Hello, how do people earn point to

Hello, how do people earn guest points in order to do a lot of travel? So many homes only use GP but I only see the possibility of getting points if somebody would stay at our place with points only which means we would stay elsewhere not with HE.

Thanks for your advice.

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Hello, points are earned by inviting members to your home when you receive points you use them yourselves to travel. When you first subscribed you receive a sum of points to get you started but you also need to open your own home to guests. As soon as you have finalised an exchange with members coming to your home you receive the points ( you dont have to wait until your guests have come). You can use those points to find a home as guests.

Some people earn more than they spend with the same travel period if they host and are guest at the same time line. Some are also going to a cruise, camping, in a country without exchange, are hosted by family or to an hĂŽtel for work etc.

If you have a spare room, you can also earn GPoints by hosting people while you’re at home.

Thank you everybody for your suggestions and ideas :slight_smile:

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Hello, I looked across cold cities in Canada and places that I would like to go in the future and invited people for GO anytime during the months of Nov - March.

I got many welcoming responses but one person expressed they felt like I was soliciting them by expecting them to leave their lives and come to my home. Unapologetic and let them know I was knew to this and thought that if they could come anytime during the proposed time, we could go another year on our trip to Eastern Canada.

I just want to make sure I am not doing something that is not allowed and told them I would check back with you on this.

Thank you.

The way the site is set up us that a host posts their availability on their calendar and guests ask to stay in tgeir home, either by offering points for a guestpoint exchange or by proposing a reciprocal exchange when they exchange homes with each other.

The site isn’t set up for hosts to be able to offer their home to guests by contacting members themselves who haven’t expressed that their looking for an exchange.

Some members do this however but it means sending a ‘ false request’ that looks like you want to go to a members home, but in fact you are offering your home. It works for some, but others dont like it.

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Thank you for clarifying.

I wanted to let you know that I woke up to so many welcoming messages and even one of understanding from the member who was not happy to hear from me. what a beautiful community ! Feeling so grateful.

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Welcome to the community :slight_smile: It looks like you have already had some great advice on how to get started with gaining guest points and using the platform. It takes a bit of getting used to, but i’m sure you’ll get into the swing of things in no time. Let us know if you need anymore help!