Facebook group rules – The basic rules for the use of our Facebook groups are described in the rules section of the Facebook Group, but you can also read them on this other page.

Below you can read about our Groups terms of conditions.

During these years, cases of abuse and negative experiences have been reported to our admins. Some volunteers had terrible experiences at host places that were featured on our FB Groups (also negative experiences with volunteers). To prevent this from happening again, we are only accepting people whose profile clearly shows their face and basic life information. Sorry, but we had to take this as a precaution!

Voluntouring was born to provide free travelling information and relevant volunteering opportunities around the world for nomads, travellers, volunteers, and remote workers, in need of a place to stay or volunteer while travelling. We have always thought that all the information should circulate and be shared for free on the internet, without the need for subscriptions or pay!

For this reason, any useful information, idea or volunteering opportunity that you share in the group could be also published on this website, on an open-source basis. So, please, keep this in mind!

Numerous hosts that have published in the group are receiving requests for VISA and travel costs.

Before asking for volunteering opportunities please make sure you have the possibility to cover your VISA and travel costs. Volunteering can’t and will never enable you to move to other countries for free. If we notice you expect to have VISA and travel costs covered for immigration purposes, your post may be deleted and your profile removed from the group.

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NO:

• No links to external websites**
• No links to pay-to-access websites.
• Spam – hidden advertisements are not tolerated.
• No solicitation. This is not a “PM me and I’ll tell u more” kind of group.
• Impersonal messages, copy-pasted info or posts lacking descriptions.
• No to post duplicates – you can post the same announcement only once. If you want, you can keep updating the same post. Or you could write to us to give your post more visibility for some time. (Hosts that are registered on our database always get the priority though).
• No “upping” your posts. If we notice you’re doing it, your post might be removed.

** You can add a link to your website but the image shown in the post have to come from a manually uploaded file (see examples below👇).

.YES to:

• Volunteer/help request with a description+ uploaded photo

• Travel companion request description + uploaded photo

• Host/volunteer request description +uploaded photo

• Sharing volunteering experiences with pictures. No links to personal blog**

** You can add a link to your website/blog but the images shown have to come from manually uploaded files (see some examples below👇).

Furthermore,

• 1) write a detailed description of the exchange you’re offering or looking for.

Start with a simple title such as: “Volunteering opportunity in France”, “Cultural exchange in Iran”, “Looking for help in the UK, London”.

• 2) always attach at least one uploaded photo. You must own the rights to the pictures you publish and they have to represent your announcement.

IMPORTANT: If you are a host, please don’t forget to mention if you’re charging a fee for volunteers.

Sorry but your post won’t be published if it doesn’t meet these requirements.

Organizations and hosts registered on Voluntouring will get more visibility. Thanks for making it until here. 😊

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Template examples

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Example of good posting: