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Marking a Major Milestone

February 6th, 2009 - 7:28 pm
We've come to an exciting moment in this story we've collectively written. In March, our CouchSurfing community will reach the mark of one million members.

CouchSurfing nominated for Mashable's Open Web Awards

November 29th, 2008 - 12:00 am
Thanks to the independent efforts of dedicated Ambassadors and members

Finland is heating up in preparation for its biggest event in December!

November 28th, 2008 - 12:00 am
CouchSurfers are gathering from far and wide for an entire weekend of activities and everyone is invited...

CouchSurfing is Hiring All Across the World

October 16th, 2008 - 12:00 am
Fulfill your travel dreams and your career dreams at CouchSurfing International

Lisbon Invites You!

October 16th, 2008 - 12:00 am
CouchSurfers in Lisbon, Portugal are planning for their big event and they want you to be there...

Milan's CouchSurfing group celebrating its second anniversary!

September 25th, 2008 - 12:00 am
The Milano CouchSurfing community is gearing up for five days of events starting this weekend...

CzechSurfing - Central European meeting shaping up to be a big one!

September 7th, 2008 - 12:00 am
Next weekend CouchSurfers from all over Europe and beyond are gathering in Prague for a weekend of festivities

CouchSurfers embark on Müvmédia challenge - will they surf your couch?

September 6th, 2008 - 12:00 am
Eight talented individuals are currently traveling and competing in Müvmédia's tv challenge and using CouchSurfing to do it!

Changes coming to contact information in profiles

August 12th, 2008 - 12:00 am
To help further improve the safety of our system, we're making the following changes to information in profiles...

CouchSurfers heading to Burning Man Festival

August 8th, 2008 - 12:00 am
Join other CouchSurfers for the second year of the CouchSurfing Camp at Black Rock City

Surfing In The City: CouchCrash 2008

August 7th, 2008 - 12:00 am
New York City is set to be transformed with a week long celebration of CouchSurfing, music and culture...

Keeping safety on top of the agenda

July 17th, 2008 - 12:00 am
It is every member's responsibility to help keep this community safe. Read here for what you can do...

Thanks to all members who signed up for the website improvement study

July 14th, 2008 - 12:00 am
The User Experience team was overwhelmed with the responses...

Rockin' the referencing system

July 12th, 2008 - 12:00 am
Changes are coming to the referencing section on all member profiles...

1 million reasons to smile

July 1st, 2008 - 12:00 am
CouchSurfers have recorded over 1 million positive experiences with each other!

Increase choice in how you can receive CouchSurfing group posts

June 17th, 2008 - 12:00 am
You can now use RSS to stay informed of group posts!

Did you know CouchSurfing is run by volunteers around the world?

June 13th, 2008 - 12:00 am
A group of them are currently in Alaska, focused on improving CouchSurfing and building the organization behind the site

Central registration of all events for International CouchSurfing Day

June 5th, 2008 - 12:00 am
Please list details of the event in your area so we know what is planned around the world

Things heat up for the Northern Hemisphere summer!

June 3rd, 2008 - 12:00 am
The increase in CouchSurfers traveling over summer means more members using the CouchSurfing website

International CouchSurfing Day - 12 June 2008

May 24th, 2008 - 12:00 am
Our Ambassadors are leading the charge in creating a day for us to all celebrate being CouchSurfers!

Anywhere near Berlin this weekend?

May 9th, 2008 - 12:00 am
Why not join hundreds of others for the annual Berlin Beach Camp 2008!

CouchSurfers - Volunteering in Post-Earthquake Peru

May 6th, 2008 - 12:00 am
Want to join fellow travelers in coastal Peru to assist in the reconstruction of a city? Read on!

Gold stars all round to our Thailand Collective participants!

May 1st, 2008 - 12:00 am
Detailed report on all achievements shows our latest Collective is a huge success

Fresh home grown couches offered - Quality Guaranteed!

April 28th, 2008 - 12:00 am
New quality survey implemented to get member feedback on site

Our Nomadic Full-Time Headquarters - from Thailand to Alaska

March 21st, 2008 - 12:00 am
We want more fabulous volunteers to come join us at our next CouchSurfing Collective in Alaska

Buggin' Out!

March 20th, 2008 - 12:00 am
Fixes to the "location bug" brings back functionality better than ever!

February's Update from the Thailand Collective

February 18th, 2008 - 12:00 am
Get the latest news from the team in Thailand

Latest Update from the Thailand Collective

January 21st, 2008 - 12:00 am
Find out what the team has been doing this month!

The Thailand Collective has begun!

December 16th, 2007 - 12:00 am
The first monthly update is here!

Announcing the Thai Collective

September 13th, 2007 - 9:21 pm
We hope you will apply to represent the interests of all CouchSurfing members by joining us in Thailand!

