Tuesday June 29, 2010
The Couchsurfing Culture Is Spreading Across the Planet
David Bollier
AlterNet
Venturesome travelers are using the web to create an international gift economy of hospitality.
The gift economy is alive and global among an improbable network of "Couchsurfers" who stay in strangers' homes when traveling. The idea got its start when Casey Fenton impulsively booked a flight to Iceland because of a cheap online airfare, and then realized that he didn't know anyone there and had no idea what to do the
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