CouchsurfingReviews of couchsurfing.com

I have subscribe for 1 month only, but they asked me to verify my credit card, I accepted and all of a sudden I was charged £51 for a lifetime coachsurfing membership- which I did not want. My permission wasn't ask, they have simply taken my money without explaining what meant to "verify your card" Ihave writted straight away to support and there is still no way of the "support" to understand what is happening. A total scam, I am utterly frustrated and disappointed by such behaviour of the company.

Don't trust this bunch. The site was created by the community by letting g people stay in their homes for free. Then they sold the company and now you have to pay a fee to even enter the site. Remember who created this site!! Capitalism on steroids at its worst!!

I will never ever use couchsurfing, will never recommend anyone. I did the biggest mistake by clicking verify my account as normally it does not cost anything on other websites. They charged me 420kr! What kind of scam is this. If anyone planning to sue them, please reach me out. I would like to participate as well. It is unbelieavable.

Couchsurfing has totally tanked its reputation. I used to love this community. Been a member for over 15 years and made some great friends hosting along the way. But then they started a paid subscription service, took money without warning me, and said 'no' when I politely asked for a refund because I don't use the service anymore. PayPal sided with me and returned the money, but the way they handled it was just awful. I've gone from being an avid fan of Couchsurfing to someone who warns everyone I meet against joining it.

I wanted to sign up as a host. I didn’t want to make any money, just wanted to meet interesting people on life’s journey. Couldn’t even look around the app for free to see whether it was for me and if it was something I was interested in. Immediately hit by a paywall which put me off. There’s no way am I paying just to have a look. Who knows? Had i been allowed a look, there’s a good chance I’d have subscribed. But I wasn’t , and I didn’t.

I got banned after being harrassed by a woman because I told other users about it, no actual explanation given.

Completely terrible experience. I created an account and it said if I verified my account, hosts would be much more likely to accept my requests. So I clicked verify and little did I know I was charged $60! This is ridiculous. I'm completely fed up with this app. I tried to call the phone number for customer service to get a refund. That line doesn't work. I submitted multiple requests for a refund. Nothing. I'm going to keep writing bad reviews until I get my money back. Then probably close my account.

In the early 2000s this site seemed utopian, it was 100% FREE, and the people who participated in it were respectful and genuine, today with the new generation of CS this site has become a nest of disrespectful rats , and after the pandemic the site forces you to pay what is 100% unacceptable to me, I am not going to invest my money in a site like the one it has become, what a shame.