Quoted from EchoVictor:

This thread actually gives me an idea for the Pinside site. Robin, you listening?
I've been fortunate enough to touch base with a couple of Pinsiders on my travels, and love the sense of community and comraderie. However, I always feel a bit akward going to someone's home I barely know, and even more so asking out of the blue to drop by. How about a way to alleviate that?
Robin, could you make some sort of icon on our profile that each person could turn on or off to show that we'd welcome Pinsider visitors? Like a "visitors welcome" sign?
For example, say I'm going to St. Louis. I pull up the map of Pinsider locations and see that there are three members near where I'm staying. I look at their profiles, and see that one person has their "welcome sign" turned on, and the other two don't. I'd feel much more comfortable contacting the one person with the "welcome sign" on to ask to stop by, and I'd know not to disturb the other two folks....
Thoughts?
Later,EV