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"Couchsurfing" Travel Takes Off On the Web

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the can-I-leave-my-shirts-here dept.

mikesd81 writes "The Associated Press writes about a growing network of people online who've gone a step beyond hotels, hostels and even apartment swapping in their travel planning: They sleep on each others' couches. A number of Web sites have sprung up to help pair travelers searching for a place to crash and hosts with a spare couch. Sites like hospitalityclub.org, couchsurfing.com, globalfreeloaders.com and place2stay.net are often free, serving only as middlemen and offering tips on how to find successful matches. The sites are largely the creations of 20-somethings bitten with wanderlust and the hope of helping to bring together people from different cultures. They often depend on volunteer administrators to help manage the Web operations."

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  1. Yummy by Y-Crate · · Score: 4, Funny
    The sites are largely the creations of 20-somethings bitten with wanderlust...
    ...and soon to be bitten by bedbugs. Lots of bedbugs.

    Don't forget about head lice, either.
  2. Back in my day, we had another word for this. by AEton · · Score: 5, Funny

    We used to call these "hobos".

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    We recently had heard in the office over one of the Yellow Machine that's made by Anthology Solutions.
  3. Hey by Umbral+Blot · · Score: 4, Funny

    Where is the "itsatrap" tag when you need it?

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    Philosophy.