兴趣

• drawing
• karaoke
• volleyball
• badminton
• healthy eating

音乐、电影和书籍

My taste in music depends on my mood - therefore I listen to various styles of music.

When it comes to books, I prefer ones which are based on a real-life story or experience. Some of my favourite, though, are: all of the Harry Potter books, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, LOTR, and other.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

I have lived abroad on my own. It may sound as an everyday thing to do in today's everchanging world, but it was a huge deal for me.

教，学，和分享

Why I prefer NOT verified?

- Buying yourself Verification won't help to "More easily find hosts to stay with". It might even make it harder
- Buying yourself Verification won't make CS safer
- If you need to buy yourself Verification to find/give a couch, something is wrong
- 94.3% of members are not buying Verification and most are 100% OK
- References and vouches say much more about a person than a Verification ever will.
- Verification only checks that the person can receive mail, not the actual location
- You have no way of knowing how long ago someone was Verified and if they have moved somewhere else since
- The Verification is there to make you feel bad for using CS the way it was intended: for free
- In 2008 CS had US$ 800.000 income from Verifications and real donations
- You can ask CS to have your Verification removed if you did not verify in order to gain "automatic benefits" or "better profile options"
- Many members, including verified members and ambassadors, are uneasy with Verification
- Certain hosts and surfers give preference to unverified surfers/hosts or don't host/surf at all Verified any more
- CS refuses to publish the data which allegedly backs up the claim that Verification makes finding/giving a couch easier
- Verification is promoted so aggressively because references don't sell for money

Hospitality exchange is all about trust, a network of trust. Don't support scams like verification eroding that trust. Instead of removing vouches to push the sales of verification, C$ needs to return vouches and remove verification. That can happen when people stop wasting their money on verification.

Here is something you want to read before verifying: https://mikaelkorpela.fi/blog/whats-with-unauthorised-couchsurfing-verification-payments/

If you get rid of your verification, you will help to return the lost trust! If you want to help the company, make them a donation. That is more honest and better for the trust.

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Tips and Trick about my own country; any type of travel experiences; some life hacks; a pair of ears carefully listening to them

我游览过的国家

Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Poland, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

我居住过的国家

Austria, Russian Federation