Ambassador program
Help independent travellers find stays worth holding onto
The Hodlstay ambassador program is for people already close to sound-money travel communities - meetups, online groups, and conferences - who want to bring real hosts and guests onto a direct-stays platform.
In this phase it's a small, manual program. The goal is clear signal and good fits, not scale.
What a Hodlstay ambassador actually does
Day to day, ambassadors focus on three simple things:
- Spot great potential hosts - people with real properties who are happy to welcome independent travellers.
- Help them understand the basics - how the current booking flow works, what guests can expect, and why this is about direct stays rather than platform noise.
- Feed back what's working — what hosts and guests actually run into when they try to use the product, and feed that back via the founder group chats / email threads.
No scripted shilling. The value is in honest signal from real communities.
A good week might be 1–3 serious host introductions and a short note back about where they got stuck.
Who this program is for
Local sound-money organisers
People running meetups, Telegram groups, small conferences, or independent co-working spaces who know which locals actually host visitors or have suitable properties.
Long-term independent travellers
Nomads who already travel with a sound-money mindset and know where direct-stay communities are emerging.
Builders & content folks
People already creating content or tools around independent travel, who can explain Hodlstay clearly and realistically.
Sound-money property managers
People already managing a handful of apartments, guesthouses, or villas who are open to direct-stay bookings.
Not for cold spammers
If your idea of outreach is blasting random DMs or email lists, this isn't the right fit. Quality over quantity.
If you need a referral link and a mass email list to care, this isn't for you.
How the ambassador program works in this phase
Simple, manual, and tracked:
- You agree on a clear region / community with the founders (e.g. "hosts around X city", not "the whole world").
- You introduce potential hosts via the existing founder channels (group chats, email, etc.).
- Hosts who go live and take real bookings are tagged back to your ambassador record.
- Rewards and thanks are handled case-by-case while the program is still small.
We'd rather slightly over-reward good ambassadors than under-reward them.
If this works, it will become a structured referral / revenue-sharing system. For now it's deliberately lightweight while product-market fit is being tested.
What ambassadors get out of it
In this phase, the upside looks like:
- Early influence over how a sound-money booking platform is shaped.
- Priority access for your community's hosts and travellers.
- Recognition as an early contributor once the public program exists.
- First in line for any future rev-share / referral structure if you've already been active.
This is not a full-time role. Think of it as a small side project for people already embedded in sound-money travel circles.
Think you're a good fit for this phase?
Reach out via the usual channels (X, Nostr, or the email we share on /about) and mention that you're interested in the ambassador program.