Comments | night_child80: Our couchsurf hosting (mis)adventures thus far

night_child80

Our couchsurf hosting (mis)adventures thus far

Mar 22, 2011 23:01

Since joining Couchsurfing.org in October 2010:

Our profile has been viewed 321 times
We have received 38 couch requests and 49 unique messages.
We accepted 8 couchrequests and 1 maybe.
One cancelled in advance and one didn't show up at all.
We declined 32 couch requests, mostly on the grounds of not reading our profiles ( Read more... )

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Comments 4

digoraccoon March 23 2011, 00:22:44 UTC

Ouch. Too bad I'm poor or i'd help increase your success rate.

night_child80 March 28 2011, 11:38:59 UTC

Heh, I think we're comfortable with the current success rate. Hosting for us isn't about having a conveyor belt of people come through our home. We want to be sure we'll enjoy the couchsurfer(s)' company as much as we hope they'll enjoy ours.

anivyl March 23 2011, 01:24:32 UTC

If you were to welcome strangers to your home, what precautions would you take? - I would endeavour to find out more about them, that's the simplest way I can say it. I want to know they have read my requirements at least: reading would indicate a degree of seriousness that I would expect. I would want them to talk about themselves - so I can read between the lines to know who they are. and I would need a picture of them, or something they like if they are not comfortable with that - a picture paints a thousand words ( ... )

night_child80 March 28 2011, 11:33:42 UTC

That sucks and I can see that happening between friends, since one's home is one's sanctuary and we can be very particular about our personal space. There is an expectation that hosts go out of their way (to an extent) for their guests, but likewise there's an expectation that guests should respect their hosts.

Your precautions are totally spot-on.