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Author: Susanne Pacher
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A traveler must be open to new people and willing to join in with the host or host family. Servas does not want travelers who plan just to use the host home as a hotel. You will spend some time with your host, and how much time depends upon your host's schedule.
When planning your trip, contact more hosts than you will plan to be staying with in case some are not available.
7. You personally have traveled through the Servas network. Please tell us about the countries, places and people you visited.
My husband and I have traveled with Servas to Germany, Switzerland, Iceland, Vancouver / Canada and Bonaire in the Caribbean. We've also stayed with hosts in the US. In Germany, we stayed with a couple that had a large house, so we had our own bedroom and bathroom, which was nice. (You might sleep on a mattress in a living room, as we did with another host.) She was a wonderful cook and they took us around in their car to see some sights, and we also went to visit another Servas host who was a wine merchant. We enjoyed the visit very much.
In Iceland, we stayed with the main contact for Servas. I had called her for advice as to where to stay. Even though she was only a day host, she invited us to stay overnight when she heard I worked at the Servas office. She also took us around one entire day showing us all of Reykjavik. We had a wonderful dinner of boiled salmon; I never knew boiled salmon could taste so good.
When she came to NYC the following year, she and her husband stayed with us. Her husband, who is a carpenter, fixed my dining room chair for me. We remain good friends and keep in contact.
When my husband and I travel to the Caribbean, we always
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