Questions
The short answers
The address, the request, money, homes without money, cities and data — one short answer each.
Map and request
Why is the exact address hidden?
An address is personal. The map shows a shaded hexagon of the district, with no pin: about 0.74 km² in a city and about 5.2 km² in a village. Only a guest with a confirmed stay sees the exact address — until check-out and one day more — and the host sees who opens it and when. The dates a home stands empty are visible only to signed-in members, and only by month. In the demo the hexagon is drawn around an approximate point in the district.
How does a request to a host work?
Pick a home and dates and write to the host. The request goes to the host, and the answer — yes or no — comes within 48 hours. There is no instant booking: the host decides whom to let in. After confirmation both sides see the contacts, and the guest sees the exact address. In the demo a request goes nowhere and is kept nowhere.
What is “what’s nearby”?
Every home shows what to do around it: the directions of the AbsoLive map on four levels — Body, Mind, Feelings, Spirit. In the demo these are example directions linking to abso.live; in the working version — live sessions and venues from the AbsoLive map nearby, with distances from the district, rounded. The Absolute centre nearby — fill in: open / in preparation. Food for your arrival — a link to the city’s AbsoFood, also a demo.
Money
How do I pay now?
Straight to the host, on arrival day, after a look around: the payment and the deposit, if there is one. The deposit amount and when it comes back are in the listing. Before arrival — no transfers at all. A request to “secure the booking with a transfer”, a payment link in the conversation, a move to a messenger to pay — these are signs of fraud and a reason to press “Report”.
How much does AbsoHomes take?
In the pilot — nothing: 0% from the host and from the guest, and no money passes through the site. Putting a home on the map is free, and there is no paid promotion. The plan for the next stage is payment through the site: the money waits for arrival with a payment partner, and there is one published fee, paid by the host only — fill in: rate and budget. Stays without money — 0%.
What does “without money” mean?
No money at all: not for cleaning, not “for linen”. A compulsory payment makes it rent. There are four forms without money: “Stay with your people”, “Home exchange”, “House-sitting” and “For a master — a home for sessions”. House-sitting and a home for a master are exchanges: what goes in return is something from a closed list, never money. The 0% rate for these forms is written into the rules; it changes only with advance notice and never retroactively.
Homes without money
How does an exchange work?
Your home in exchange for another member’s home — and not necessarily on the same dates: you can host now and travel later. How an exchange on different dates is counted — fill in: the rule for counting exchanges. The terms go in a written agreement, one for each home. Its form — gratuitous use, barter or a contract for consideration — is for the lawyer to settle: fill in: how exchange is classed — the lawyer’s answer.
House-sitting: what in return, and how many hours?
A home in return for care of the house while the host is away. What can be asked in return comes only from a closed list: the host’s house, garden, plants, animals and post. The amount — no more than fill in: how many hours a day, and the listing states it. Nothing beyond the list may be asked.
How does “For a master — a home for sessions” work?
It is an exchange: you run a course at an Absolute centre or at a place on the AbsoLive map, the host gives you a home for that time and gets a place in your sessions. The amount — no more than fill in: how many hours a day. A foreign master in Vietnam — only with a work permit: sessions in return for a home can count as work, and working without a permit carries a fine for a foreigner of 15–20 million ₫ (Decree 282/2025 art. 21 cl. 6 “a”). For a foreign master in Russia: fill in: the lawyer’s answer on foreign masters in Russia.
Cities and rules
Why is there no nightly rent on Phu Quoc?
In Vietnam, letting to tourists by the night is a business: business registration, security and public order conditions (ANTT), fire safety (PCCC), a notice to the tourism authority. A foreigner cannot run it as a private person. So on Phu Quoc in the 2026/27 season there is rent for months and homes without money. Until a Vietnamese lawyer answers, hosts there are Russian citizens.
Who registers a foreign guest?
The host — for money or without. In Vietnam the host registers the guest with the police online right on arrival (Circular 87/2026/TT-BCA, in force since 24.07.2026), or on a paper form within 12 hours, and sees the passport at check-in. In Russia the host notifies the Ministry of Internal Affairs of a foreign guest within seven working days of arrival (Federal Law 109-FZ art. 20 part 3); in a hotel or another accommodation facility — within one working day following the day of arrival (part 3.1). Whether this covers a registered guest house — fill in: the lawyer’s answer. AbsoHomes collects no passports. This is a reminder, not legal advice: the host is the one responsible for registration.
A guest house: why a register number?
In Krasnodar Krai, where Sochi and Krasnaya Polyana are, and in the federal territory of Sirius there is a guest house experiment: Federal Law 127-FZ, from 01.09.2025 to 31.12.2027, and in the region — law 5414-KZ. Since 01.01.2026 a listing for a guest house carries its register number and a link to the entry, and a listings service has to ensure it (127-FZ art. 4 part 4, art. 6 part 2). So a house let nightly to tourists without a number is not published here. Non-residential apartments — only with a number in the register of classified accommodation and from a sole trader or a company.
Community and data
Who are the hosts and guests here?
The strength of AbsoHomes is people with names. In the pilot both sides, host and guest, are members of Absolute with a confirmed phone number: people open their homes to their own. Sign-up to Absolute is open to everyone, so trust rests not on money but on checking the host — identity and the right to let — and on reviews after a stay. In the working version you sign in with your phone number and an SMS code, and the team checks membership against the profile on abso.live; later — “Sign in with Absolute”. Whether AbsoHomes needs its own entry by invitation — fill in: owner’s decision.
Which languages does AbsoHomes speak?
In the demo — Russian and English. In the working version a language is switched on once the platform’s rules exist in it and someone answers in it; who answers in English — fill in: who. Vietnamese comes later, together with a company or a representative in Vietnam: a Vietnamese interface on a foreign platform is one of the signs under which Vietnam’s e-commerce law (122/2025/QH15 art. 27) requires a representative or a company in the country.
What data does AbsoHomes collect, and how do I delete it?
Only what a stay cannot do without. The exact address sits in a separate closed table, and every opening of it is logged. The site collects no passports, no biometrics and no key codes. Data of Russian citizens is kept in a database in Russia (152-FZ art. 18 part 5); addresses and stay dates never reach Absolute’s database. You can stop the publication of a listing with your name at any moment (152-FZ art. 10.1). Deleting your account and data: fill in: how and how soon.
What works in the demo, and what does not?
Working: the map with twelve example homes, filters, listing pages, the request form — as a preview. Not working: a request goes nowhere and is kept nowhere, there is no sign-in, prices and host names are placeholders, “what’s nearby” shows example directions. The live pilot starts once the company is registered and the documents are ready. A city opens not on a date but when enough hosts are on the map. Pilot launch: fill in: pilot launch date.
No answer to your question here — write to the team: fill in: AbsoHomes team email or channel.
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