Couchsurfing may have sold out and lost its soul but couchsurfing camps remain a fun way to hang out with a bnnch of new people in nature. Not so much a festival as a fun gathering generally involving plenty of alcohol.
February
8th Tallinn CS Sauna Camp 17 – 19 of February 2017 Tallin, Estonia – FB Event
Saint-Petersburg Black Days 2017 23 – 26 of February 2017 Sankt-Peterburg/Санкт-Петербург, Russia FB Event
CS Carnival in Maastricht Region 2017 23 of Feb – 01 of March 2017 Maastricht, The Netherlands FB Event, BW Event
Carnival in Cologne 2017 Köln, Germany 23 – 28 of February 2017 Köln, Germany FB Event:
March
Back To The Future! CS Milan Carnival 2017 03 – 05 of March 2017 Milano, Italy FB Event
May
CS Minsk Weekend 2017 25 – 28 of May 2017 Minsk/Мiнск, Belarus
June
Nature Surfing 2017 09 – 11 of June 2017 Rīga/Daugavas loki, Latvia
Amalfi Coast International Summer Camp 2 Costiera amalfitana, Italy 29 of June 02 of July 2017
July
Mont Royal Summer Camp Vol. 11 19 – 24 of July 2017 Traben-Trarbach, Germany FB Event
Hamburg Invasion 2017 27 – 30 of July 2017 Hamburg, Germany
August
The 11th Big Franconian Meeting 04 – 06 of August 2017 Nürnberg, Germany
Belgium Sumer Camp 2017 23 – 27 of August 2017 Somme-Leuze, Belgium CS Event, FB Event
Riga Good Times X 31 of August 03 of Semptember 2017 Rīga, Latvia
September
Sorrento/Islands of Napoli Sorrento, Italy 21-09-2017 till 24-09-2017
December
Milano Wintercamp (t.b.c.) Milano, Italy t.b.a
10th Edition of the F…..g New Year’s Eve Party (with giant jaccuzzi) 29 of December 2017 02 of January 2018 Les Haudères, Switzerland
Alternatives to Couchsurfing
If you’d like to find some of the original traveller spirit now so missing from Couchsurfing then you can try:
Bewelcome – smaller, groovier.
Trustroots – the newest hospitality alternative with a back to basics feel.
Hospitality Club – yes, it’s an oldie and should have been redesigned 10 years ago but it’s still going.
And more hardcore travellers meet up every year at the Hitch Gathering.
