BeWelcome News

Hi all,

We just updated the code running on the main website. This is mainly a bugfix release.

• All pages that make use of a location search now use the same code, making the user experience more consistent.
• Image upload to the gallery now allows to create an album for the uploaded files on the fly and shows the images to be upload directly on the screen with a progress bar.
• In case a new profile picture was uploaded but the image not readable the old profile picture stays now.
• Accidentally sending…

We are pleased to share with you the results of the member survey conducted in June and July which we had announced in this article.

They are the feedback of 1.148 members who had logged in over the past two years and had at least a profile photo or some text in the “about me” section of their profile. The response rate has been low (similar to 2017), but the number of replies is sufficient to be statistically significant. We would like to thank all those who answered, as well as our volunteers…

BeWelcome.org, the world’s leading non-profit platform connecting people through the power of cultural exchange and hospitality, is delighted to announce a remarkable achievement — reaching 250,000 members worldwide! This landmark moment reflects the unwavering dedication of BeWelcome.org’s passionate community and reaffirms the non-profit and volunteer run organization’s commitment to fostering meaningful connections and promoting intercultural understanding around the globe.

Since its…

This month BeWelcome is conducting another survey among a randomly selected sample of members. 20.000 of you will receive an email invitation from our survey provider Lamapoll.de to participate in the survey and provide anonymous feedback about your experience with BeWelcome, your satisfaction and what you would like us to add, improve or do differently.

Based on the feedback, like last time, BeWelcome will guide development within the possibilities of our resources.

For various reasons…

Hi everybody,

In an effort to keep the code driving BeWelcome maintainable and future proof the first release of the year 2023 focuses on rewrites of existing functionality.

• Rewritten most of the profile sub pages. This includes: Comments, Family & Friends, Forum Posts, Notes, Visitors, Preferences.
• Reset password moved into the members menu.
• Thanks to the remember me functionality a lot of people never needed to login. There the statistics gave the impression people do not use the site. This…

We love what we do and would not accept any payment for it. Nor do we ask members for fees,. We are a registered non-profit since 2007, and have no staff, offices or large costs.

We do need your help every year to help pay for things like insurance, server costs and domain registrars. Our donation campaign for the forthcoming year is just €4912.   That allows us to serve our growing membership, which is likely to exceed 250,000 in 2023. If you have a few $£ to donate by card/bank transfer, or…

BeVolunteer – the association behind BeWelcome – has a new Board of Directors as of today.

The annual General Assembly of BeVolunteer took place at the beginning of November 2022 in Wieliczka / Poland.

8 BeVolunteer members participated live, 7 more online.

The elections of the new Board of Directors for the year 2022/2023 took place online after the GA meeting. The result:

Gbenouville stays President
 

Corazondeviaje is the new secretary (she has experience in this job as she has been on the Board…

Hi everybody,

The dev team has been busy the last 4 months to fix bugs and add small feature improvements. Notably these are:

• The profile page now shows more comments and additionally shows comments written as well (there's a read more/show less button now as well to keep the page short).
• Comments are now sorted by creation date (not last update as before).
• Community news got a small design update and it is now possible to directly add a comment.
• The display of forum post on mobile was improved to…

8 BeWelcome travelers found their ways to Sète, a town at the Mediterranean Sea in the South of France: 7 French and Neta98 from Israel.

Sète is located between land and sea, so water was the main topic of this BeWelcome weekend - and it was surprisingly wetter than expected: A strong storm with heavy rains flooded the campside the night before the gathering began. Swimming tents convinced all participants to spontanously rent a luxury mobile home - the last one available on the campside.  This…

The Ducks are celebrating again!

"Seek the Duck" is a legend! It is the oldest BeWelcome  event. The BeWelcomers from Toulouse in the south of France organized several of these weekends in their beautiful city. And they inspired other French communities. "Seek the Pig" took place in Lyon "Seek the Cod or In Cod we Trust" in Marseille and "Seek the Mussel" in Montpellier.

And again the French BeWelcomers prove that they are a great community and wonderful hosts. Their current idea is called…