Couch Surfing

[Baysiderulez]

So I had heard about this on the news a while back and was wondering what you all think about it.

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Couch Surfing is traveling the world via random person's houses. You just borrow their couch for a night in exchange for some money or for finding another couch (if I remember correctly).

I Think its kinda a cool idea, although the thought of a random stranger on my couch scares me a little bit. What do you guys think?

 

[Anubis]

Wow, sounds crazy. But I would rather have seen random dudes ''surfing'' down a road on a couch or something. But I would never sign up for that.

 

[athenian200]

Couch Surfing is traveling the world via random person's houses.

Wow. Does Random Person own that much property? I had no idea he was so wealthy.

You just borrow their couch for a night in exchange for some money or for finding another couch (if I remember correctly).

I Think its kinda a cool idea, although the thought of a random stranger on my couch scares me a little bit. What do you guys think?

I think it's a bit scary, the idea of trusting a whole bunch of people you barely know to let you sleep on their couch so that you can travel around the area. I mean, it's one thing if I go to stay and visit with a friend that I've known online for a few years, and I've done that once... but I knew them quite well. I can't imagine relying on a bunch of total strangers.

Besides, I don't really have my own residence, so I couldn't really offer a couch in return.

I think that it's a good idea if you're the adventurous sort. You're bound to have interesting experiences doing something like that, whether they're good or bad.

 

[arkvoodle]

Although it sounds like a fun idea, I highly doubt you'd get very far.

For one, certain people can't be trusted, and alot of people can't trust anybody. People are very unlikely to let a stranger sleep in their house, even if they are paying for it. That person could try and rob them, or even worse- kill them during the night.

I think this would be fun among friends, but not in random people's houses. You don't know what could happen.

 

[DisappearingMist]

I've heard of the service before, and it sounds like it works pretty well. I'm not sure that I would actually do it, but really, most people out there are decent, and are probably just as nervous about you coming as you are going there!

 

[Tim]

Ehh, I didn't know it was this formal, I thought it was more like going from party to party across a country and waking up on random peoples couches. I would try it (cheaper and probably just as dangerous as staying at a hostel)..