Travelers need to stay somewhere when traveling, whether it is at a hotel, motel or hostel. Another method of lodging is called couchsurfing.
According to the About.com's Student Travel section, couchsurfing is defined as an interesting outfit seeking to unite world travelers with a couch on which to flop.
In other words, couchsurfing is when travelers are staying in someone else’s place of residence.
So what does a traveler do when they want to couchsurf? Entrepreneur, adventurer and CEO of travAlliancemedia Mark Murphy talks about the process of couchsurfing.
“If you go couchsurfing ... you would ideally do some research, look at some reviews from some of the sites out there like couchsurfing.com,” Murphy said.
Murphy says to make sure the person a traveler chooses to stay with has a positive reputation, mentioning that his biggest concern of being a couchsurfer is putting himself at risk because of being in a private environment.
But Murphy says what he likes about couchsurfing is experiencing a destination through the eyes of a local, as well as simply obtaining connections. Although, he says the experience a traveler gets depends on the owner of that property, and how engaged they are going to be with them.
When asked if he would recommend if a traveler was deciding to experience couchsurfing, Murphy’s reply was “absolutely.”
“I think it's a neat option, and it's a great way to get places, and save a bundle of money," Murphy continues to say.
“If I was a student, I would absolutely look at it.”
When emailing veteran travel writer Alan Solomon about the topic of couchsurfing, his response was, “I have no idea what you mean by "couch" surfing, in terms of travel (or anything else). What is that?”
Hopefully, through reading this article, his question has been answered.
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