Surf a Mutant Couch: CouchSurfers Go to Burning Man

August 24th, 2007 - 4:00 am
This year's Burning Man festival will see the first theme camp dedicated to CouchSurfing featuring a “mutant couch”.

An Interview with a Nomadic Ambassador, Adam Schofield

August 13th, 2007 - 5:00 am
DJ turned writer turned traveler is CouchSurfing the world.

Mexico takes on the world!

August 5th, 2007 - 5:00 am
Monterrey, Mexico, hosts the second Universal Forum of Cultures September 20-December 8, 2007.

CouchSurfing Now Hiring for Full-time Developer Position

August 2nd, 2007 - 4:00 am
Experienced developers, this could be your dream job

Verifications fee now based on sliding scale

July 17th, 2007 - 4:00 am
Safety feature made affordable in every country

You are invited to attend The Paris Rendez-Vous

July 3rd, 2007 - 4:00 am
Introducing The Paris Rendez-Vous, a ten-day CouchSurfing festival full of picnics, culture, discussions, sight-seeing, and of course, CouchSurfing.

Cutting Room is launched! Enjoy your news unmoderated

June 21st, 2007 - 4:00 am
Not every news submission ends up the homepage news. Now you can read every submission or submit directly to Cutting Room news.

Yahoo! Travel Features CouchSurfing

June 14th, 2007 - 10:05 pm
CouchSurfing welcomes thousands of website visitors from Yahoo! Travel who hope to travel the world.

CouchSurfing Now Wheelchair Accessible

June 13th, 2007 - 3:50 am
CouchSurfing has added a new "Wheelchair Accessible" option for CouchSearch and member profiles in order to help disabled members find accommodating hosts.

CouchSurfers to receive mass hospitality in Berlin

May 22nd, 2007 - 8:35 pm
CouchSurfers will be busy creating deep and meaningful connections with members of other hospitality exchange networks while embracing the true meaning of inter-cultural understanding at the Berlin Beach Camp 2007...

New Website Server to Bring Speed and Reliability

May 16th, 2007 - 5:23 am
CouchSurfing has successfully added a new core database server, and no further downtime is expected. Software updates over the next month will greatly increase website performance.

Technology Focused Mini-Collective Announced

May 12th, 2007 - 11:58 am
The CS Collective in Rotterdam, Netherlands this summer promises to make CouchSurfing faster and more reliable

New Website Servers Will Cause Temporary Downtime

May 9th, 2007 - 3:13 am
The core database server will be upgraded to a faster machine to meet CouchSurfing's growing needs. Unfortunately, this upgrade will cause two temporary website outages.

CouchSurfers’ Charity Effort Combines Travel and Laughter

May 8th, 2007 - 7:31 am
Two CouchSurfers have created an innovative approach to raising money for charity by using humor and international travel. The Tuxedo Travels Project calls itself, “Two fools, one adventure, no idea.”

New Sort Order for CouchSearch results!

May 5th, 2007 - 10:58 pm
The community team has developed a more balanced way to sort CouchSearch results. New members are now more likely to recieve Couch requests.

Hundreds Expected for London Gathering

April 24th, 2007 - 9:31 pm
Hundreds of members are anticipated at the CouchSurfing gathering in London during the last weekend of May. Learn how you can join them.

Members Say Personal Growth Top Reason for Travel

April 15th, 2007 - 7:50 pm
A recent survey of 2800 CouchSurfing International members reveals many interesting facts about why members use CouchSurfing. "Personal Growth" is cited as the number one reason for travel by most members.

CouchSurfer to Cross Europe by Foot for Charity

March 22nd, 2007 - 4:14 am
Fellow Member, Iain Purdie, will walk 1000 miles across Europe this summer to aid the Blue Dragon Children's Foundation.

Air New Zealand Endorses CS Collective

February 8th, 2007 - 12:36 pm
A limited number of tickets will be available to members at a significantly reduced price...

CouchSurfing has a new look

January 26th, 2007 - 2:36 pm
Mattthew and Joe have designed a new skin

Keep Up to Date on the Latest Features!

January 16th, 2007 - 8:40 pm
There is a new group that allows people to keep up to date on the coolest new features! It is called the New Features Playground!

CS Travel Show Premieres

January 13th, 2007 - 1:49 pm
“The War on Them” is an internet TV show produced by and starring two CouchSurfing members as they travel the world. You can watch the premiere episode now, and new episodes will released weekly.

Database expert at the New Zealand Collective

January 8th, 2007 - 6:03 pm
In December we worked hard to make the site more stable. Images have been moved to a separate machine, and the biggest bottlenecks have been solved. But our database technique is still far from perfect.

You can submit news!

January 3rd, 2007 - 6:50 pm
Now you can create the news

CouchSurfing in your language!

December 18th, 2006 - 5:00 pm

Translations now back online

November 21st, 2006 - 5:08 am
Translations into other languages have now been enabled

The New Zealand Collective has started

November 15th, 2006 - 10:03 pm
Collaborative communication is essential to all of us.

