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When is a group not considered "small" anymore ?
Submitted by ®oger on Mon, 2008-11-10 06:44.
If you have read the Rules you have noticed this one :
The WSL is for hospitality for private individuals (or
couples or very small groups) touring on bicycles.
Please don't use it for other types of hospitality - for
your large group of teenagers doing a cross-country ride,
or for your large-group fund-raising event (even though
it's for AIDS or cancer or some other fine cause.
If you ever read the posts in the forums you will learn
that some of the members can host larger groups of
cyclists. They are not many but they exist.
At registration time we ask new members to choose the maximum number of cyclists one can (or wants to) host at one time.
The most popular option is a pair (2).
The others give a max cyclists count of:
1 (440)
2 (1843)
3 (537)
4 (807)
5 and more (559)
We have all kinds of requests.
The last one was from a group of eight people.
Because we considered 8 bigger than a "small group"
we forwarded the requester to couchsurfing.
Now I turn to you, the users of the Warm Showers List and ask:
What do you consider to be bigger than a "small" group?
When is a group not considered "small" anymore ?
-Roger
Regarding a "small" group
My residence is a 3-bedroom house in the city. This means a tiny back yard that wouldn't work well for camping. With one guest bedroom I can comfortably host two people. Four guests would be OK if some don't mind sleeping on the floor.
Since my living situation is probably somewhat common among WSL members I would say that I can host a "small" group, and that this group would be four individuals maximum.
-- Kevin
What's a small group
At my house a small group would be 4. A large group would be 5 or more. More than 4 creates problems for everyone sharing the bathroom, kitchen, computer and etc. I will check my warmshowers info to make sure everyone knows that.
Add to your comments if you can host larger groups
I've noticed that some WS hosts put in their comments that they can host larger groups. I noticed one the other day that offered yard-camping space for groups of 8 or 10. If you do have room for (or are willing to host) larger groups, you can say so in your profile.