Has anyone experience with welcome to my garden?

2 months ago by Elouin to c/bicycle_touring

Welcome To My Garden: Free camping spots in people’s gardens for slow travellers. Brought to you by a warm-hearted community of citizens.

Hey, since warmshowers is currently down I am looking for alternatives. Does anyone here have experience with welcome to my garden?

JayleneSlide 6 points 2 months ago

This looks like a promising alternative to the thoroughly enshittified Warm Showers and Couch Surfing, both of which used to be awesome. Thanks for the link!

Edit: for anyone curious about some of the downfall of Warm Showers: https://warmshowers.bike/

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daveywaveyboy 4 points 2 months ago

Thanks. I was a frequent warm showers host and occasional user (20:1 ratio about) from when it was a list, then the app. But two things happened - somehow it got paywalled to use, and the people arriving thought they’d booked a hotel. Really - the users attitudes changed completely. I gave up hosting. When I was going to tour a couple of years ago with my tent I tried SleepyBike but there was almost nobody on it. I camped, used some hostels, and did my last night in a hotel. I was fine. I’d be happy to see a support group back in place. For touring cyclists by touring cyclists. But I’m not sure I’d do it again - I was very much dis-illusioned.

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JayleneSlide 2 points 2 months ago

Also a former WS and CS host and user. I haven't had any bad experiences either as host or user, which I thought odd if only from a sheer numbers/probability standpoint. My take was that I was merely very lucky. Even a large group of dirtbagging teens I hosted were beyond courteous and chill. But constant nagging for money (for being a host? fuck off) and lack of transparency broke it off for me. Sure I get that servers and development cost money, but the compensation packages were unreasonable for services that are provided by community volunteers.

It looks like there are some good options now for hosting.

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betterdeadthanreddit 4 points 2 months ago

Back in my day, we just called it passing out drunk in somebody's bushes.

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Etnaphele 1 point 2 months ago

I just used 1NiteTent once

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Elouin 1 point 2 months ago

I used 1NiteTent once. Was a nice experience, but is limited mostly to germany and has inactive spots.

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