CouchsurfingReviews of couchsurfing.com

I got scammed for 56 euros on verification. The message is misleading, it seems like just personal verification via Credit Card. But apparently, they change your money, and not just some symbolic cents but 56 euros. This shows the true attitude of the users. If I don't get the refund, I'm going to submit a dispute.

Total scam! the idea is nice but the user experience is terrible, a truly disgusting website! And they want around 60 dollars for "verification" just absolutely stupid in every sense

I used to use Couchsurfing a lot and loved it both as a couchsurfer and as a host, but it has changed hands and there is now some very scammy and despicable buisness tricks. I had signed off during the pandemic and when I looked again later, there was a subscription fee. It is quite small and I don't mind it. I didn't sign up yet though, and yet I was receiving couchsurfers requests... When I clicked on them to answer, although not active and marked as unavailable on the platform, I saw I needed to pay the fee to answer...Couchsurfing now makes your profile seem active, and tries to pull you in with this cheap tactic. It is such a scammy way to treat people. We all know how much time it takes to send a good request and all, and these people's time and money are completely wasted on acutally inactive profiles. They are paying to have access to and be able to write to people that are not even subscribed ! And I hate to see people that have taken the time to write to me be ignored, but I won't fall for that trick. I am unavailble at the moment for hosting and that is what should be shown on my profile ! It is because of this very bad ethic that I won't participate in couchsurfing anymore. It has been great, but it is now in bad hands and the ethics are out the window. I'd pay a fee but not if that's how the money is spent.

Ich habe den Fragebogen nur bis zu dem Punkt ausgefüllt, bis es um die Zahlungsangaben ging. Hier habe ich sofort abgebrochen. Jetzt bekomme ich 2x wöchentlich e-mails. Unsuscribe nutzt nichts, es tut sich eine Seite auf, die nur in Englisch gestaltet ist, viele bunte Überschriften in Schreibschrift, absolut unübersichtlich, eine wirkliche Abmeldung ist nicht möglich. Es wirkt wie eine Seite unreifer Menschen, die das Design aus dem Kindergarten bekamem.

Questo sito è una truffa. È una sedicente piattaforma online che dovrebbe favorire scambi culturali ma dopo qualche settimana che hanno riscosso la quota associativa il tuo profilo scompare e non c è modo di contattarli.

Leider 0 sterne nicht möglich!!! 56€ abgebucht ohne vorwarnung nur um zu verifizieren... Hatte es benötigt um zu übernachten, da mein budget sehr limitiert ist... Die nutzer in der gegend die ich gesucht habe, hatten ihren letzten login im schnitt vor über 10 jahren. Antwortzeit über eine woche wenn überhaupt. Falls jemand eine massenklage einreicht wegen unberechtigten abbuchungen. Bitte bescheid geben! Sowas muss man stoppen.

They basically stole me 56€ of annual verification

I logged in to the couchsurfing site after a long time and paid for the monthly subscription and it asked me to verify the account and suddenly it had charged me 54e for a lifetime verification! It was done in such a matter that you thought you are putting the details for the monthly payment. It was only to miselead the customer and make them pay for nothing. There was no verfication for the payment or product and suddenly you realise that you paid for something you were not even aware of. This has happened to many people before me, I learned later, so it is an obvious scam. Also you should be able to manage your Couchsurfing subscription details on your Membership & Contributions page within your Account Settings, but you can't get there without paying. If you have no payment going there is no knowing or checking what you have paid. Or if they are charging something all the time (obviously you can check you bank account). It's a total scam, they just want to take your money.