Let’s learn how to use search filters to best experience the WWOOFing adventure

There are a variety of strategies for you to contact Hosts that will probably best suited to satisfy your personal curiosities and interests. Here’s how you need to do it to find the hosts best suited to your expectations. When registering their profile, hosts list a number of characteristics of their living and working realities, such as agricultural practices used, languages spoken, or food preferences. All of this information appears on the host list and gives you the ability to do targeted searches using the appropriate filters.

Another tool that will help you locate hosts where activities and lifestyles are practiced that match your interests can be keyword research.

The main filter is the availability calendar

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How to use the calendar filter for your searches

Once you enter your profile and clicked on the Host item in the top menu, you will find all the search filters at the top of the host list. The main filter for setting up your searches will be the availability calendar, which you can access by clicking on the button at the top left:

At this point, to better understand how to properly use the date filter, you can rely on the instructions on this page.

Remember that to ensure that your WWOOF experience is a success, it is not enough to just use the filters correctly; you also need to have good prior communication with your host. Introduce yourself, tell why you would like to WWOOFing at his or her reality, and ask any questions you feel necessary to best organize your stay. Even a phone call or video call can be helpful in getting to know each other better.

Find other useful tips for organizing an enriching and safe WWOOFing experience here.