Please implement
AboutTheideaPage
::column_col2()

or create a file
"/home/bwrox/www.bewelcome.org/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 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.

Community News

BeWelcome server updates

written by fake51 - 2010/01/30 18:33

It's been stated a couple of times on the forum and possibly written about in some forum posts: BeWelcome is relocating it's test server to one of it's members (Tobixen - many thanks!). In connection with this, you might experience some problems if you try to reach the old BV wiki or the trac pages (if you're trying to put in a bug report). Things should be up and running within a day or two again, though - so please, don't worry too much if you see some pages broken, they should be fixed again soon.

The future of BeWelcome: Reactions so far.

written by tgoorden - 2010/01/24 14:04

Well. Life sure is surprising!

I saw an enormous amount of response to the "BeWelcome needs you" mailing and I hope to see even more. Some people have terminated their account, which in a way is regrettable, but in another way can also improve the quality of our network. A few people have made a serious donation, we're not there yet though! A lot of people reacted in writing, on the forum and via personal messages.

In general the impression is that I do see a lot of people wanting this community to continue. We've had a lot of practical suggestions as well though:

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