"I had been a customer of short-term rentals for a long time — both renting and listing my properties. My home in London was burglarized and completely destroyed by a group of men who weren’t who they said they were when they booked my home via a major home share site, where the profile of the person who booked it is still active. The experience really shook me, and I wasn't really comfortable renting or traveling that way anymore," explains Golightly founder Victoria O'Connell. "I started to think about what would make me comfortable again, and I realized that knowing more about who you are renting from and having a connection to that person through a private club was the answer. I applied inspiration from the community aspect of women-focused coworking spaces, I decided that women needed the same type of space when it came to travel.”