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Hospitality Exchange Database: HOSPEX

In June 1991, a new list/database  came to life at the PLEARN.BITNET
node under the name of HOSPEX@PLEARN. It has been created to:

1. Provide  those  interested  in being  a host to network  visitors
   a way to satisfy their interests.

2. For those interested in finding hosts when travelling.

  HOSPEX is growing with  an average  rate of three new  members per
week.  Members are  typically  faculty,  staff, administrators,  and
students -- but we don't restrict membership  to these  groups only.
HOSPEX  was originally  created to  serve as  a means  for exchanges
between academics and students to further professional relationships
between both. However, it has developed into a net-wide database for
travellers interested in homestay exchanges  (or just free places to
stay  while  travelling).  We  currently  have  hosts  in   over  25
countries,  and  on   six  continents.
HOSPEX  has proven to be a source of new friendships and experiences
for  both  hosts  and  guests alike  (the roles change  when  a host
travels and becomes the guest, or a guest becomes a host).

Typically, travellers will stay with hosts for only a few days, then
move on to their next destination. Some hosts expect their guests to
share  the costs  incurred  during their  visit   i.e.  food,  phone
calls, etc. These arrangements should be discussed in advance. Also,
guests  should  *ALWAYS* contact  potential  hosts  in advance  (via
e-mail). Guests cannot just appear at someone's door unannounced.

So, subscribe  to HOSPEX@PLEARN.BITNET  and get  ready to  find free
and/or cheap lodgings when you travel. Get ready to make new friends
with people  from cultures  different from your  own. Get  ready for
pleasant  adventures. It  doesn't matter  that you  only have  floor
space available, or as  much as six bedrooms, or just  a place for a
tent  in your  backyard, all  types of  possible accommodations  are
acceptable.

To subscribe, issue the standard "SUBSCRIBE HOSPEX <your full name>"
command  to LISTSERV@PLEARN.  You'll be  sent  a host's  form to  be
filled  out and  returned to  HOSPEX@PLEARN. Only  then will  you be
considered  a member  of  HOSPEX and  get added  to  the HOSPEX  and
HOSPEX-L lists, and will have the right to search through the HOSPEX
database for  possible hosts. This subscription  procedure is partly
manual  (your form  will  be edited),  so  it may  take  a few  days
sometimes before you are added to  the database.  With the host form
you  describe  yourself,  the   type  of  accommodations  you  have,
languages you  speak, restrictions, requests etc.  When the  file is
created  listing your  personal information,  other HOSPEX  members,
before  traveling, will  look through  all the  host forms  from the
countries in which they will be  traveling to find a host that seems
interesting.

A HOST FORM IS MANDATORY

  If you have ANY questions,
  please address them to HOSPEX@PLEARN.BITNET