CouchSurfing

Couchsurfing International Inc.
Type of businessC corporation[1]
Available inEnglish, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Spanish[2]
Founded2 April 2003 (New Hampshire nonprofit organization)[3]
3 May 2011 (Delaware for-profit corporation)[4]
Area servedGlobal
Founder(s)Casey Fenton
Daniel Hoffer
Sebastian Le Tuan
Leonardo Bassani da Silveira[5]
Key peoplePatrick Dugan, CEO
Francesco Deparis, Director of Operations[6]
ProductsHomestay
ServicesSocial networking service
URLwww.couchsurfing.com Edit this at Wikidata
Users12,000,000 users
Launched12 June 2004; 20 years ago (2004-06-12)[7]

CouchSurfing is a hospitality exchange service by which users can request free short-term homestays or interact with other people who are interested in travel. It is accessible via a website and mobile app. It uses a subscription business model, and while hosts are not allowed to charge for lodging, members in some countries must pay a fee to access the platform.[8]

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