 Posted: Mon 8:44, 23 May 2011 Post subject: Couch Surfing |
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Since 2001 Couch Surfing has become a international phenomena with over 2 million members. Members enrol their details aboard a website inviting overseas travellers to stay at their hospitality for a few days, in return when the host goes travelling, they chance the Couch Surfer aboard someone else’s couch in a differ nation,nike air force l low, and so the cycle of goodwill and hospitality begins. There are members from bring offthe earth from Orlando to Oman, and thousands of success stories. Security-wise it has proven to be a secure discretion for anybody including lone females, as always members are necessitated to validate their identification and before Couch Surfers ambition post stories and experiences of the places they have stayed on the website. It is low - it prices nothing yet the host’s hospitality, and perhaps a flask of wine or a box of chocolates from the guest. One impressed Couch Surfing visitor, then host is Kirsten from Sydney, Australia: “I had added Couch Surfing before setting off as Europe and when I was travelling Germany I base it the absolute path apt look Munich. I arranged apt reside with 2 guys, who cooked me a fabulous dinner and showed me the sights of the city, which for a tourist you just wouldn’t see. They were educated and indeed amusement. It was an experience I would definitely suggest.” In return for the hospitality given to her by the German’s, and to pass on the agreeable karma that couch surfing is all about, Kirsten played host to Nicola from Chicago, USA: “I was learning in Melbourne and actually ambitioned to see Sydney for a few days before I went family. Being a student I was beautiful broke, so I retarded out Couch Surfing and found Kirsten. I stayed with her for a few days and it was so much fun, seeing the sights and living the Australian life,nike air force 1, with Australians rather than with other travellers with whom it’s a very different experience.” Nicola played host to visitors to Chicago later that annual, and, as Couch Surfing planned, the cycle of hospitality continues. So when you’re stuck in a alien land and need a place to stay, or just a friendly face to show you nigh, or whether you’d favor to show someone your own hometown, remember the altruistic hospitality of Couch Surfing, and surf away. |
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