Couchsurfing, catching the wave of sharing

Peces de. Giudad pecesdeciudad.com COUCHSURFING, Couchsurfing is all about sharing. Experiences, culture, chats and games are in the mix and it's not just a way of cheap travelling or free accommodation as some have mis- takenly portraited it. Lower travel- ling expenses are just a collateral consequence but not the meaning of it. Couchsurfing is a new way of travelling and also a way of living and understanding the world. Each week, on average, 22.000 new profiles are created on CATCHING THE WAVE OF SHARING COUCHSURFING 25.000 new TWITTER 15.632 is the amount of total members in BE WELCOME accounts are created COUCHSURFING IS AN ONLINE HOSPITALITY SERVICE, A SOCIAL NETWORK WHERE ACCOMMODATION IS BOTH OFFERED AND FOUND. per day. 46685 visited 4. Berlín 23888 visited 8. Viena 51019 visited 3. Londres 15. Estambul 30484 visited 6. Québec 60395 visited 2. París 68962 visited 1. New York 9. 23376 visited • Barcelona AMOUNT OF MEMBERS IN COMPARISON TO THE TOTAL CAPACITY OF THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING. 22638 visited 10. Melburne Fe PROFILE 1.952.787 created profiles have a photo. 7.B 24457 visited •Buenos Aires VERIFICATION PERCENTAGE OF 285.885 users have a verified profile. COUCHSURFERS AROUND THE WORLD AMBASSADORS There are 217.280 CS ambassadors now. • Top ten of the most visited cities using Couchsurfing 25 10 2,5 2 1,5 1 0,5 2 01% (percentage from the total of members) 0,9% 60 to 99 years old AMOUNT OF MEMBERS FOR THE MAIN ACCOMMODATION SERVICES 2,2% 50 to 59 years old 5,2% 40 to 49 years old 6,3% 35 to 39 years old 15,1% 30 to 34 years old (in comparison to the total population in these places) 33,9% 25 to 29 years old COUCHSURFER AGE RANGE COUCHSURFING 3.542.288 36,0% 18 to 24 years old (most used aocommodation service at the moment) Los Angeles (EEUU) BE WELCOME (open-source accommodation service often compared to couchsurfing) 15.632 Couchsurfing has three main security systems: Islas Malvinas (Inglaterra-Argentina) Reference system: users can leave a positive, nega- tive or neutral reference about others, giving an explanation for the reasons they may have. Voucher: a voucher is a symbol of trust. It can't be taken back once it's been given. Only users that received 3 or more vouchs can vouch for others PASPORTA SERVO 1.364 (accommodation service for esperanto speakere) El Vaticano themselves. Address verifieation: it requires the payment of a small fee. Couchsurfing send a postcard with a code on it via regular mail. The user types the code on the webpage and the system authenticates the home address. Couchsurfing has multiple options to participate, it's not even necessary to have hosting availability in your place. There's an alternative, the "coffe and drinks" mode on your profile where you can be contacted for a cup of coffe, a chat or even sharing one or several Couchsurfing is a B corporation, and a bussiness. Anyways users are not allowed to make a profit from hosting or surfing (accommodation has to be free of charge). Using the site as a date network is also forbidden. Couchsurfing was founded by Casey Fenton in 2004. In 1999, previous to one of his trips to Iceland, Casey sent 1500 emails to students of the national university WOMEN 427% SEVERAL PEOPLE 63% MEN 50.6% beers. WEEKLY RECRUITING RATE FROM JANUARY T O DECEMBER 2011 surfer, but it's not mandatory). Just as the name says, Great luxury is not necessary either, you can host someone even if you don't have a private extra room (this would be certainly comfotable for both, host and asking for accommodation. More than 50 people answered with an offer. offering a couch to spend the night would be enough. 45000 40.000 15000 25000 Press release stating tha Couchruring had become B Corpration 15000 new site (ratw hame of protile) new statf members hiring was announced so00 feb raarch april dy july uby july agat wt Magut sep octobes actaber october octobar atober no nor LaT Ba14 15an 22a 28 295 6a13 1420 ILa 2 a6 7a13 Ha20 21a 2 zd az aa9 to a1s 1az3 14a30 1a Bai4 15a21 1na 294 5a 1 1a L8 5 MOST SPOKEN LANGUAGES AMONG USERS THE 5 LESS SPOKEN LANGUAGES AMONG USERS (and the countries that use them) (side by side, taken by the hand, the extension is equivalent to the following comparisons) CHINUK WAWA ENGLISH (Ls equivalent to the distance around earth) (this american native dialect is remembered only in two US states. In 1800 It had as much as 1000co speakets around north america. By 1930 it was a dead language) 2.529.277 planet earth is almost 3 times bigger than the moon QUICHE (Mayan mystical book, the Popol Vuh was originally written in this language. The title means "Book of Advice" or "Community Book") FRENCH 657.290 (is equivalent to the average extension of Russia from east to Russia's oast to west extension is twice that of South America west SARAMACCAN (it's a curious mixture of english, portuguese and a bit of african dialects) SPANISH (equivalent to the cireumfer ence of the moon) 605.328 the ciraumference of the moon represents the whole trip of the Transiberian Express PEMÓN (other than english or spanish, Pemon does not use articles.) GERMAN 545-765 (sproximately, the distance from north to south in the African continent) North to South extension in Africa is twice as much as the same extension in Australia MOKSHA (due to it's particular morphology, Moksha has really long words) ITALIAN 179.655 (equivalent to the extension of the border between the US and The US - Mexioo border has the same extension that the earth radius Mexico) WHAT ABOUT THE BACKPACK? HYGIENE ARTICLES (2.00ogr) COMFORTABLE LONELY PLANET SHOES SUN DIGITAL CAMERA MP3 PLAYER GLASSES SWISS ARMY KNIFE TRAVEL GUIDE (40ogr) (340gr) (170gr) (140gr) (gogr) (85gr) to prevent overloading it's necessary to know what is the essential Men approximately 25kg (80 its) 200.000u$s 40.000u$s 34.000u$s 17.000u$s 14.000u$s 9.000u$s 8.500u$s Women approximately 15kg (60 Its) In comparison to the weight of a 10o dollar bill 10000 U$s weigh 100 gr. The data for this infographic was taken from de http://www.couchsurfing.org/statistics.html 28/12/11 Design: Daniela Perelló BY NC SA