Couchers.org

Couchers, Inc.

About this app

Connect. Explore. Belong. — Couchers.org

Couchers is a global community where people connect through travel, hospitality, and shared experiences — built around kindness, trust, and cultural exchange. Whether you’re traveling or staying close to home, Couchers helps you meet people, share experiences, and feel more connected to the world — all non-transactional and non-profit.

Instead of hotels or paid experiences, Couchers is about travelers helping travelers: members opening their homes, sharing local knowledge, and spending time together.

What you can do with the app:

Host travelers or stay with locals around the world as part of a trusted community.
Find people willing to share their home, or offer a place to stay when you can — from a couch to a spare room — as part of a supportive global community.

Meet people wherever you are and build meaningful connections – chat, plan meetups, and join community events wherever you travel.
Chat with locals and travelers, arrange casual meetups, and join community events — whether you’re exploring a new country or your own city.

Feel safe and supported – community-driven trust and safety features help you connect confidently.
Community profiles, references, and safety tools help you make informed, respectful connections.

Experience global cultures more deeply - share your world and discover others’; from local tips to unforgettable moments
Exchange stories, traditions, and local tips — and discover places through the people who live there.

Why Couchers?

Couchers is community-led, non-profit, and non-transactional. It was created by volunteers who believe travel should be about human connection, not transactions or paywalls.

Meet as strangers. Leave as friends.

Ready to unlock a world of authentic travel and global friendship?

Ratings and reviews

It's a great alternative to Couchsurfing (and free, as it should be). However, communities should also be interest-based (see TrustRoots) because surfers are far more likely to be comfortable if they can find commonalities with their host.

great app. thank you for making it happen recommended feature: when someone asks to stay, I can only approve or decline. a better alternative - the ability to approve different days. too often strangers ask to stay for over a week, while I can offer a night or two

Very happy that there's finally an app! Host requests, messaging, events and notifications work great as far as I can tell. Eases the use of this beautiful platform when on the move immensely!

What’s new

- Links from emails (account verification, password recovery, postal verification, account deletion) now open correctly in the app
- Pressing back while viewing a member's profile now closes it instead of leaving the page
- Flickering between dark and light mode
- Unread message reminder notification improvements
- Strong verification now opens correctly in the browser
- Translations intermittently not working
- Can now open badges page within profile sheet