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Public Group active 11 months, 1 week agoFor nomads who are also active in the http://www.couchsurfing.org community and use couch surfing as a way to meet fellow digital nomads while abroad. Let’s bring these two awesome communities together!
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Richard Hamel posted an update in the group
CouchSurfing: 11 months, 2 weeks ago · ViewHi all. I joined CouchSurfing.com this weekend as I begin to chart my road-trip up through California. Basically, I’m looking for the quintessential spot to base myself for awhile. I’m looking for a town that is enlightened, easy-going, and not cold! So, if you love your California (or Arizona) town and wish to introduce it to me (along with your couch a night or two, perhaps) than I’d love to chat some more about it. Currently I’m shuffling between Orange County, California and Prescott, Arizona.
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Katryn Adams posted an update in the group
CouchSurfing: 1 year, 3 months ago · ViewHi everyone! I’m still living just outside NYC until autumn, so if you’re in the area, I’d be happy to host you or just meet up (and pick your brains about successful nomadic living).
Hi, Katryn. And welcome! I’m in NYC fairly often, so the next time I’m there I’ll look you up. Have you found the ”nomads” forum on couchsurfing.org yet? IMO, the NuNomad Tribe has more experienced nomads, but you can find some good information over there, too.
Thanks, Eric! It seems like mostly younger, unskilled people, but it’s definitely nice to get a variety of perspectives. My biggest questions are about things that only other working people would be able to answer, though, like the reliability of wi-fi in various places and protecting your equipment on the road.
I’ve hosted several of those just-out-of-school kids who travel indefinitely by picking up menial jobs along the way, and it seems like an awesome thing to do when you’re young enough not to be bothered by sleeping on the floor, but I’m way too old and lazy for that!
You’re right. The couchsufer nomads are generally not professionals. If you’re looking for advice about nomadic professionals, you’ve found the right place.
I’ve suggested the need here for a wiki-like part of the Tribe where we can enter information about destinations like how easily accessible free wi-fi is, but it hasn’t happened. I don’t think Tribe has reached critical mass yet, and there are other sites like wikitravel that already do that sort of thing (but without the kind of information that would be most useful to nomads). Not sure what the answer is. But come to Vietnam. Wi-fi hotspots everywhere.
I find it’s more important to protect your *data* on the road than to protect your equipment. Even if it doesn’t get stolen, your equipment will fail, which is just as bad. If you’re not prepared for that inevitability, you’ll be very sorry. I have a 2-tiered back-up system: local backups to an external USB that I store separately from my laptop, and remote back-ups to the cloud. Redundancy! Remember, new equipment can be purchased. Your data cannot.
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Eric Niebler posted an update in the group
CouchSurfing: 1 year, 3 months ago · ViewWhy I like couchsurfing: http://eyurt.blogspot.com/2011/01/why-i-like-couchsurfingorg.html
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Technomadia posted an update in the group
CouchSurfing: 1 year, 4 months ago · ViewDeciding to try being more active on Couchsurfing as a way to meet folks in our travels. Been on there for years, but never quite figured out how to utilize it best. (http://www.couchsurfing.org/people/technomadia/) Question.. how do nomads go about getting/staying ’Verified’ – since they do address verifications everytime you change your location?
Good question. I got verified when I was a permanent resident of Seattle. I’ve never changed my address or gotten re-verified. I think that’s more of a hassle than it’s worth, and only makes sense if you’re planning on hosting couchsurfers while abroad. If, like me, you’re only planning on using CS.org to meet people abroad, then I’d say get verified once in a place that makes sense to you, and then leave it. Change your status to ”Traveling at the moment” and you’re good.
Oh.. we totally want to host surfers AND meet up with folks in our travels. When we were traveling via RV, we’d list our couch as physically surfing, and enjoyed picking folks up in one city and taking them with us on the road as we meandered to their/our next destination.
Should we get a sailboat, we’ll definitely be seeking long term surfers to help us crew.
And when we’re in locations, like now in the USVI, we’d love to host folks too.
AND we like the option of driveway-surfing when we’re RVing, harbour-surfing when sailing and perhaps couchsurfing when getting settled in a new location.
CS just doesn’t seem to be set up for those of us who embrace the power of ’AND’.
Ah! I see. Yeah, CS isn’t really set up for that. But it makes sense that you can’t very well be ”location verified” if your location changes daily or weekly. So update your location and give up on being ”verified”. It might make you show up lower in search results, but you’ll still get couch requests, and if you explain clearly on your profile what your situation is (nomad!) and have plenty of positive references, you’ll do fine.
Can I crew your boat?
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Sebastian Piątek posted an update in the group
CouchSurfing: 1 year, 4 months ago · Viewcouchsurfing is the best inet community ever and it makes you an addict
Where have you surfed so far?
too many places to list…all over europe, united states, middle east, india, sri lanka…that’s mainly it
i would post a link to my profile, but it’s only visible for logged in members…Actuallly, I think there are several CS members here so if you post the link some folks will see it. I’m impressed with how many places you’ve surfed!
You’re a nomad and you couch-surf. How do you use the CS community on your travels? I use it primarily as a way to meet locals, and occasionally as a place to crash when I land in a new city and before I’ve lined up a more permanent housing situation.
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Eric Niebler posted an update in the group
CouchSurfing: 1 year, 4 months ago · ViewJust had a great time couchsurfing in Syracuse, NY for New Year’s Eve. Very friendly, welcoming people there.
Wow – couchsurfing Syracuse! What brought you to Syracuse?
(a) I’d never been, (b) I had nothing to do for New Years, (c) a friend in Toronto had never been, (d) she had nothing to do for New Years, (e) Syracuse was half the distance from New York and Toronto, (f) she suggested it and I’m a push-over.
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Eric Niebler posted an update in the group
CouchSurfing: 1 year, 5 months ago · ViewHave you put a Tribe badge on your CouchSurfing profile yet? http://www.nunomad.com/tribe/badges/
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silvina posted on the forum topic Couchsurfing and Safety in the group
CouchSurfing: 1 year, 5 months ago · ViewUser your instinct! as Eric said… I had only good experiences but off course you have to always be concerned and look at the profiles…
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Hi Richard. Glad to hear you’ve joined CS. I’ve just had an awesome time myself with come CS folks here in Thailand. Don’t forget, it’s far more than just a place to find couches!
Have a great time on your trip, and best of luck finding a new ”home”. I’ve been up and down the coast myself a few times, but I don’t have a town to suggest. They all run together in my memory. Besides, I tend to prefer the crunchy, hippy communities of northern california and oregon.
Hey Eric,
I like the North of Los Angeles culture more than most places as well. But after 10 years in Thailand I doubt if I could handle the cold. So, I press on with my mission to find my next casa.