Contributors: Steve and Judy York Since 2018, we have enjoyed being Warmdhowers hosts. Although we toured in our younger years, we now focus on road cycling and mountain biking. But we LOVE being Warmshowers hosts. We live in Sandpoint, Idaho, along the northern tier of the Adventure Cycling Association route. As you can imagine, we […]
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Contributor: Doris Tuck On Thursday evening, August 1, 2024, I received a Warmshowers message from Veronica Lee requesting an overnight stay in San Jose for Saturday and Sunday nights. I’m 88 years old, and by the afternoon, I’m often tired. It took me a while to consider her request. I spoke with my boyfriend of
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Contributor: Jeff Balch Twenty minutes of comfortable pedaling on Monday, Aug. 27, brought me four miles from south Evanston to Wilmette, where I met Megan Routbort and Thomas Polo – a pair of adventurers who, at that point, had pedaled roughly 750 times farther than I did that day. They were easy to spot near
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On a side street in the heart of Shkoder, Albania, through a door next to an unassuming two-car garage, you could easily miss the entrance to a unique and wonderful Warmshowers hosting experience. Warmshowers hosts play a vital role in creating a sense of community and connection among cyclists from all over the world. Today,
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Contributor: John & Anne Toomey We’ve been Warmshowers hosts for 6 years and have thoroughly enjoyed it. We’ve hosted approximately 25 parties, although it was slow during the pandemic. Riders come through in June if heading for the west coast, and those cycling from the west coast to Maine start to appear in late August
Contributor: Lil Cub In 2019, after hiking the Appalachian Trail (AT), I returned home and decided to open up my place for the Florida Trail (FT) and Eastern Continental Trail (ECT) hikers to rest and charge up. Since my place was only a quarter mile from downtown and at the crossroads of Hwy 90 and
Contributor: Penny Schwyn As always, we get excited when it works out to host a cyclist. We had no inkling that our Warmshowers guest would be party to a life-changing event at our home. It turns out Seth LOVES gravel. When he found out we were going on a community fun ride, The Gravel Flamdangle,
A Warmshowers Guest to the Rescue Read More »
As hosts, it is our job to bridge the gap between our own expectations of hosting and where our visiting cyclists are coming from. A cyclist just setting out on tour is in a different mindset than someone a week away from finishing. Maybe your visitor is carrying too much weight and hoping to ditch
Meeting Cyclists Where They Are: Your Home Read More »
Contributor: Lance Chilton Sure, being a guest while bike-touring saves money. Sure, being a host makes us feel we’re paying back the Warmshowers community. But it’s more than that. Although I could probably afford to stay in four-star hotels, Warmshowers gives me a much closer opportunity to meet and learn from bicyclists in all the
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Great reads authored by the Warmshowers Community! From the bank to the saddle (Von der Bank auf den Sattel) 10 countries. 100 days. 10,000 km. After 20 years, Bernd quits his job at a bank and sets off on a bicycle ride with his son Tristan to circumnavigate the Baltic Sea to the North
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