What's Couchsurfing?

Couchsurfing, my dear friends, is the most amazing thing that could ever happened to me!

<<Couchsurfing is a global community of 6 million people in more than 100,000 cities who share their life, their world, their journey. Couchsurfing connects travelers with a global network of people willing to share in profound and meaningful ways, making travel a truly social experience.>> Couchsurfing.org

So, in my words, is the biggest global network which conects amazing local people, willing to open the door of their houses to a complete stranger and share some days with him/her, and curious traveleres, willing to know more about a city by meeting local people and staying at a complete stranger place. That kind of TRUST from both parts is just amazing! 

Just to be clear, CS is more than just a free place to sleep. Is about making friends for a life time! So, get out of your confort zone and do something! Go around traveling and meet this awesome people who are waiting to meet you! Or if you can't, invite some travelers at your place and you'll see that it would change your life. Furthermore, if you can't host or able to travel, you can always join the CS meetings or invite travelers to hang out with you, they would appreciate it!

* Some important words:

1. Host: Is the awesome local person who will host you.

2. Surfer: Is the awesome traveler who will stay at your place.

3. Couchrequest: The way how you send a request to a local so you can stay at his/her place.

4. CS meetings: There're awesome events in almost every city that you can join and meet travelers and locals.

5. Couch: Is where the traveler is going to sleep. It can be a couch, a bed, the floor, mattress, hammock, whatever you can provide at your place.

6. CS: Short for CouchSurfing (https://www.couchsurfing.org/)
7. References: Is one of the safety features this website provides. You can see about others people experiences with one person and also you can leave a references so people can decide if trust or not trust in that person.

By the way, here is my profile if you want to check it ;) 

https://www.couchsurfing.org/people/grace.echevarria/