If the word “Erasmus” doesn’t mean anything to you, that means you might not be from this European university generation that move from one side of the world to the other in the goal to accomplish their Student exchange! In fact, Student exchanges in Europe have rose exponentially within the last decade to new summits! An increasing amount of universities create new programs to receive international students from anywhere, as well as programs to send their own students for an international experience. This has led to a directly connected effect, “The roommates Boom”! As you can imagine, all these students leaving to other countries asks for a lot of accommodation resources and new services on the internet have been created to satisfy these new home hungry students. We joined Ian Boudreault, manager of okroommate.com on his cell phone to ask questions about this effect. According to OKRoommate.com a leading Roommates search engine on the internet, Roommate search trends has risen more than 300% in the last 2 years, a significant number that correlates almost perfectly with the Erasmus rise! Such Online Roommate Finders have helped a lot the industry which was previously deserved by Real estate agencies which were asking incredible fees for the service, as much of the equivalent of a month of rent! Proroommate.com, another leader in the Roommates industry, also offers quality ads by deserving more than 50 countries around the world, while being available in 6 languages yet! Subscriptions to okroommate.com and proroommate.com are all free of charge, so if you are n the search to rent your apartment or looking to find a home and roommates to share it with!
