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...
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...
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...
