CouchSurfing

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CouchSurfing
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Starting Questions

• Do you know how to travel on a limited budget?
• What would you do if you find all the
  hotels/hostels are fully booked when planning
  traveling?

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Original meaning of couch surfing

1. A cheap form of lodging used mainly by
   college-students or recent college-grads, where
   one stays on acquaintance's couches rather than a
   hotel.
2. What someone who can't afford rent on their own
   and/or can't find roommates quick enough does
   when they are "between" places

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About

• CouchSurfing.com is a service that helps you find
  free places to stay and great people to hang out
  with when you are traveling.
• CouchSurfing is a worldwide network for making
  connections between travelers and the local
  communities they visit. CouchSurfing isn't about
  the furniture- it's not just about finding free
  accommodations around the world- it's about
  participating in creating a better world.
• Mission
• "CouchSurfing seeks to internationally network
  people and places, create educational exchanges,
  raise collective consciousness, spread tolerance,
  and facilitate cultural understanding."

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Vocabularies

• Budget/??
• Hang out/?? ????
• Communities/??
• Accommodations/??
• Participate/??
• Raise/??
• Collective consciousness/????
• Spread/??
• Tolerance/??
• Facilitate/??
• Understanding/??

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Become a CouchSurfer
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Further Discussion

• What would be your concerns when considering
  CouchSurfing?
• What do you think about the comment, Where the
  Hospitality Is Priceless?

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References

• CouchSurfing http//www.couchsurfing.com/
• Urban Dictionary http//www.urbandictionary.com/de
  fine.php?termcouchsurfing