What's the difference between the Airbnb and CouchSurfing experience for a host?

2/8/2016 10:34:14 AM

AirBnb: You can host people in your house and they will pay you for it. You should have your house ready to receive guests, like a clean house, good services like air conditioning, heating, be attentive and polite with your guests. Even some hosts give complimentary services, like breakfast, free beer, water or other things.
It is like a little hotel with 1, 2 or 3 rooms. You charge for the services and you have an obligation for good service to them.
I would like to say, that you will have to pay taxes for the service.

Couchsurfing: You are inviting people to sleep in your house (sometime it can be just go for a walk with them, not just hosting).
In that case, you are not “obliged” to get anything ready. Otherwise, it would be very polite from you to have a clean house or good services, but it just depend on you an the guest should not complain for anything, as long as they are not paying for anything. Even sometimes, host can bring you a little present, cook for you or pay a dinner or for drinks if you go out together. But it just happens sometimes.

In both cases, you will be rated and shared the experience with the community.

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