The Ultimate Free Accommodation Guide - Travel for Free

Introduction to the Ultimate Free Accommodation Guide, and I give you a little preview of what to come!

Information on hospitality exchange networks, specifically couchsurfing, bewelcome & trustroots. There you can find strangers that invite you to their place :) Also I mention towards the end, services such as workaway & wwoof, where you work a little bit, to get a free place on your travels! All links are below!

Couchsurfing: https://www.couchsurfing.com/
Trustroots: https://www.trustroots.org/
Bewelcome: https://www.bewelcome.org/
Warmshowers: https://www.warmshowers.org/

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Services where you work for lodging + food:
Workaway: https://www.workaway.info/
WWOOF:  http://wwoof.net/
Worldpackers: https://www.worldpackers.com/
Helpx: https://www.helpx.net/

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House sitting (where you get to keep and maintain the house of someone who's abroad or traveling himself). I didn't do it myself yet, so I don't have much of advice!
https://www.trustedhousesitters.com
https://www.mindmyhouse.com/
https://www.nomador.com/

An introduction to Couchsurfing - how to sign-up, and get your profile up and running so that people want to host you! Remember to gather a lot of these references, they are a game-changer for your Couchsurfing success. The next few lessons of the guide will focus on Couchsurfing!

https://www.couchsurfing.com/

Presenting the many filters you can use to find hosts on couchsurfing & how to write great couchrequests. These are the requests you send to people if you want to stay on their couch on couchsurfing. Remember, don't "automate" your messages, make them personal, and thoroughly check the profiles of potential hosts!

https://www.couchsurfing.com/

Plunging deep into Couchsurfing - showing advanced tools and functions to find hosts more efficiently! Including Couchsurfing groups & public trips and how to use them! Any more advice or tips needed on couchsurfing?? Let me know in the comments! :)

https://www.couchsurfing.com/

A little talk on safety on Couchsurfing (and generally if you stay at the home of strangers). Yes, I had some bad experiences on the platform before, so please always use common sense and keep in mind that you can leave anytime. This applies to all the hospitality exchange networks.

A guide on how to be a great guest when traveling. These lessons can be applied anytime you find yourself as a guest in the home of a strangers. Remember, don't take it for granted that someone invited you! Especially applicable when you couchsurf on your travels! Enjoy your stay! ✓

Techniques how to use social media, like Facebook to find free places to stay on your travels! My biggest tip is using Facebook Livestreams in groups to find a host. I suggest combining all your social media's power when you travel, to get maximum exposure! Suggested FB groups to post, in the city you want to stay at:

Student's groups (like so-called "Erasmus" in Europe)
Couchsurfing groups
Ultimate Frisbee groups
Quidditch groups
... and any groups of hobbies you personally super enjoy.

Something that unfortunately didn't make it it into the guide, besides this small text annotation at the end, is using dating apps for place to stay. Most prominently you can use Tinder, but there are many many more dating apps that you could use to do this! :)