Couchsurfing Travel App

Couchsurfing Inc.

In-app purchases

About this app

Couchsurfing is the best way to stay with locals, make lifelong travel friends, or host travelers coming to your hometown. Over 14 million travel enthusiasts use Couchsurfing in more than 230,000 cities around the world.

Find hosts in your next destination
Browse the millions of local hosts offering a place to stay in thousands of cities around the globe

Make New Friends
See who's nearby and wants to meet up by becoming available on Couchsurfing Hangouts! Also check out the thousands of events planned by Couchsurfers in your hometown or upcoming travel destination.

Meet Travelers Without Traveling
Can’t travel right now? Host or meet up with incoming travelers coming to your city

And More
• Plan your next trip
• Share photos from your travel adventures

Ratings and reviews

I'm leaving 2 stars because, for all its benefits, this app has some very basic errors which could be MUCH improved. The main one that springs to mind is the arbitrary character limits on references and reviews. I am finding this extremely restrictive, and unnecessarily so. Also the 'pay us £50 for "verified" status' seems at direct odds with the spirit of couchsurfing as originally intended. If you are going to levy a fee, at least make it affordable. £50 is a lot to the average backpacker.

Be warned! Verification scam. The app is designed to make it look like you're verifying your identity. There's no confirmation page to tell you that you're actually ordering (in their words) a digital product for 56 euros. I contacted them straight after without using any of the benefits and they wouldn't issue a refund,claiming that I'd purchased a non-refundable digital product for which I don't recall confirming any terms and conditions.

The service is great, but the app is really sub-standard. The most frustrating pain point is the hangout feature doesn't work properly as soon as you're in a city with 100+ people on it. It lets you join hangouts people have added you in (but doesn't show up properly) so you only see notifications of messages but can't see the rest of the chat. Notification of normal inbox messages can be a hit and miss at times too. If the team were to fix this properly, I'd consider upping to 5-stars.