Couchsurfing

anewlife · #1 (**permalink**) May 04, 08

Any couchsurfers on here?

CouchSurfing and CouchSurfing and CouchSurfing

I know it's old but I surfed a couch in London 3 weeks ago and it was great...

Love the idea behind the site. Soon I'll start hosting myself! <3

anewlife · #2 (**permalink**) May 15, 08

Awww...haha. ;)

Anyway, I'll keep on surfing!

NinjaBoy · #3 (**permalink**) May 15, 08

Actually I am quite interested in this. I haven't tried it but it looks really interesting.

Which site did you use?

TrixX · #4 (**permalink**) May 15, 08

that is awesome. the site blows my mind, so many people on there willing to help out, that is so rad.

matéo · #5 (**permalink**) May 15, 08

My friend Dave(AGROdave) couch surfed in like Calcutta, India out of all places. Check this entry out lol! This place is NUTS!!!

**sNyx** · #6 (**permalink**) May 15, 08

Yeah I housed a few surfers in Vancouver, all turned out to be rocking people! I have yet to request a surf on someone else couch, but I know when the times comes I will be openly welcome. On another note a close friend of mine 'house swapped' for a period of time last summer to visit Montreal. Again he said it was a safe and very respected exchange. He would do it again.

decypher · #7 (**permalink**) May 15, 08

Yeh people traveling or who have traveled are always down to help you out, it's great. Some of the best conversations and experiences come from this sort of thing. I've actually seen this site before and I'll probably give it a whirl before i goto grad school.

tiedye · #8 (**permalink**) May 16, 08

I've never done it through formal mediums, but I basically spent 16-18 hitchhiking and crashing on couches across half the country and even in Alaska.

I consider myself a couch connoisseur.

Grapes · #9 (**permalink**) May 16, 08

I was an interloper to some parties through a friend, everyone I met was really really cool.

anewlife · #10 (**permalink**) May 18, 08

Quote:

Originally Posted by NinjaBoy

Which site did you use?

What do you mean which site? :| couchsurfing.com of course.

There are a few others, but CS (500000+ members) is the biggest...

https://www.bewelcome.org/
Free Accommodation world wide through Hospitality Exchange - Hospitality Club
GlobalFreeloaders.com / The Worldwide Free Accommodation Network

I attended 6 CS meetings since I'm back from London and met people from Brazil, Mexico, Ecuador, USA, Finland and South Korea...it's amazing.

Plus, one of my friends has been travelling in Chile and South America for 1 month and only payed for 3 nights in a youth hostel...for the rest of the trip he surfed some CS couches for free. Wow!

prozac · #11 (**permalink**) May 18, 08

It's a neat idea.

My only experience was when my roomate had someone from couchsurfing to stay from the UK and didn't bother to be a host and left them alone with me so I had to supervise them in my house. So I'm a little bitter about that, but the concept is sound.

Definitely not for me though. I like my apartment without strangers sleeping in it, as nice as they may be.