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Revision as of 15:03, 17 June 2007
CouchSurfing is a site where travellers can find 'free couches' to sleep, offered by volunteer participants worldwide.
CouchSurfing is a worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the local communities they visit.
URL = http://www.couchsurfing.com/
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
Unfortunately, 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.