Initial growth of the site was slow. By the end of 2004 the site had just over 6,000 members. In 2005, growth accelerated and by the end of the year, membership stood at just under 45,000. As of October 2011, shortly following its privatizaÂtion, Couchsurfing had over 3 milÂlion active and inactive members (Fenton stated the number of active members was approximately one million) and was the most popular free accommodation site.
There is no more pricey accoÂmodation once you decided to travÂel around the world with CS friend. With your limited budget, you can still make the trip around the world , just like you stay some nights at your best friend’s home and feel like at home, this is also the best way to know other culture from the genuÂine source, your host. Your host, mostly in Europe will frankly say to you of which things they can proÂvide during your stay in their place. If you are lucky, you can have very good couch like staying in a nice room and more, your host will take you around the city and treat you lunch or dinner. But if not, then just consider yourself as an exchange student with some limitations. Just make your traveling like an easy one and enjoy yourself as much as you can. And if you have certain budÂget for sight seeing, then take your host along and treat them lunch or dinner, this will give you point plus for the next recommendation. In fact, you are on holiday, so be wise, friendly and helpful in such ways.
The only thing you must do is to register to become a member. After you are registered as member by having a recommendation from your CS friend, then everything can be controlled by clicking the buttom. The website will provide a platform for members to “surf†on couches by staying as a guest at a host’s home, host travelers, or join an event once you need to go to othÂer city or country.
Let’s join Couchsurfing InterÂnational Inc. As this is the best way to have hospitality in other country you would like to go with free accoÂmodation. More…let’s make friend with everyone around the globe and it is FREE.