Le couchsurfing
Certaines applications sont très utiles quand il s’agit de se repérer à l’étranger ou encore pour trouver un service à proximité. Voici les applications primordiales à avoir dans votre téléphone lorsque vous voyagez.
What is it?
It is an unusual way to travel economically. The idea is to be hosted by locals all over the world and discover more about the culture of the country while making new friends. The idea is to host travelers for a few days in the privacy of your own home by offering, as its name indicates, the “couch”.
Many of them usually offer a guest room or a sofa bed in a private room, there is something for everyone. And yes, it’s free.
Free accommodation is what you see at first glance, but Couchusrfing is not just that. It is above all a way to share your experience with new people from other countries, to discover the culture thanks to the locals, to enrich your personal experience as a traveler.
Finding free accommodation anywhere in the world is the basis of Couchsurfing!
Couchsurfing
But how to find a couchsurfing
A website is dedicated to this, it is a kind of social network for travelers. Previously free but paying since the health crisis linked to the COVID19, you can create an account for the sum of 20$ per year, which remains, let’s say it, totally affordable, especially if you take into account the savings you will make on your accommodations.
Then it’s pretty easy, you create a profile on the site with a kind of biography rather complete, do not forget the goal of the hosts is to make friends, if you do not say anything about you, you will have little chance to be housed. Then you select your destination and off you go!
There is a multitude of choices available to you.
Read the profiles carefully before sending any request, you don’t want to be surprised.
An alternative to the official website are the Facebook groups, there are more and more of them, the choice is more limited but if you have time don’t hesitate to do some research.
