Hospitality requests through BW

guaka

posted 2008/04/04 12:03 Visibility: World

I get around 2 requests for hospitality a day through CouchSurfing. On my CS profile my mission is "request my hospitality through bewelcome.org" and in my couch information I have (in this font):

If you contact me through my BeWelcome profile it's much more likely that I will host you.

Today finally someone smart enough to create a BW profile and contact me through BW. Maybe it would help (and be nice) to put a BW logo with "request my hospitality" or so. Any graphic designers around interested in making one?

I would also love to put it on other pages and sites (my blog, other social networking sites) and link to my BeWelcome profile.

claudiaab

posted 2008/04/04 14:47 Visibility: World

Good idea! I only linked to BW in general on my Deviant Art account: http://behind-clouds.deviantart.com/ but no idea how to link to the profile with a logo...

midsch

posted 2008/04/04 15:45 Visibility: World

I pimped my "contact method" at CS with some CSS ;) some time ago.

But I'd love to see logos for webpages, buttons, badges, sticker, t-shirts ... I was talking with Thomas and Micha about creating badges, there have been some proposals and I would have started a wikipage about it. But there is absolutely no sense in doing so as long as it is not public (and for my part: no open licence, no content).

I'd see a wikipage (or similar) as a creative construction area and we could somehow choose some "official" pieces for a "spread the word" page at BW.

all the best, midsch

nonesee

posted 2008/04/04 17:15 Visibility: World

do we have contact uploader?...say from public email like gmail, yahoo etc?

So far this is what i do for every host request is asked the person to send me direct email for;

1.Server down back up, it happens, everywhere..

2.Sending google calendar for hosting schedules

3.Reference

With this idea, it be more easier to ask the future guest to join BW, you have their email addres and they are already stay in ur place = as host.

Because actually, From my side, recruiting new member actually easier to establish more host available, means, more targeting exotic places (travelers tend to go to this kind of places), by become host you easily ask your guest to join BW as return favor for free hosting. (although i dont call it free anymore if they do, means they paid me with their new profile ^_^)

if say i have emails, im planning after i host them i can try to talk abt BW, but it be more lot easier and send referal to them..by jst upload previouse traveler i;ve host

How u say?

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