Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Travel costs continue to rise, and savvy globetrotters are increasingly turning to alternative accommodation options that save ...

CouchSurfing, an online service that lets users find free lodgings, is investigating a security breach after hackers began selling the details of 17 million users on Telegram channels and hacking ...

Social networks and online platforms come and go. Before Facebook, there was Friendster, before Google, Altavista, and before Gmail, Hotmail. But the travel space is different. Before Couchsurfing, ...

Couchsurfing launched in 2004 after co-founder Casey Fenton emailed over 1,500 students in Reykjavik asking for a place to stay. Dozens offered to open their homes. The Couchsurfing website was a ...

Yesterday, the hospitality-exchange network CouchSurfing announced that it has raised $15 million in funding, an impressive amount for a niche travel site devoted to pairing local hosts with visitors ...

CouchSurfing, a website that connects travelers with friendly, foreign strangers willing to share their home, is proving to be fundable business. Today, the company raised an additional $15 million, ...

The relaunch of CouchSurfing was more than just a product update for co-founder Casey Fenton. It was in many ways the completion of a total rebirth of CouchSurfing itself. CouchSurfing, a platform ...

Since its inception in 2004, Couchsurfing has garnered a lot of attention for a simple idea: strangers offering couches or beds to travelers, at no cost for lodging. At its best, it is a great way to ...

This is just ridiculous. Three year old CouchSurfing, a beloved service used by some 90,000 members, had multiple database crashes, critical parts of the software and data were irretrievably lost, and ...

Three years before you could rent your fancy 5th Ave Manhattan apartment or luxury seaside mansion in Thailand on Airbnb, travel social network CouchSurfing was *the *place to fill up your sofa or ...

The Rise And Evolution Of Couchsurfing Couchsurfing, once a revolutionary concept in the travel world, has changed since its inception. The idea is simple: travelers stay on the couches (or spare ...