Please implement
AboutTheideaPage
::column_col2()

or create a file
"/home/www/www.bewelcome.org-d917300/htdocs/../build/about/templates/theidea.column_col2.php"

The idea

The concept

Imagine arriving in a city like Paris or Mumbai and, instead of trying to find a taxi, there is somebody already waiting for you. Imagine that instead of going to eat at the place recommended by the guidebook, someone shows you their favourite restaurant. Imagine the experience staying as a personal guest of your new friend rather than sleeping in an impersonal hotel room. BeWelcome makes it possible.

You like the idea? Get active!

Join one of our teams: share the work, the commitment and the fun! We are currently looking for:

People who help building the website

  • software developer (PHP+MySQL)
  • web designer ((X)HTML/CSS)

Get in contact with Philipp or Peter

People with writing skills

  • translators (Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, etc)

Get in contact with Julien or Ieva

People to promote BeWelcome

Members to start build local communities

Needs content

Your opinion, please!

We are constantly working on the improvement of BeWelcome. If you have a suggestion, please let us know.

How is it organised?

Dreaming alone is not enough. That's why we have founded BeVolunteer, a non-profit organisation registered in Rennes, France. Through BeVolunteer's official statutes, we provide a basis for democratic decision making, financial transparency and information security so that we can protect our members and manage the project BeWelcome effectively.

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Fixes and improvements released

written by planetcruiser - 2012/05/09 08:25

Fellow travellers and hosts,

the summer is about to start and the big BeWelcome event in Toulouse is about to happen this weekend, so our motivation is high to improve this site. Here is what we've done:

  • Made profile updates more intuitive by adding "Edit" links when viewing own profile
  • Improved map search to return more relevant results
  • Fixed a couple of errors when editing profile data
  • Showed the "Family and close friends...

Post-Easter fixes released

written by planetcruiser - 2012/04/12 19:49

Dear members,

We kept pushing more and more things into this release, changed the date a few times, but finally it is here! The most important changes:

  • Fixed reporting of profile comments, note the new flag button on comment pages
  • Added group name and link to recent forum posts list on personal start page
  • Changed (increased) message sending limits for new users and always allow replies to messages

See the detailed changelog for some technical background and...

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