Firestay - let's give each other a place to crash when we travel

hello lovely fire people :-)Okay, I'm shamelessly stealing an idea here, but I think it's a good one, so I figure it's well worth stealing. There's a thing floating round on the web called JuggleStay - https://www.juggling.org/orgs/jugglestay/.
Basically it's a webpage with a list of jugglers all around the world who are willing to give other jugglers a place to stay when travelling. I think we should do something similar for fire people......being really unoriginal, I figure it'd be called Firestay. There are so many of us now, and I think a lot of us are pretty transient people who are planning to travel at one point or another.....plus it's a great way to meet each other! :-)So here's the deal.....If you're willing to give a travelling fire person a place to stay, post a message giving as much info as possible:* Your country and city or rough location. Don't give your actual address unless you want strange people turning up on your doorstep in the middle of the night. You could also include attractions of your area, ie why would a traveller want to visit?* What kind of accomodation you can offer.....spare bed, mattress, the lounge floor, hammock, attic, camping space in the garden......be imaginative but honest :-)* How many people you can accomodate...don't just think about sleeping space, think about your own sanity, too. You might not want 13 firedancers taking over your house for a week! * How long they're allowed to stay for before you or your flatmates/family get sick of them ;-) * Whether you expect anything in return - this could be a small donation to help with expenses, cooking you a yummy international meal, buying the kero, teaching you firedancing moves.....or nothing at all :-)* How much notice you need, and whether there are any times you can't have people to stay.* Anything else you think people should know about.....your maneating lion, your 5 screaming children, the 12 languages you speak fluently, the firedancing community in your area......etc etc etc. * Your email address.Note....putting your name on this list *does not* mean you're opening your home up as a free-for-all hotel. People still need to get in touch with you to negotiate the conditions for them staying, and you're totally welcome to turn them down if you don't want people to stay right now, or if they sound like they have axe-murdering tendancies ;-) It's just a method of putting people in touch with each other smile

Malcom, could you possibly add a link to this thread from the main page? Or maybe we should periodically compile it into an html list that's ordered by country....anybody want to volunteer for this job? Go on, you know you want to.....xaeda

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