CouchsurfingReviews of couchsurfing.com

This was a volunteer ran community platform that became a scam through "verification theft". Also, they offered me a lifetime membership that I paid for only to attempt to charge me with a monthly membership two years later. Now, my account is blocked because I refuse to pay the thieves.

Non so come fosse prima che passasse a pagamento ma ora la community praticamente non esiste. C'è poca gente attiva, molti non rispondono, la maggior parte dei profili non sono mai o quasi mai stati utilizzati, sospetto che appartengano a persone che non sono più registrate. Lo mantengo perché viaggio molto e le poche volte che riesco a trovare ospitalità sono persone splendide, però questo non è merito della gestione che è semplicemente pietosa. Oltretutto mentre cercavo il modo di cambiare carte di credito ho fatto l'errore di andare sul profilo verificato, la schermata è nera e non si legge bene. Ho registrato la carta e mi hanno preso 56 euro. Spiegata la situazione l' assistenza ha rifiutato di rendermi i soldi propinandomi la retorica dell' esperienza umana che offre la loro community...peccato che questo non sia affatto un loro merito. Mettono a disposizione una piattaforma poco funzionale, con pochi contatti reali, cercano di spillare soldi strumentalizzando i valori di Couchsurfing.

I've been hosting like 50 people from all over the world while surfing like 15-20 places. Now they want me to pay money for hosting people for free? Should have made it free for people who host more than they surf and charge the people who want a free couch. I know so many hosters who left couchsurfing. Couchsurfing is dead.

Couchsurfing firstly asked me to donate 2.99USD to get access to their website, so I did, after which I found I couldn't really use that website properly, and it asked me to donate another 60USD to get the access, so I didn't do it because I didn't know whether it would ask me to donate a third or fourth amount of USD, and I thought it was like a fraud if it didn't tell you clearly at the very beginning how much you had to pay at all to get access of its website. After a month, I got a message telling me another 2.99USD had been deducted from my credit card, after which I contacted Couchsurfing, and it refused to refund my lovely 2.99USD. That's not what a human being does. Shame. I hope to get some help from some lawyer to punish Couchsurfing.

Like everyone else, got scammed into paying 89 usd by using the verification feature. Beware of the fraud!!

Attention arnaque! Il est mal indiqué que si vous vous faites vérifier ça vous coûte 56 euros! A FUIR!! L’idée était bonne au demeurant mais elle a mal évolué Couchsurfing vole votre argent car ils ne sont pas clairs dans la présentation! NE PAS UTILISER CE SITE

Evil con b*stards ruined a legit project looking money and whoever is pocketing it let me tell you I'm coming for you

Caught in the verification scam like many others, I was charged €56 euros (48 pounds). If I had known the amount beforehand, I wouldn't have agreed to the verification. They already had my card details from my monthly membership. It's disheartening to see Couchsurfing mislead people and act unethically. My positive experiences since joining in 2014 are now tainted by this scam and their poor customer service.