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eBay Founder's Annual Forum Unites Business Leaders Investing In Social Change

Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Philanthropy, Reid Hoffman, Omidyar Network, Video, Social Change, Social Entrepreneurship, Code for America, Couch Surfing, Social-Entrepreneurship, Pierre Omidyar, Kiva, Donors Choose, Omidyar Network Executive Forum, Impact News

One network of top executives is proving that good business means wise investments -- specifically investments in people who have the power to create ...

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Couch-Surfing Stunt Turns Deadly

Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Stunt, Video, Dangerous Stunts, Bad Idea, Fleeing Scene of a Crime, Couch Surfing, Dangerous Driving, Couch Surfing on the Road, Couch Surfing Kills Quebec Man, Weird News News

Usually, the most dangerous part of couch surfing is asking your host if you can sack out in his living room a few more days. In Québec, however, ...

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PHOTOS: The Beginning Of A Nobody's Amazing Adventure

Leon Logothetis | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Leon Logothetis, Road Trip Travel, Couch Surfing, Slidepollajax, Road Trip, US Travel, Travel Blogs, Armchair Travel, Amazing Adventures of a Nobody, Travel News
Leon Logothetis

I admit it. This whole thing started because of an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, a depressing London flat, a subtitled foreign flick and a personal existential crisis.

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WATCH: Couch Surfing, Literally

Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Couch Surfing Video, Kootenay Lake, Bros, Video, Broshenanigans, Couch Surfing, Couchsurfing, Couchsurfing Video, Sports News

BroShenanigans. Their name says it all. What do you get when you have some bros, an old couch and a boat? Couch surfing, obviously. These guys, ...

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How Could I Afford to Travel Around the World for Two Years?

Lisa Lubin | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Travel, Travel Costs, Traveling, Llworldtour, Lisa Lubin, Affordable Travel, World Travel, Ryan Air, Couch Surfing, Traveling Cheap, Travelling Light, Travel News
Lisa Lubin

One of the most common questions I am asked is: "How did you afford to travel around the world?" Here is the simple answer: I saved money by traveling. It would have cost me a lot more to stay and live in Chicago than to travel around the world.

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Couch Surfing and Me

Danna Harman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Couch-Surfing, Italy, Travel, France, Travel News
Danna Harman

I start my week-long couch surfing adventure scrolling through the hundreds of hosts listed on the Rome page and randomly pick one. "Hi there, could I stay on your couch Sunday night?" I write, cheerfully.

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Couchsurfing Memoir: How Many Different Apartments Can One Person Live In?

Los Angeles Times | Steven Zeitchik | Posted 05.25.2011

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Berman, whose new book is "No Place Like Home: A Memoir in 39 Apartments," has made it her goal to dwell in homes in two of the most expensive cities ...

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Homeric Hospitality in the South

Michael Koenigs | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Couch-Surfing, American South, Road Trip, Jack Kerouac, Homer, Jesuit, Cheap Travel, Couchsurfing, Travel, Facebook, Healthy Living News
Michael Koenigs

The United States is now the "Couch Surfing" capital of the world with nearly 400,000 people opening their homes to random travelers on Couchsurfing.org.

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Former Corporate Controller Now 'Couch Surfing' To Stay Afloat

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Couch-Surfing, Struggling to Stay Afloat, Foreclosure Crisis, Foreclosure, Richard Brown Couch Surfing, Recession, Bearing Witness 2.0, Impact News

Richard Brown lost his job over a year ago, and is profiled by MSNBC.com as just one of 1.2 million former homeowners who lost their house during the ...

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9 AWESOME Spring Break Alternatives (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Couch-Surfing, Spring Break, Spring Break 2010, Spring Break College, College Life, Spring Break Alternatives, Slidepollajax, Spring Break Cheap, College News

Produced by HuffPost's College Reporting Team Forget Cancun. Forget Vail. And forget your childhood bedroom, replete with stuffed animals and a st...

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