It’s the middle of March, 2022, and road racing enthusiasts are busy gearing up for the return of the Isle of Man TT in May, 2022. After all, it’s been a long hiatus—and although there are other road races, there’s nothing exactly like the IOMTT anywhere else in the world. That is, after all, part of what makes it so special.
Another big part is, of course, the people—and we don’t just mean the talented competitors and mechanics who wring the most out of their machines every single event. The IOMTT wouldn’t be itself without its Isle of Man home. Perhaps unsurprisingly, when entries for competitors officially opened in January, 2022, the TT saw huge interest after the pandemic hiatus. As organizers began to gauge what kind of interest there would be in this year’s event, in February, they started a massive push for IOM residents to invite TT spectators for paid homestays.
