Website provides secure housing for Erasmus students


Finding a place to stay is one of the biggest challenges Erasmus students face. In particular, students who look online for accommodations in the country in which they will study, try to find a flat or guesthouse on unreliable sources such as Facebook and Craigslist. Those who rent a place through these sites do not have any chance to verify the identity of the person on the other end, and unfortunately some Erasmus students have experienced unpleasant difficulties after they found a place to stay via these sites. The foundation of a website that offers accommodation alternatives to Erasmus students was laid in January. Can Köseoğlu created a website called ErasmusInn by incorporating certain features that other websites do not have. Köseoğlu also went abroad to study while he was a student and realized that students turned to unreliable platforms in order to find accommodations. After founding his company in Ireland, Köseoğlu began to look for someone that could invest in his site. Thanks to his experience in the finance sector, he was able to receive initial capital from an Australian investor, even though he had not yet created his website.ErasmusInn is the first platform that brings the landlord and student together. People are matched on ErasmusInn with the things they like on Facebook. Offering a safe landowner program and the ability to create a rental contract as well as pay online are the most important features that distinguish ErasmusInn from its competitors.Students can reserve their accommodation before arriving to the country via the website. ErasmusInn takes the rent for the first month from the student and pays the money to the landlord 48 hours after the student moves in.ErasmusInn aims to offer reliable accommodations for both students and landlords. Students can examine all the details of the rooms and studio apartments at www.erasmusinn.com. As the website collects money from the student and pays the landlord in a reliable and secure way, it reduces the chances of experiencing a scam to nearly none.