Bali, etc...) are amongst the listed organizations.
History
Bedforest is born out of a wish to utilize tourism as a participating factor in general growth that would directly benefits local communities in Indonesia. Launched in July 2015, Bedforest offers an ergonomic and easy-to-use website to engage people in a more eco-conscious tourism. Bedforest was designed as a platform to connect travellers from all around the world and hotels/property owners in Indonesia. Every booking through Bedforest generates a donation to local charity. From luxury villas to budget hotel rooms, Bedforest helps all travellers find the right place to stay at any given price. Bedforest offers free registration including for hotels/property owners/managers. Following bigger challenge, Bedforest now aims to grow its Indonesian accommodations network, focusing especially on secondary yet fast growing markets such as Indonesian islands like Sumba or Mentawai.
Corporate
Founded in 2013, and launched in 2015, Bedforest is an Online Booking Service based in Bali, Indonesia and operated by PT. Kosong Satu.