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Old 05-20-11 | 01:01 PM
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EriktheFish
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Sounds pretty complete to me. On a recent cross country trip, we stayed at a couple dozen WS Hosts. Most offered what you are, some offered less, a few offered more. The ultimate best hosts would utter these magic words: "Do you need a rest day?". Usually these words came at the right time, after a week of 2 of riding with no rest days. It was always fantastic to have an extra day to just relax and catch up on laundry/shopping/mailing stuff and just laying low in a comfortable home. And these words always came from the kind of people that you'd want to spend extra time with. Of course, as guests, we'd always volunteer to do some housework or yardwork when we got these offers.

Often, weather or mountains or breakdowns would change our schedule. Finding a WS host that would take us in on short notice was always great. (A few WS hosts put in their profile that they need a week or two advance notice!) One of our favorite hosts in New York were a retired couple that had a spare room dedicated as a warmshower bedroom. They had a guestbook and photos on the wall of everyone that had stayed. On our "rest day" with them, they handed us the keys to their car to be able to run some errands around town and sight-see.

It was always nice when a warmshower host felt connected enough to give us a driving tour of their town.
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