Calling all men - you have not been left out!

28/11/2011

Men reading the letter (MT November) describing the organisation "Women Welcome Women World-Wide" may be interested to know that there are alternatives from which they are not excluded.

For almost three years I have exchanged hospitality with people from eight different countries through the CouchSurfing website (www.couchsurfing.org). Normal services are free, but there is a charge for features such as having your address verified. Members have a profile which includes not only what they write about themselves, but what people they have met write about them - information which is very useful when deciding whether or not you want to host someone and when searching for possible hosts.

People of retirement age (sadly in my view) represent a small fraction of the membership, but out of three million there are still significant numbers.  You can search for potential hosts on age and gender. I have personally met singles, both men and women, couples, families, across a wide range of ages, with nothing but positive experiences to date.

Members can make their profile public or restrict it to other members. The best way to evaluate the system is to look at the public profiles on the website and decide whether or not you want to sign up.