CouchSurfing

CouchCrash 2010

Summary: Celebrate New York!

New York City’s CouchSurfing community is proud to announce CouchCrash 2010!

It’s that time of the year again! After an awesome Couchcrash ’09, a hugely successful Couchcrash '08, and a fabulous Couchcrash Winter Edition, we’re finally having Couchcrash ’10!

From August 14-22nd, we will be having city tours, dinners, museum trips, art projects, bike rides, workshops, parties and a Saturday night concert. Best of all, these events are all either free or really, really cheap.

LaunchPad will be hosting an introduction to CouchSurfing, followed by a community potluck. The bloggers from TrappistPunks will be taking us on a tour of New York City’s best beer bars and answering all of our questions about beer styles and brewing science. BrooklynByBike and Vendr.tv will be teaming up for a ride from Brooklyn to Queens to check out Roosevelt Avenue’s street food. Joe Che, of Page Not Found, will be hosting a movable feast and a night of Chaos Cooking. NoNeck will be taking us out to Governors Island, followed by a picnic. Guilt Free Pleasures will be closing out the week with a concert featuring Locksley.

We’ll be out in the sun, exploring the city on foot, by bike and on kayak. CouchSurfers will be leading tours of Harlem, Columbia University, Queens, Central Park and Times Square. We’ll be eating food from around the world. We’ll be learning about coffee, beer and self-defense. We’ll be taking photos and sharing stories. We’ll be learning languages, yoga, salsa and maybe even pole dancing. You’ll be untagging yourself from facebook photos after nights of dancing, hookah and karaoke. Most of all, you’ll meet amazing people from around the world and around the corner.

If you’re already a CouchSurfer, you can find more information here: http://bit.ly/CouchCrash2010 Otherwise, check us out on the CouchCrash website, Facebook or Twitter.

CC Website: http://www.csnyc.org
CS Event Link: http://bit.ly/CouchCrash2010
Facebook Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=130553113642330
Twitter: http://twitter.com/csnewyork

For a calendar of all CouchCrash events: http://bit.ly/CSNYcalendar

CouchSurfing is a participatory organization and CouchCrash is a DIY festival. Don’t tell us what we should do – tell us what you’re doing!

FAQs:

**What is Couch crash?**
The Couchsurfers' way of celebrating New York! A festival to share the variety, fun, neighborhoods, music, food, drinks and life in New York.

If you always wanted to see New York, this is the best way possible to experience a jam packed session of New York in one week. New York in New York-style with New Yorkers!

If you are a New Yorker, this is a time to celebrate New York, meet some cool, non-cheesy, non-touristy visitors from all over the world; Show them what you got. Party away like crazy, and of course get some extra dosage of the fun and liquor.

**How can I participate?**
We will have a list of events posted on the Couchsurfing Calendar. Just pick the events you like, and RSVP to the event. And most importantly, have fun.

Just like last year, each one of you can volunteer with the events that you would be willing to host/ organize. Please contact the organizing team to schedule your event. After checking for overlaps, your event will appear on the Couchsurfing Calendar.

**I have a free couch in NY area. Can I help?**
Thanks for offering! We love sleepover parties! If you are interested in hosting several people during the festival, please email a link to your profile and information about how many people you can host to couchsurfingnewyork@gmail.com

**I cant find Couches for couchcrash! What do I do?**
We recommend that you send individual requests to hosts in the New York area by yourself. In case you are not able to secure a couch, please contact the host coordinators, who will try to find you a place. We ask that you contact at least three hosts personally before contacting a host coordinator.

**Couchcrash is going on now and I'm lost. What do I do?**
Follow us @CSnewyork

Any other questions not addressed in here? Contact us at couchsurfingnewyork@gmail.com