Where to stay? Budget concern??

Money is one of the concern for us to travel in a long time and we would scratch our head in search of the cheapest accommodation. It's still out of our budget. While I search throughout the search engine, I stumble across couch surfing. I could definitely keep my budget on accommodation and made new friends in the progress. So what's couch surfing as Asian people are not quite familiar with the term nor they practice widely about it.

COUCH SURFING
There are two categories: Surf/Host

• Surf: The ones who stay in a host home during the traveling period in host's city

• Host: The ones who allow surfer to stay in their home during a certain fixed period without expecting anything in return (p.s >> at least you could do is to re-pay them with some gift/cook for them/tidying up the place/etc.)

This idea is to introduce cross-cultural experience from the local and to know that everyone is connected (we are friends but just haven't meet yet). It's to reduce strangers around us and to know that the world is still safe to hang out.

The site (surf & host gather)
Telling new people their mission, vision, etc..
you can get to know better about couch surfing here

Search engine for host to give you a place to stay

The list of hosts available.
Choose a host that closely resembles your interest

It is a refreshing idea to know about it. But bare in mind, couch surfing doing its best to know which host/surfer having bad intention. It's best to couch from a host that has a trustee sign (you will learn more about it when you explore the site)

Link: http://www.couchsurfing.org/

No, I do not help to promote this site nor I have any benefit out from it. It just what I want to share out to the rest of the travelers. I hope you find it useful.