New Roads to Travel
With the death of CouchSurfing to the pandemic and the equally poisonous influence of unfettered capitalism, the community I relied on to find good company and a quiet corner to sleep while on the road has fractured between several new services. The principal three are listed below. BeWelcome.org , a non-profit based in France, branched off from the now-defunct Hospitality Club in 2007. Of the claimants to the CouchSurfing throne, it has the largest community. TrustRoots.org is a smaller nonprofit based in the UK. Couchers.org is the most direct sequel to CouchSurfing and, while still in an ongoing "beta," has a lot of promise. There are several other options available to the aspiring nomad. World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOFing) WorkAway Facebook Groups NomadList , a social network for the deracinated who work remotely