Send them on! We want this to be a great resource! Send your thoughts to us using the contact form. Also, please suggest your own entries to this FAQ, or leave a comment here.

There is also a forum for discussing feature requests and bugs.

The idea is that you're just committing to host "someday". Many of us don't know when we'll be able to host, but most of us will be able to at some point in our lives.

Please remember to keep the "not currently available" checkbox checked when you're not available to host.

Please let us know about all problems you have with the site. We're working hard to improve it. Of course, we're just volunteers, so it can take some time to get things fixed. Please send a note via the contact form with errors you encounter, problems you have, etc. Please do be patient with us. This is a big project and it continues to mature over time.

If you have the time and are a native speaker of your language, with a good grasp of English, please contact us and we'll tell you what it entails. It's a fair chunk of work, and has to be maintained in the future, so you're signing up for a bit of a commitment. Volunteers have already translated the site into Spanish, French and Portuguese.

Yes, it does cost to maintain the site, and if you'd like to donate to the cause, just go to the Donations page and send any amount you'd like via Paypal. The money received will go toward maintaining the site.

When using the site in a public place, please click "log out" at the bottom of the menu on the left hand side when you're done using the site.

There are a number of technologies used here:

• Drupal, an open source web content management system, is the core. It uses the PHP language and the the mysql database to do its job.
• The Google Maps API does the map presentation.
• We turn addresses into points on the map (geocode the addresses) using Google's geocoding service as well as the fine service from geonames.org

Warmshowers.org is now registered as a Limited Liability Corporation in the state of Colorado, USA. This was done just in case some day somebody decided to sue us. The various volunteers and workers are shielded from liability this way.

We have not filed as a tax-exempt organization, as the amount of contributions received each year doesn't warrant that at this point.