Here in Mazatlan, I invite long-riders en route further south to overnight here and wind up with visitors several days out of a week. But I also make it clear this is a brief stopover, not a free holiday. It got darned expensive feeding and hydrating so many guests so I now announce that every morning, I'll cook a big (cheap) breakfast of eggs and oatmeal. Beer and other meals must be supplied by them.
Despite numerous invitations to stay longer when I rode the planet, the best rule was a maximum of three nights and that was mostly in tribal villages. Let's face it, if willing to abuse hospitality, you could spend years on the road just staying with generous people for free. Theoretically, this could go on indefinitely.
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