Meet new people from different cultures Becoming a Servas Traveller Are you: - Responsible and trustworthy
- Open-minded and flexible
- Someone who enjoys meeting new people
To apply, you need to contact your local Servas representative (see our list of coordinators) to be interviewed and approved as a Traveller. If you cannot find your local Servas representative, please write to the help desk at helpdesk@servas.org. Process - contact National Secretary in your own country
- Interview process - minimum 4 weeks
- If approved, wait for Servas Letter of Introduction [Servas Passport]
- Contact potential hosts
- Travel
The National Secretary in your own country or the International General Secretary will send you further information and will arrange an interview for you. If there is no National Secretary in your country, you will be sent a Letter of Introduction form for you to fill in and instructions on how you can contact the most convenient Servas interviewer. Servas Officers are all volunteers. It takes time to prepare, schedule and perform an interview. Allow plenty of time for the interview and approval process. Contact Servas at least four weeks before your departure date. It is important to understand that no one can be approved as a Servas traveller without an interview by an authorized Servas member.
You will also need time to contact the hosts you would like to visit.
When you meet with your local Servas interviewer, remember to bring your passport and an additional passport photo with you. There may be a small travel fee involved. Your local Servas representatiave will provide you with this information. When approved, the new Servas traveller will receive a Letter of Introduction, which is signed, stamped and dated. This is known as the traveller’s Servas passport and is valid for one year. Traveller Responsibilities - Payment of deposit for Host List
- Return Host List when leaving host country
- Produce the Letter of Introduction to the host
- Write a travel report
- Submit the travel report to the National Secretary upon completion of travel
Host Lists are provided for the countries a traveller will be visiting. A deposit is required for Host Lists, and this is refunded when the lists are returned, together with a travel report.
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