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= a site where travellers can find 'free couches' to sleep, offered by volunteer participants worldwide. | |||
URL = http://www.couchsurfing.com/ | |||
'''CouchSurfing is a worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the local communities they visit.''' | '''CouchSurfing is a worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the local communities they visit.''' | ||
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=More Information= | |||
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Read their about/faq pages for detailed info on how it works, at | Read their about/faq pages for detailed info on how it works, at | ||
http://www.couchsurfing.com/help.html | http://www.couchsurfing.com/help.html | ||
Revision as of 14:56, 17 October 2007
= a site where travellers can find 'free couches' to sleep, offered by volunteer participants worldwide.
URL = http://www.couchsurfing.com/
CouchSurfing is a worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the local communities they visit.
Discussion
Couchsurfing vs. Open Couchsurfing volunteers conflict
According to a group of volunteer developers, in the beginning of 2007 Casey Fenton, the network's founder, put a strong hold on the transition towards a peer-to-peer model of functioning. Guaka and several other core people stopped volunteering for the organization. See also OpenCouchSurfing.
The incident is described in our entry on the Couchsurfing Conflict
For the full source material see the entry Couchsurfing is Dead]
More Information
Read their about/faq pages for detailed info on how it works, at http://www.couchsurfing.com/help.html
Part of the Hospitality Exchange Networks and a P2P Exchange Infrastructure Projects
See also their Center of Adventure Economics
Crash At Mine has been set up as an open source alternative.
Another good alternative is BeWelcome, founded by former Hospitality Club volunteers.