CouchsurfingReviews of couchsurfing.com

I have great experience with this site and them service

So far I am not content; 1- because if we are willing to receive travellers for free why should we have to pay 50 dollars to become a certified member? 2- I registered over 1 week ago, have asked several question which haven´t been answered, and can´t even enter MY phone number, the one that appears in my profile can´t be changed... It doesn´t seem like a reliable site to me!

If you are a host, it's a bad bad idea. Couchsurfing is not good to it's hosts. The system is geared towards young Europeans (especially girls) who want to travel the world free..but only as guests. Today, 7 out of 10 Couchsurfing guests are freeloaders - they only surf, don't host, don't even bring a simple gift for their host, don't mean to make friends - don't keep in touch with their hosts after the visit, try and eat free frood from the host's apartment without buying the host any food in return etc. So if you are a host and want to practice exchange of stay - try other websites such as guesttoguest.com or homestay. Guesttoguest gives you virtual cash when you host which you can use to buy stay when you travel. It's a better way to travel free. You get rewarded for hosting, yet it's free!

Please be aware that a company called "couchsurfing.com" does not care if the people they place in your homes are hard drug users and a danger to your children. A friend of mine reported someone who has documented gang ties and hard drug use and couchsurfing.com still allows this person to be a member and search for places to live through their service. They do not care about the safety of your home and your children. Please do not use the services of "couchsurfing.com"

I love couchsurfing, only had good experiences. Of course you gotta be careful with scams and stuff, just trust your wit and your gut. not just great for saving money, also amazong for meeting locals!

When I unsubscribed from the weekly emails, I still got them. After doing so a few times, nothing changed. I contacted the support and asked to delete my account, but they just told me how to unsubscribe and DEACTIVATE my account. The data will be still on the server, there is no chance to delete the account.

Really awesome experience. Maybe it's not totally safe, but it's up to you to agree for this or not. I met awesome people thanks to Couchsurfing, it was cool

The older reference system was better, but I still like this page