New Yahoo group: Un-Traveller (original) (raw)

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/untraveler/

This group was created to bring unschoolers and eclectic homeschoolers together from around the world! It should be a way to find people with similar interests to be your "tour guides", in a sense, in your world travels.

There will be host families, and traveling families. The job of the host family will be to help the traveling family plan their trip. They will help them figure out where to stay (near the host family), what type of activities to do, where to eat, how much money to bring, etc. Then, when the traveling family arrives, the host family will help show them how "the locals" live! The parties involved will decide how much or how little vacation time will be spent together.

If you are interested in being a host family, just fill out the database. Then, the travelling families can browse the database, and find a host family with similar interests, in a location that they want to visit.

If you are going to be a travelling family, it is preferred that you also offer to be a host family. You don't have to have a lot of money, a fancy house, or live in an exotic place to do it. You just have to be willing to open yourself up to another's way of life!

It is not recommended to make plans to stay in someone's home when you are travelling, especially if you have never met. That way, if things don't go as well as hoped, the travellers won't have to rely on the host family, and the host family won't get "stuck" with the travellers. If need be, each can go their separate ways!

The group is just here to help families hook up. All travel plans should be made offlist. This is a private group, so messages and other features will be visible to only the group members, and new members will be heavily moderated. (Spammers will be excommunicated!) Though just to be on the safe side, phone numbers and addresses especially should be shared offline.

This should be fun! Go see the world!