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Hospitality exchange networks require a bit more planning, but are '''very''' valuable tools for traveling. Sometimes there are [http://couchsurfing.com/meetings.html gatherings] of tens, or even hundreds of hospitality exchange members. If you go there you'll surely get a place to sleep!
* [http://couchsurfing.com CouchSurfing](CS), 60000+ members, slightly North American-centric but growing rapidly.* [http://hospitalityclub.org Hospitality Club](HC), 120000+ members, slightly Euro-centric because it was started there. (WARNING: Don't mention other websites, such as CouchSurfing, in your message or it might be censored.)Also, because of this ''spam check'' messages sent on HC sometimes take more than one week to arrive at their destination.* [http://globalfreeloaders.com Global Freeloaders] doesn't have a fancy website, but it's easy to send out a lot of messages at once, and members contact you directly over email, which makes it a lot faster to use, probably convenient for finding last-minute places. Though the lack of handy profiles and the direct communication over email defintely make this site ''less secure''.
''See also [[Current hitchhiking events]] for times and places where you can find free or very cheap acccomodation and friendly people.''
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