Couchsurfing.com

Couchsurfing.com

If there were ever a social-network that I feel truly serves a greater purpose it would be Couchsurfing.com. This is a wonderful website that brings lovers of travel from all over the world together. If you have a couch and you like, no love to travel and meet new people and expierence their lives, then you were meant to be a couchsurfer.

Couch surfing is FREE, (for the most part, though you may be compelled to tip, but that is up to you) and in my opinion is one of the best ways if not the best way to experience the world. Not only do you get to visit a new place for free, you have the opportunity to make new friends who are true locals, and truly discover cultures you may never have had to chance to find and enjoy otherwise. But the real purpose seems to be much greater! Couchsurfing.com represents the belief that man is innately good.

When using CS you must remember this is not a site for cheapskates! These are not free beds, these are people, not things. So when asking to stay remember to ask to be hosted, and address the person you are asking not the couch they own. Again these are not places to crash!!

After attempting to use couch surfing for my trip to Milan, i learned a valuable lesson: PLAN AHEAD! Start writing people the day you know you are going to be traveling somewhere. This is good practice because it gives you time to get to know your host better before you are there, it also give them time to plan and prepare for your stay.

Please visit my couchsurfing profile by clicking the link:
http://www.couchsurfing.com/mapsurf.html?SEARCH[skip]=0&view=detail&sid=5ae3737bea8934e84faf1aa7549ffee2