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Reservation systems for private syndicates

Most sharing arrangements quickly find they need some kind of reservation system so that people can easily see who and when partners are using the shared asset. If they have an arrangement where free time can be booked on a first come basis, then they need the system to enable them to make the reservation [...]

Successful horse sharing

yours2share now has well over 300 horse share ads, from all over the UK, from Devon to Ayrshire and Cardiff to Surrey (lots and lots there!) I’ve recently spoken to several people who have successfully found sharers through yours2share.

I’ve also spoken to a few who have found a sharer, it’s worked well for a [...]

Relayrides & car sharing

Here is another great article from shareable.net (would you share a car with a stranger?) outlines some of the ground breaking car sharing schemes being tried out in the US (astonishing really, as prising the average American out of his SUV isn’t something most of us would attempt, let alone ask him to let someone [...]

Swapping boats

Some time ago I wrote about swapping property, this is now a popular way of holidaying.  I also mentioned that someone had posted an ad with yours2share to occasionally swap their holiday home in Mallorca, Spain for a motor yacht in Mallorca.  I looked quite hard for any websites for boat swaps but couldn’t find [...]

Eco sites & sharing

A couple more interesting websites have popped into the yours2share inbox in the last few days and I thought I’d share them with you.

Firstly there is Collaborative Consumption which is publicising the imminent arrival of a new book about sharing and the ways in which people share stuff.  The other website is Ecoboom, a friendly [...]