Planning a tour for the upcoming "long" weekend, I've sent a couple of messages, requesting a stay. It was my understanding, that this IS the way to send a request. The potential hosts stated in their profiles, that they are welcoming fellow cyclists. However, since there was no answer so far, I've looked into my messages, and realized there is a section "Unanswered requests", which in my case was empty.
I re-examined my contacts' profiles, but didn't find anything for sending a proper request.
I'm new here (although I've been an active couchsurfer in the past). Could someone explain the rules more precisely than it is done on the front page?
FP Promote:
Not on Front Page
On the profil description you have
Send message
After you have to wait
Unfortunatly lots of members dont answer
statistics for 2023 Responsiveness to private messages/hosting requests drop to 63.8 % ( was 87.5 in 2013 ) That is a real problem
https://www.warmshowers.org/country_count
Look for ACTIVES members connecting recently and with good % for answers
Unanswered answers is when somebody send YOU message and when YOU dont answer