couchsurfing tips for newbie backpacker as a "surfer"
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SURFI NGSURFI NG
TI PS FOR TI PS FOR NEWBI E NEWBI E BACKPACKERBACKPACKER
DINI HAJARRAHMAH@dinidreaming | 08562781007
WHERE
DID I TRAVEL?
USA THAILAND MALAYSIA SINGAPORE CANADA FRANCE
ITALY
GERMANY
NETHERLANDINDIACAMBODIALAOSVIETNAM
2010 – 201413 NEGARA
& INDONESIA
WHERE
DID I “SURF?”
THAILAND MALAYSIA SINGAPORE GERMANY
NETHERLANDINDIACAMBODIALAOSVIETNAM
9 COUNTRIES11 HOSTIN 11 CITIES
MY FIRSTCOUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
IN PHUKET, MARCH 2011
THAT LEAD TO OTHER EXCITING COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCES!
ANTON - BANGKOK ELMA - KL ADILLA - SINGAPORE
YULIA - BERLIN ANNE - HOLLAND ASISH - VARANASI ZOE - HANOI
JAVED ALI - AGRARAM - DHARAMSALA
NAOME – SIEM REAP
SURF TIPS #1
MAKE YOUR COUCHSURFING
PROFILEALIVE!
SURF TIPS #2COLLECT REFERENCES FROM YOUR FRIENDS, HOSTS / GUESTS
SURF TIPS #3SURF IN ADVANCE – AT LEAST 1 MONTH BEFORE YOUR ARRIVAL
SURF TIPS #4
CHOOSE PEOPLE THAT WILL
MATCH WITH
YOU
SURF TIPS #5PERSONALIZE YOUR REQUEST, BE SPECIFIC, GET TO KNOW THE HOST!
READ THE REFERENCE IS IMPORTANT!
SURF TIPS #5
OFFER SOMETHING INTERESTING
ABOUT YOU IN
THE REQUEST!
TIPS WHEN
YOU ARRIVETO YOUR
HOST
TIPS #1 :SMALL
GIFTS ORACT OF
KINDNESS
TIPS #2 :ALWAYS TRYTO PAY YOUROWN FOODOR TREAT
YOUR HOST
TIPS #3 :MAKE EFFORT
TO BUILDRELATIONSHIP& KNOW YOUR
HOST
TIPS #4 :LEAVE NO
TRASH BEHIND
TIPS #5 :LEAVE GOOD
FEEDBACK& WRITE
REFERENCESAT THEIR PROFILE
TIPS #6 :BE
INDEPENDENTAND DONT
DISTURBYOUR HOST
TIPS #7 :OFFER YOUR
HOST TO VISIT YOUR
PLACE!
TIPS #7 :STAY IN TOUCH
WITH YOUR HOST ONCEYOU BACK!
“WHEREVER YOU GO, BE A GOOD ONES”Happy Couchsurfing!