Pale Rider
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That FB article is pure hogwash.
It does have the appearance of being written by a single issue campaign loony who has a vendetta against warmshowers.
That FB article is pure hogwash.
Is this not a part of the problem? Warmshowers, these days, seems to be viewed as a tool for finding places to stay rather than for connecting like minded people. When I signed up I had only the loosest, vaguest of notions for ever using it as a guest.I haven't used WS so far, was thinking of doing this on my future trips,
Well, you can use this service to either stay or host, and there isn't much demand for cycling accommodations in Israel. But yeah, the idea was not to save a few bucks on hotel - for me at least, the flight was and remains the main expense, but rather to connect with similar minded people. Luckily, alternatives exist. One can look for them here, among other places.Is this not a part of the problem? Warmshowers, these days, seems to be viewed as a tool for finding places to stay rather than for connecting like minded people. When I signed up I had only the loosest, vaguest of notions for ever using it as a guest.
I'm not so sure about that. I've read of quite a few bike tourists in Israel.there isn't much demand for cycling accommodations in Israel.
Perhaps you're right, we'll see. I haven't seen many, but just in case, I did fill in a profile on trustroots.org, which appears to be an alternative to WS.I'm not so sure about that. I've read of quite a few bike tourists in Israel.
I think one can ask to have a stamp put on a separate page of paper, rather than in the passport. Israelis don't get any stamps in their passport at entry/exit (it's all biometric and automatic these days), but I'm not sure whether it's true for foreigners.As far as I recall, one of the issues with travelling in that part of the world is visa stamps in passports. A stamp from a "wrong" country can deny access to another. Some folks are lucky and have dual citizenship so can use separate passports, the Dutch (unusually to my mind) offer two separate passports to some of their citizens specifically to get around this issue.
Trustroots was mentioned above by @dimrub. So FYI here is the 'Foundation' that runs it. Quite opaque.
https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09489825/filing-history
Can you be more specific in your misgivings since you're questioning an organisation publicly and internationally?
All I see are official documents for the creation of a Ltd. Company, admittedly, to my inexpert eyes an unusual way to go.
The Foundation is a dormant company with no assets and apparently no trading. So if something is happening with the underlying Foundation it's not apparent, therefore opaque. There are no misgivings - only accounts for those that wish to peruse them.
The same applies to many charities / foundations. Here is another Foundation (which I will be visiting soon) for comparison.
https://www.fondation-barry.ch/en/
There was an application made in March for administrative restoration and since then there have been changes to the directors, so it may no longer be dormant.
Front page of that link doesn't say it's dormant.The Foundation is a dormant company with no assets and apparently no trading. So if something is happening with the underlying Foundation it's not apparent, therefore opaque. There are no misgivings - only accounts for those that wish to peruse them.
The same applies to many charities / foundations. Here is another Foundation (which I will be visiting soon) for comparison.
https://www.fondation-barry.ch/en/
The Foundation is a dormant company with no assets and apparently no trading. So if something is happening with the underlying Foundation it's not apparent, therefore opaque. There are no misgivings - only accounts for those that wish to peruse them.
The same applies to many charities / foundations. Here is another Foundation (which I will be visiting soon) for comparison.
https://www.fondation-barry.ch/en/