CouchsurfingReviews of couchsurfing.com

Not happy with this app at all. Just because you are a guy they will never believe you even if you provide them every single evidence or proof. Very racial, harrassing and dangerous platform. And in the end my profile gets deleted even when I was the one who made the complaint. Would never recommend this app.

I decided to pay for one month and then I checked my account and they charged me for one month and a lifetime membership! $104aud. They are refusing to refund the money that I really needed while on my latest trip

Member since 2019 - have always hosted, and have found it difficult to be accepted as a guest so have never been a guest. Stopped using the platform during the pandemic, then re-started recently - the charge seemed weird and a bit disappointing. Also got caught in the £51 scam charge for verification - wrote to Couchsurfing Support & they refuse to give a refund. My last message to them - after which they've started just ignoring my e-mails: "Your T&Cs are not clear, prior to starting the verification process, that there will be a charge of £51 for it. Having read the Couchsurfing reviews on Trustpilot, where your average is 1.1 out of 5, and having read various posts on X/Twitter about customers complaining about being misled by Couchsurfing - it seems this is quite the little operation that Couchsurfing has got going. If you insist on making this difficult, I'll pursue a refund through my bank company for misleading T&Cs on Couchsurfing's behalf. I want my request escalated and I want a refund of the £51 payment. I couldn't care less about the Couchsurfing community - I've already contributed to it by hosting multiple surfers, having great reviews and getting nothing in return". I'm surprised HMRC hasn't yet shut this company down - but I guess they only concentrate on the decent citizens who pay their taxes diligently, rather than on major corporations like this one. Shame on these people, hopefully Karma will get them good.

man what a waste and scam this website. Please be careful they charge you 90 dollars for a verification link wich is total trash. How can a social Website like this scam be so successful. Shame on the inventors. Almost nobody replying this website is not worth BS

Had an account for a long time. Wanted to login today and had to pay. After checking reviews decided to deleate my account.

Scammers . Took my 51 GBP in the name of verification which does absolutely nothing

They will take your money from registration and then close the account without content prove. No refund or anything. Bad website not recommend

I just copy paste this, because the same 56€ scam happened to me now, too. "I was offered to get verified through my credit card. My first impression was that it's like other websites that charge you for a small amount (something like 1$) and then refund it, after for example, you enter the small amount you received. the process works like that more or less in online platforms. But later on, I noticed that I was charged 56 euros! "Verification" and "charging" are two different concepts, and the message is a bit misleading and unclear. When I wrote to them immediately and asked for a refund, they replied that it was a one-time payment for life verification. I didn't understand what they had verified and how they justified that cost. Did they verify my identity, background etc? The answer is no! I guess this site with such misleading behaviour should be categorized as scam. "