CS travelers near you

October 26th, 2006 - 1:00 pm
A new feature is up! Did you see it?

New Zealand Collective

September 6th, 2006 - 9:00 pm
The next CS Collective will be held in New Zealand - November to February

Montreal Adjournment

September 1st, 2006 - 12:00 pm
The first ever CouchSurfing Collective was a success!

All systems are go!

August 24th, 2006 - 12:32 pm
Site maintainance was successful...

100,000 members!

August 2nd, 2006 - 3:00 pm
A new milestone is here!

CSC Europe - Final party

July 31st, 2006 - 3:00 am
Participants in the CSC Europe celebrated the end of the CSC E on Danube Island

Friend Links Working!

July 24th, 2006 - 5:00 am
Vouching coming soon...

CS collective Europe started!!!

July 24th, 2006 - 12:28 am
The CSC Europe is in full swing: Good vibes, serious discussions. How do you see CouchSurfing.com in the future?

Photo-Uploading - FIXED!

July 11th, 2006 - 10:07 pm
I have just fixed the photo upload bug.

The Phoenix Story

July 7th, 2006 - 3:02 am
CouchSurfing version 2.0 Rises From The Ashes.

The CouchSurfing Collective has begun!

June 3rd, 2006 - 3:00 am
Come join us!

The Collective has found a home in Montreal, Canada

May 3rd, 2006 - 1:00 am
We have found a location in Montreal for the Summer CS Collective

The Collective needs a home in Montreal.

April 15th, 2006 - 2:00 am
We've picked our city, now help us find a space.

60,000 members! ...and more.

March 27th, 2006 - 12:00 am
We're growing and getting our own place! ;)

New COUCH options!

March 9th, 2006 - 11:00 pm
Now you have more options for your couch icon!

Amazing! 50,000 CouchSurfers - Teaching, Learning, Sharing!

February 5th, 2006 - 10:15 pm
You did it. Now here's what's next.

50,000 members!

February 3rd, 2006 - 10:54 am
You now have 49,999 friends across the globe

Meet up in Antarctica

February 2nd, 2006 - 11:25 pm
Let's go chillin' at the coffeehouse

New Chat Server up and going

January 11th, 2006 - 1:45 am
It is much faster and a lot more reliable

New CS MEETINGS feature!

October 18th, 2005 - 4:00 am
Create meetings and find out about meetings in your city!

Chat and Image servers fixed

October 12th, 2005 - 5:08 am
The chat problem and the image server problems have been fixed

New Image Cache Servers

October 3rd, 2005 - 11:15 pm
Two new image cache servers have been added!

Photos Automatically Sharpened

September 30th, 2005 - 9:44 am
You may now notice that the photos you upload look a little sharper

30,000 & Oktoberfest in Munich

September 29th, 2005 - 4:00 am
Meet CSers at Oktoberfest in Munich!

Photo upload problem

July 29th, 2005 - 4:10 am
Fixed...

More Powerful Web Server

June 29th, 2005 - 3:00 am
CS should now be faster and more reliable

Surf Shop

June 6th, 2005 - 11:00 pm
CouchSurfing Store - t-shirts and more

15,000 Users!

June 4th, 2005 - 5:00 am
In just under a year and a half online, CS has exploded.

CS on TV NZ

April 28th, 2005 - 5:00 am
Watch the documentary

Article on CS in The Guardian - UK

February 10th, 2005 - 4:00 am
A nice article on CS appeared today

New Feature: login location trace

January 27th, 2005 - 3:28 am
We know where you are...

MAJOR SERVER UPGRADE

January 23rd, 2005 - 6:00 am
Sorry for the downtime...

Winners of Steve Savage's new book

December 8th, 2004 - 5:00 am

Exceeded Expectations: 5,000 members

October 18th, 2004 - 1:00 am
Over 5,000 people have signed up to couch surf in 2004!

MAJOR UPGRADE: now low carb

September 21st, 2004 - 4:00 am
Website now served up in a low bandwidth version.

Spell Checking - new

September 18th, 2004 - 1:15 am
When sending emails, you can spell check the body

New Feature - Message Filtering

September 17th, 2004 - 5:00 am
Now you can filter by sender and keyword on the message page

International Student

September 10th, 2004 - 8:00 pm
If you're a student, you may want to visit our friends at International Student.

Savage Files - New Book

September 6th, 2004 - 8:00 pm
Steve Savage has just finished his new book

New Feature: Large Photos

August 19th, 2004 - 4:00 am
Uploading photos now saves a large version

Groups Functionality - Beta

August 16th, 2004 - 5:00 am
New 'groups' feature is now in beta. Check it out!

New 3 Million City Database

August 9th, 2004 - 2:00 am
Major upgrade to CS systems

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