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4 Jan 2018Warmshowers Networking VideoWarmshowers' Board Member Ken Francis produced an excellent video on creating a local network of Warmshowers members you can see here.
17 Nov 2017Warmshowers SurveyWarmshowers.org has released a survey to help the Board of Directors in their creation of a long-term plan for Warmshowers. The survey can be found here: https://www.soscisurvey.de/warmshowers/
Please take the survey. I takes about 5 minutes and will greatly help us understand the direction the community wants to go. We need 4,000-5,000 responses if possible.
3 Nov 2017Website Project Concluded!Thank you for your patience and support as we worked to upgrade the www.warmshowers.org website. We recognize the importance of continually evaluating the ways in which technology aligns with the needs of our hosts and riders. Our website was originally created by a dedicated group of volunteers to serve as a central information hub for the organization.
24 Oct 2017Website in Maintenance Mode- Final Time! The Warmshowers.org website will be in "Maintenance Mode" for 2-3 hours on October 25th at 7AM MST. This should be the last time we need to do this, and the final step in the website improvement project. We greatly appreciate your patience and support as we work through this process.
12 Oct 2017Website MaintenanceThe website will be in maintenance mode for about an hour on Sunday 10/15 at 9AM MST to install some additional improvements, and we appreciate your patience as we near the completion of this project.
28 Sep 2017Phase 2 Coming Soon!Phase II of the site upgrade is coming next week. This phase brings the new features to the website/community. We will post an update explaining these features once they are in place. Note that there may be times in the next week or so when the site is temporarily down.
We at Team Warmshowers monitor the forums for comments on the site. We thank everyone who took the time to comment on the...
8 Sep 2017Warmshowers Gear Store Closes Today! Order Now!The Warmshowers Gear Store closes today! You can check it out and order your Warmshowers gear. Items in the store are sold without mark-up (meaning you purchase the item at our cost), there is an option to add a donation for Warmshowers if you like. This is a pre-order store. Store will close September 29th, 2017. All product will then be manufactured and shipped the first week of November.
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26 Aug 2017Stories from the RoadCanada is the second largest country in the world by land area. Canada has been putting together an extensive system of bikeways creating a Trans Canada Bikeway knows as the Great Trail. 2 great options for crossing the wonderful country are traveling coast to coast, or cycling between Alaska and the lower 48 United States. Warmshowers.org has a wonderful presence in Canada!
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26 Aug 2017Hosts & Cyclists Pay it ForwardThe true strength and longevity of Warmshowers relies on maintaining a balance with both aspects of this community; bicycle touring and hosting. Keeping members active and engaged, long after the tour ends, is the goal.
If you have a story about paying forward what you have received while touring, please send it to [email protected](link sends e-mail).
Ken Francis Shares His Story
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26 Aug 2017Warmshowers.org to attend Interbike in Las Vegas, NVBoulder, CO August 25th, 2017- Warmshowers.org will be attending Interbike, the preeminent international cycling exposition to meet with partners in the bicycle touring community. Warmshowers.org Executive Director Seth Portner stated, “I am excited to be among so many bicycle touring manufacturers and partners, some of which we work with already.”
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26 Aug 2017Warmshowers.org Releases New WebsiteBoulder, CO August 26th, 2017- Warmshowers.org released phase one of their new website today. The new website was the culmination of support from the Warmshowers community and leadership by the Board of Directors. The existing website was expertly built and designed by previous Warmshowers leadership, and though it was still working, it has become functionally obsolete as the community has...