The Eclectic Rebel Blog and Travel Guide

Thrifty and not afraid of strangers? Try Couchsurfing. I’m sure you remember when you were poor and in college, you “couchsurfed,” as in, stayed on a friend’s couch. Those sorts of accommodations-options dissipate as you get older and a) have enough money for hotels or b) your friends get more money and have guest rooms with actual beds.

However, the Couchsurfing Project (355,000 members in 223 countries) and others like it have taken advantage of the Internet to organize couchsurfing to build community and make new friends. Couchsurfing.com was dreamt up by Casey Fenton when he booked an impromptu trip to Iceland. Read the rest of this entry »