Couchsurfing: Stay, Meet, Host

Couchsurfing Inc.

In-app purchases

About this app

You have friends around the world, you just haven't met them yet.

Couchsurfing is the best social network to stay with amazing locals, make lifelong travel friends, or host travelers coming to your hometown. Over 25 million members use Couchsurfing in more than 230,000 cities around the world.

Solo doesn't mean alone. Whether you're crossing continents or free this weekend in your own city, there's a Hangout, a host, or a new friend nearby.

STAY WITH LOCALS
Browse millions of local hosts offering travelers a place to stay - a couch, a spare room, a new perspective. Budget travel that no hostel or hotel can match, because staying with locals is about cultural exchange, not transactions.

MEET TRAVELERS AND MAKE FRIENDS
Use Hangouts to see who's nearby and up for meeting right now - solo travelers, backpackers, digital nomads, and locals. Join thousands of events and meetups planned by Couchsurfers in your city or your next destination. The easiest way to find a travel buddy or make friends abroad.

HOST THE WORLD
Can't travel right now? Bring the world to your couch. Host travelers, share your city, and build friendships across borders without leaving home.

TRAVEL SAFELY
References from real members, identity verification, and community trust tools help you choose who to stay with, host, or meet - including features valued by solo female travelers.

WHY COUCHSURFING
- The original hospitality exchange community, since 2003
- Free stays with hosts worldwide - couch surfing is about people, not price
- Hangouts: real-time meetups with travelers near you
- Events in 230,000+ cities, from language exchanges to city walks
- For backpackers, digital nomads, solo travelers, and the culturally curious

Meet as strangers. Leave as friends. Download Couchsurfing and join 25 million members exploring the world together.

Ratings and reviews

The biggest problem here is Couch Surfing FORCED MIGRATED our user account into the new platform without letting us know in advance and without user permission. For a subscription based app, this is a problem. In my case, I had just paid for a one year renewal of my subscription only weeks before they forced the migration. Many of the features are gone, and blindly automated. People who haven't logged in years show up in your searches. Messages aren't seen. Not good at all!!!

Pathetic to paywall a couchsurfing app. I'd get it if there were a free option or if the subscription was cheaper but I had already paid a fee to get my profile verified in the past and now they want a monthly subscription? that will be the death of this app. 2026 edit: the new update is awful and unintuitive, borderline unusable. It's basically not even couchsurfing anymore. The best thing they could do is entirely undo the changes.

Couchsurfing is an amazing way to meet new people, experience new things, and learn about other ppl's cultures! Couchsurfing is absolutely amazing, but the app of course can use some improvement. It is missing quite a few of the features that the online site has. And it would be nice to be able to add other albums to your photos. edit - they charged me without authorization

What’s new

Tablet users get a smoother verification flow with a new rotate-your-device prompt in landscape mode. Third-party login buttons are resized for a cleaner launch experience. Community links now open correctly inside the app—no more unexpected logged-out browser redirects. Fixed a bug where the chat list lost its scroll position after deleting a conversation. Hangout map pins now display profile photos so you can put a face to every dot!