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"Shoestring, one of my favorite budget-living sites, (hilariously) addresses the etiquette of &amp;amp;#8220;couch surfing&amp;amp;#8221; this week. &amp;amp;#8220;It may seem like common sense to be nice to your hosts, but some people take advantage of the whole &amp;quot;mi casa es su casa&amp;quot; mentality. The truth is, it ain&amp;#x27;t your casa so don&amp;#x27;t act like it is, even for a moment,&amp;amp;#8221; says writer Giulia Rozzi. Not su casa. We repeat, not su casa. I think most people&amp;amp;#8212;at least the lovely readers on my blog, anyway&amp;amp;#8212;know how to behave when visiting friends and family for a weekend. My question: Do you ever surf the couches of people you don&amp;amp;#8217;t already know well? Maybe I&amp;amp;#8217;m uptight (and I don&amp;amp;#8217;t think I am), but couch surfing holds little appeal for me. However, there are a million-plus members Couch Surfing who say it&amp;amp;#8217;s totally excellent. I just don&amp;amp;#8217;t think I could relax and enjoy, say, Singapore (there&amp;amp;#8217;s a user from there online right now, as well as one from France, one from Italy, and two from Norway), while crashing with a stranger. Savvy or Stupid: Would you stay on a stranger&amp;#x27;s couch to save cash?(online surveys) Have you have spent an extended stay on someone&amp;amp;#8217;s sectional?(online surveys) Has anyone surfed a stranger&amp;amp;#8217;s couch? Or had nightmare houseguests? Even if you&amp;amp;#8217;ve been a hotel-dweller in the past, would you consider couch surfing in this economy? Got wanderlust? Try these travel-y reads: Travel Tips: Paris Travel-Size Beauty Products Have Gotten So Freakin&amp;#x27; Chic A Clever Way To Stash Your Skivvies When You Travel Photo: iStock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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