CouchSurfing
Just found this site and I think it’s a brilliant concept. CouchSurfing is a community of tens of thousands of people in 200 countries who like to travel and to meet people. If you’re going to, say, Barcelona, you do a search to find people who live there and are willing to meet or even to offer you a couch for a night or two. It’s all free and there’s a system of verification and vouching to make sure it stays safe. Check it out!
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Hi Laura, Thanks for stopping by Veggies….Im already getting email
feedback about your featured gourmet recipes, thanks for letting me share this with my blog
readers.
I checked out this site. Maybe Im being overly-cautious but is there really
much in the way of security when using this service? Just verifying a person’s name and
address or having one other person vouch for them, I don’t know, doesn’t sound like you could
be sure of who you were staying with. Nice idea though, I just don’t think the world is a safe
enough place to make this workable. Seems to be popular though, hope its all happy trails for
their members. BFN, G
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Hi Geraldine,
They address security issues in their FAQ. Obviously it’s not
for everyone, but it seems like an interesting way to meet people.