Upgrading our technology platforms is a key focus area of our strategic plan for the next three years. Completing this survey is your opportunity to participate in providing valuable feedback on our future technology.

The survey should take less than ten minutes to complete and will make an enormous impact on future planning. Personal profile questions are for research purposes only.

To say thank you, we will be entering all users who complete the survey into a drawing to win one of the prizes below:

• Two participants will win a hand-carved wooden Warmshowers.org Foundation sign
• Two participants will win a $50 gift card to a local bike shop in their area
• Ten participants will win a full year’s subscription to the app (if you’ve already subscribed, we’ll add a year on to your purchase)
  

Survey Closes May 5th 

THANK YOU in advance for your participation!

YOUR PROFILE

With the bike touring season starting to heat up, now would be a great time to review your Warmshowers profile. We ask that you take a few minutes to log in and update your profile.

FORUMS

If you are looking for a friend to tour with or need some help with route planning for your next trip, please be sure to check out the Warnshowers forums. That is the perfect place to post your request and connect with our community.

HAPPY RIDING and HOSTING!

From Anne M Breedlove

The guard at the campground entrance turned us away; it didn't open for the season until the following week! It was early April in Kyushu, drizzling and unseasonably cold. After a soggy day of cycling through
the stunning Yabakei Gorge, we were eager to park our bikes, dry off, and warm up in a facility with a sheltered camp kitchen. Our afternoon tea would have to wait. 

It had been a great day; we'd been cheered on all day by pastel-pink cherry blossoms brightening the deep green forest, but now we'd be pitching our tent in the damp, wet dark. And there'd be no open campfire, too dangerous

From Markus Stitz

When I returned from a bikepacking journey in Kyrgyzstan in 2019, I published 'No Stone Unturned', a short film documentary that follows my journey through the wilds of the Tian Shan. The editing of the film coincided with the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, so on that evening, I took some time off from working on the film to write down my 'Thoughts on 9 November'. Working on the film triggered memories from my past, as I was often reminded of my childhood cycling through the southernmost country of the former Soviet Union. Lenin statues, harvesting machines that used to roam the fields in

From: Mario, Unfold the World

Last year, I cycled for over 1,000 km from Sidi Bouzid, in the heart of Tunisia, to my hometown in central Italy, Archi. I did it to support the organization Vélorution Tunisie which promotes cycling and sustainable mobility. They wanted to launch a project of bike education in primary and secondary schools across the country, and I decided to help them with a fund-raising campaign linked to my bike trip.

I chose to start my journey in Sidi Bouzid because of what this place means for Tunisia and the rest of the world. Ten years ago, right there, a young