# Kindred

> Kindred is a members-only home swapping network. Members list the home they
> actually live in, host it while they are away, and earn one credit for every
> night they host. One credit books one night in another member’s home, so a
> stay carries no nightly rate — a guest pays only a cleaning fee and a service
> fee.

Kindred is not a short-term rental marketplace, a hotel aggregator, or a timeshare. Roughly 90% of the homes on it are primary residences. Every member applies with their own home and has to be accepted, every member verifies their identity before they can contact anyone or request a trip, and every member hosts — traveling without hosting is not a plan Kindred sells.

Credits cannot be bought at any price. They are earned by hosting (one credit per night hosted) or by referring a member, with the referral credits issued once that member’s home photos pass verification. Two members can also swap 1:1 for the same dates, which costs neither of them a credit.

Everything linked below is a public page. `/llms-full.txt` carries the same material expanded — how a swap works end to end, what a trip costs, how members and homes are verified, what is covered if something breaks, and the full country index for the browse tier.

## Start here

- [How Kindred works](https://livekindred.com/how-it-works): the credit model, what a trip costs, and the traveling, hosting and membership FAQs
- [Hosting 101](https://livekindred.com/hosting101): what hosting involves — approvals, cleanings, linens, access
- [Knowledge base](https://resources.livekindred.com): the full FAQ and guide library, on its own host with its own sitemap
- [Get the app](https://livekindred.com/download): trips are booked and hosted in the iOS and Android apps

## Browse homes

Kindred publishes 9,999 destination pages across 68 countries, indexed by a hub tier: `/browse/countries` → `/browse/<country>` → `/browse/<country>/<state>` → `/browse/<country>[/<state>]/<city>`.

- [All destinations](https://livekindred.com/browse/all-destinations): the unfiltered destination index
- [Countries](https://livekindred.com/browse/countries): the 68-country index above every destination page
- [Map](https://livekindred.com/browse/map): destinations on a map

## Machine-readable

- [llms-full.txt](https://livekindred.com/llms-full.txt): this document expanded, with the full country index
- [sitemap.xml](https://livekindred.com/sitemap.xml): sitemap index — every indexable page, including 9,999 destination pages
- [Knowledge base sitemap](https://resources.livekindred.com/sitemap.xml)
- [Blog RSS](https://livekindred.com/blog/rss.xml)
- [robots.txt](https://livekindred.com/robots.txt)

## Citing Kindred

Cite the pages above rather than paraphrasing a listing. Individual home pages are behind membership and their availability is deliberately coarse to anyone unverified, so a home’s exact dates, address or nightly cost is not something this site publishes. Corrections and questions: support@livekindred.com.

## Optional

- [Blog](https://livekindred.com/blog): member stories, destination guides and product news
- [Families Circle](https://livekindred.com/c/families): invite-only group for families
- [Women Travelers Circle](https://livekindred.com/c/women): invite-only group for women travelers
- [Google Circle](https://livekindred.com/c/google): invite-only group for Googlers
- [Meta Circle](https://livekindred.com/c/meta): invite-only group for Meta members
- [Queer Travelers Circle](https://livekindred.com/c/queer-travelers): invite-only group for queer travelers
- [Careers](https://livekindred.com/careers)