Till now I’m not sure the ratio between surfers and hosts on Couchsurfing. But I’m pretty sure the ratio is dramatically different between countries (or even cities). So, even though I don’t send out copy-paste messages, my sincerity doesn’t...
I’ve always wondered why people host on couchsurfing. It’s a lot of work to take care of other people, especially strangers! And trust issue is another thing to overcome. If I can tell you a thing or two, here’s how I would categorize the types of...
When you couchsurf, what time should you arrive? Especially in the case when your host is ambiguous with his schedules, when should you plan to arrive? Well, let’s talk about it. THE PROBLEM When you travel, you face constant changes...
Looking for a host For a city like Copenhagen, I felt it would be pretty difficult to find a host. However when I started to send out requests, I found out the real difficulty wasn’t ‘the hosts receive too many requests and they...
It wasn’t difficult to find a couchsurfing host in the Latvia and Lithuania. I had a host in Riga, Vilnius and Siaulial, and they all confirmed availability to host my family (4 people!) in a day or two. That’s just amazing! I truly think it’s an...
Remember my last post about when the worst time is to send a coucusurfing request? Now I have to tell you for sure that….. 2 weeks before your arrival is a really really bad time to send out a request, especially if it is summer. Why? Because...
Alright, last time I shared my secret of when to send a Couchsurfing request. Now, when’s the worst time? To be really honest with you, I haven’t had much experience failing to find a host. But there was this one time I really had...
