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Becoming a Servas Host
Are you: - Someone who is comfortable opening their home to new people of different backgrounds and cultures
- Able to provide a bed (or even a couch) and a meal to Servas travellers for a minimum of two nights
Host Responsibilities Respond promptly to letters from travelers host may decline a request if it is inconvinient may suggest alternative hosts in the area when traveler arrives, asks to see Letter of Introduction explain the rules of the house to the traveler set aside some time to talk and visit with traveler
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.
At the end of a trip, the traveller should write a short report for the National Secretary, listing the hosts that have been stayed with, noting any changes of address or telephone number and giving advice that may be useful to other travellers.
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
To become a Servas Host or Traveller , please contact a Servas coordinator in your country. For the national web pages of other countries, see our member countries page and find the contact person for your own country (or a neighbouring country if yours is not there). Or if that doesn't work, please write to helpdesk@servas.org . If you have questions about Servas, please see our FAQ page.
Join us. Open a door. Knock on another. And get involved . Become a Servas Helper / Volunteer Servas is recognized by the United Nations. You can apply to become a UN Observer in your community, or a Servas Leader. Be a Local Interviewer for Servas and welcome new members. Be a Reporter, and tell the world what we do. For more information on volunteer positions, please click here.
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