In 1999, a young man by the name of Casey Fenton found a cheap flight from Boston to Iceland. Being on a tight budget, he decided to mail about 1,500 students at the University of Iceland requesting a place to stay. To his pleasant surprise he received more than 50 positive responses. This experience lit the spark for CouchSurfing - the worlds largest travel network with over 4 million members worldwide.
In a nutshell, CouchSurfing is a network where a traveler can request to stay in another members home when traveling in the hosts city. It is a completely free service.
I joined CS in 2008 when a friend of mine recommended it, but didn't actually start using it until almost a year later. This was partly since it just seemed like a strange concept at the time. Why on earth would I open the doors of my home to a complete stranger or for that matter, stay at a complete strangers home?!
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