There's no money involved, but it's not intended as just a place to sleep for free. It's a hospitality exchange; someone will host you, in exchange for the oppo

There's no money involved, but it's not intended as just a place to sleep for free. It's a hospitality exchange; someone will host you, in exchange for the opportunity to meet a new person they find interesting or want to help out. Sadly, once the organization changed years ago, it became some bizarre money making scheme for the owners. They employ a small staff and generally try to keep the lights on, but they've never really responded to user complaints about the changed functionality. The end result is the community ran screaming to Facebook Groups (where they are basically disconnected social groups that only locals know about) which basically gutted the real online community, so now single dudes trying to get laid are the most common hosts, and new surfers don't understand that it's not a free Airbnb. It's still active for hosting/surfing, it's just less useful now.