Couchsurfing

Please be aware that a company called "couchsurfing.com" does not care if the people they place in your homes are hard drug users and a danger to your children. A friend of mine reported someone who has documented gang ties and hard drug use and couchsurfing.com still allows this person to be a member and search for places to live through their service. They do not care about the safety of your home and your children. Please do not use the services of "couchsurfing.com"

I had been a member since 2008 or '09 or so, but never really bothered to fill out my profile completely, as I wasn't ready to do some traveling yet. I rec'd an email saying, "Hey, come visit the site and see what's new etc." I signed back on, and filled out some very, very personal data. I was then asked to verify my account both by cellphone (OK, fine), but also by either credit card or Paypal. I thought it would be a simple, under a dollar transaction with a full refund, just to see if I had a legit account. Next thing you know, I've been charged an "indefinitely recurring annual fee" of $20 USD! I never authorized this, and immediately cancelled the Paypal payment. I will be emailing them, tweeting them, and then closing my account.

This is absolutely atrocious. They just charged my card $87 WITHOUT MY CONSENT! They tell you to "verify your card" but do NOT say they will charge money. Totally unethical. And this is after I had already paid $20 for the yearly subscription. I signed up for couch surfing to save money, and now they just gutted me.

To make it short they stole 170 Swedish Kronor (~18 euros) from me. They asked for my credit car number to "proof that I was my self" and next message was that I have paid. Of course no security system for safety payment or anything. Well I was silly I usually never trust websites and I did this time, I said to my self that I kind of deserve it. But then, when I saw what I have paid for I had paid for a suscription of the PREVIOUS YEAR and it was not. I had confirm that I was my self for 2015 when it was August 2016... I tried writing an email right away, not even 15 min after the payment, I never received a reply. Well I have received tones of mails from them but all about publicity of the website... Terrible, just terrible. Use other website for couchsurfing...

They closed my account without giving any reason. They took my money and they didn't respond to my dozens of emails. I had a lot of references and wasted a lot of time. It's just a money pit. Damn you. They are thief.be carefull for no reason the time and money you spend may be wasted.and this is a high possbility.