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{{Short description|Hospitality exchange service}}{{Expand Esperanto|date=November 2024}}{{Infobox organization
| name         = Pasporta Servo
| founded_date = {{start date and age|1966}}
| founder      = [[Rubén Feldman González]]
| location     = [[Argentina]]
| area_served  = Global
| products     = [[Homestay]]
| services     = [[Hospitality]]
| membership   = 2257 hosts<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pasportaservo.org/pri-ni/ | title=Pasporta Servo: International hosting service through Esperanto | access-date=2018-02-04 | archive-date=2015-01-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129110648/https://pasportaservo.org/pri-ni/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
| homepage     = {{URL|https://pasportaservo.org/}}
}}
[[File:PS mapo 2015.png|thumb|400x400px|Cities in the world with Pasporta Servo hosts as of 2015]]
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The '''Pasporta Servo''' ({{ipa|eo|pasˈporta ˈservo}}, {{langx|en|'''Passport Service'''}}) is a [[hospitality exchange service]] available both online and in print that lists people in [[Esperanto culture]] who are willing to offer free [[homestay]]s to speakers of [[Esperanto]]. It is maintained by the [[World Esperanto Youth Organization]] (TEJO).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tejo.org/en/cause/pasporta-servo/ | title=Pasporta Servo | publisher=[[World Esperanto Youth Organization]] | access-date=2020-05-03 | archive-date=2020-08-20 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820213513/https://www.tejo.org/en/cause/pasporta-servo/ | url-status=live }}</ref> The platform is a [[gift economy]]; hosts are not allowed to charge for [[lodging]]. Guests using the service are encouraged to speak only Esperanto with their hosts.

==History==
In 1966, psychologist [[Rubén Feldman González]] started the ''Programo Pasporto'', a lodging service for Esperanto speakers, in [[Argentina]].{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

In 1974, the Pasporta Servo directory was first published, listing 40 hosts.<ref>{{cite news | title=One of the Perks of Speaking Esperanto? Free Lodging Around the World | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/one-of-the-perks-of-speaking-esperanto-free-lodging-around-the-world-1415754748 | last=Wells | first=Charlie | work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] | date=11 November 2014 | url-access=subscription | access-date=20 February 2017 | archive-date=19 July 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719000544/https://www.wsj.com/articles/one-of-the-perks-of-speaking-esperanto-free-lodging-around-the-world-1415754748 | url-status=live }}</ref>

In August 2008, the directory was first published online.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.liberafolio.org/arkivo/www.liberafolio.org/2008/tejokomitato2008/ | title=TEJO reformas Pasportan Servon | work=[[Libera Folio]] | date=1 August 2008 | access-date=3 May 2020 | archive-date=6 May 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506061211/https://www.liberafolio.org/arkivo/www.liberafolio.org/2008/tejokomitato2008/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Censorship ===
{{As of|2024}}, the online website has been blocked by the Iranian government.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|https://pasportaservo.org/}}
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[[Category:Hospitality exchange services]]
[[Category:Esperanto-language websites]]
[[Category:Argentine social networking websites]]