Nov 20th, 2009 at 10:30AM:
When it comes to lodging, most people automatically look for a hotel. And if you want room service, a business center, gym, and all the other perks that come with a hotel, that may be your best bet. But if you're looking for a more unique place to stay, if you want to save money, or if you want to experience a destination in an entirely new way, you have a whole range of options outside ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Nov 20th, 2009 at 10:30AM:
When it comes to lodging, most people automatically look for a hotel. And if you want room service, a business center, gym, and all the other perks that come with a hotel, that may be your best bet. But if you're looking for a more unique place to stay, if you want to save money, or if you want to experience a destination in an entirely new way, you have a whole range of options outside ...Gadlinks for Friday 11.6.09
Nov 6th, 2009 at 6:00PM:
I don't know about you guys, but I'm really grateful it's Friday! I need the weekend to decompress, but these great reads have already helped me on my way.
I love companies that give back. Here are five travel outlets that make giving part of buying. [via Jaunted]
Yikes! As a single female traveler, I've been wary of couchsurfing. This give me more reason to avoid couchsurfing altogether. ...Pay to sleep on a stranger's couch with AirBnB
Jul 22nd, 2009 at 3:30PM: I recently came across the website AirBnb.com, which promises to connect "adventurous travelers" with "nice folks" willing to let strangers stay in their apartment, spare room, or even on their couch - for a fee. Basically, if VRBO (Vacation Rentals by Owner) and CouchSurfing had a love child, this would be it.
At first I thought it was just a way to get money out of people who (somehow) still ...Life Nomadic: What Couchsurfing in Haiti is Like
Apr 13th, 2009 at 10:00AM:
I'd never been to Haiti and I'd never tried couchsurfing, but since Haiti was just a $75 bus ride away ($67 if you have the foresight to pay in Pesos), I felt like I had no choice but to try it.
A search for couches in Port Au Prince yielded a few pages of results, with Natacha and Charlene showing up at the top. The site said that they both replied to almost all of the requests, and each offered ...Out: couch. In: tent
Jan 25th, 2009 at 2:30PM: If you thought couchsurfing was an ingeniously simple concept, try Single Spot Camping. The website matches travelers with any place that can fit a tent--be it a deck, field, or 'even your garage entrance' as the website suggests. What's in it for the traveler: more options, in theory. Locals might be more willing to offer up space outside their home than inside. It's definitely an usual travel ...The modern couch potato
Jan 14th, 2008 at 11:18PM: While I was backpacking across Peru the last couple weeks, I kept hearing about couch surfing. (And not the lazy TV-watching kind). Apparently it's become the rage of late, traveling not hostel to hostel, but couch to couch. The most established organization--and nonprofit to boot--that connects you to complete strangers who will host you while you're traveling is the Couch Surfing Project. We ...Couch Swapping Now on Facebook
Aug 1st, 2007 at 12:53PM: CouchSurfing.com, the popular travel network which allows its members to offer up their couch to fellow travelers as free accommodation, could have some major competition in its future. Travel community TripUp has recently developed a Facebook application that mimics the Couch Surfing project. Members who have added the application to their Facebook profile can list their own couch as a home for ...
