CouchsurfingReviews of couchsurfing.com

Total scam What should I think from a website (Couchsurfing) with an email verification that never can work? And then I should make the verification with my credit card without knowing, how much money Couchsurfing will charge from my credit card... This is so insane because Couchsurfing can charge every amount of money!!! And Couchsurfing never tells you how much money cost their membership... Couchsurfing has your credit card or Paypal and then they can charge whatever they want!!!

Dont waste your time or effort. Everybody declines your requests to stay no matter how polite or well written. Out of the 30 or so i sent in my trip not one came through. Dont know if guys on here are using it hoping girls will stay at there house? I also signed up to be a verified member hoping this would improve my chances but didnt change anything.

About 1 hour ago i created a new page at couchsurfing and verified my account with payment 325 Turkish lira. A few minutes ago my page got banned for no reason. This is fraud!! I want them to either lift my ban or refund my payment for verifying my account.

Scam !! I entered my credit card details for verification. They took A$84 from my account without my authorization. They never mentioned about any money that'll be taken from the account. Horrible way of doing business.

VORSICHT! ABZOCKE!! Mir wurde angeboten, mein Konto zu verifizieren, indem ich meine Bankdaten eingebe. Danach wurden ohne Vorwarnung 52€ von meinem Konto abgebucht!! Es stand NIRGENDWO, dass ich für die Verifizierung bezahlen muss, ich habe für diese Bezahlung keine Bestätigung gegeben! Couchsurfing schreibt diese Info absichtlich ins versteckte Kleingedruckte, sodass man nicht weiß, dass man 52€ bezahlen muss. Das ist BETRUG! Finger weg!!

I have a beautiful apartment overlooking the harbor in Los Angeles. I have a beautifully decorated spare bedroom and decided to try Couchsurfing. I have hosted 7 people now and am done. What I find is that at least with the ones I hosted, they expect to be hosted, wines and dined and entertained. They tended to act like they were at a hotel with room service and maid service. Eating and drinking anything they please from the kitchen, leaving a mess and really sort of being ungrateful. All but one experience was like this.

When I was in Mongolia 10 years ago a Couchsurfing member from Israel stole my camera. When I tried posting it on the site, they removed it. When I contacted them to ask why, they said they couldn't post any accusations of criminal activities without proof. Fair enough. So I went back to the place it happened and reported it to the police. I then sent the report to the administrators. You'd think that would be good enough but nope. They said unless he has been proven guilty in a COURT of law they wouldn't post it. Huh?! Do you know how many years that could take especially since the guilty thief ran away on someone else's motorbike when I confronted him? In Mongolia it would never even have gone to court which the adminstrators know very well when it comes to foreign victims of theft in developing countries. I would have understood if they put a note or caveat on my comment to keep it fair...but to make no note of it at all and just stuff it away?! This is their fraudulent attempt to cover their asses, make money by pretending CS is "safe" and continue to deceive thousands of innocent travelers, most of whom are young people with small budgets. The stolen camera was a huge bummer and I made sure the thief got what was coming to him. But I can only imagine all the criminal reports, many of which are much more serious than what that douchebag committed, they simply suppressed or ignored. If that doesn't bring a chill to the back of your neck... Very dangerous site for women in particular but everyone in general.

Was asked for a verification fee when creating the account. I was expecting something like 1€, but it turns out it's 50€. Applied for a refund, and it says that it might take 10+ days CS, please, be honest and mention the prices upfront!