Author: Ruth Sheffer

Stories

A very cultural week

February 14, 2018
Ruth Sheffer

Hey travel addicts! My husband Dan and I are happy travel addicts too! We have visited…

Stories

2017 in Scary Moments and What I Learned From Them

February 10, 2018
Charleen

2017 was a scary year. From getting an IUD, to traveling solo to 3 countries for…

Advice

Couchsurfing great even for seniors

February 5, 2018
Manuel L. Knight

A word to seniors who may be pondering joining Couchsurfing and wondering about its value. I…

Community Updates Stories

Hosting from the backroads of the American Deep South

February 1, 2018
Becca Levine

“I always remember a country by its people, so we want to surf to meet ‘The…

Events Stories

National meetings in Mexico

January 24, 2018
Eva Aguado

Couchsurfing is not only a community for travelers who host and “surf”, In Mexico we also…

Stories

A Blind Traveller’s Couchsurfing Experiences

January 19, 2018
Tony Giles

I’ve been travelling the world for 20 years and been Couchsurfing since 2008, having been in…

Stories

How Couchsurfing Launched my Social Venture

January 16, 2018
Earlene Cruz

I was in the middle of the ocean. The coordinates are uncertain, but somewhere between the…

Community Updates Stories

Couchsurfing on a Feather Duvet

January 12, 2018
Paul Miniato

From https://blog.nopensionwilltravel.com/2013/08/16/couchsurfing-on-a-feather-duvet/ When we told our senior friends we were going Couchsurfing in Provence, many of…

Community Meet an Ambassador

Featured Ambassadors: Nick & Lauren of Denver, Colorado

December 19, 2017
Couchsurfing Community

“We try not to have a dull moment. I tend to go 100% in all of…

Stories

Drawn to the Dark: Explorations in Scare Tourism around the World

October 18, 2017
Chris Kullstroem

Couchsurfing has given me the ultimate Halloween adventure. As a life-long horror and monster fan, I spent a year traveling…