Find a Travel Buddy

Website Travel Networking has become popular over the last few years. Some sites are free while others may require a small subscription fee. It takes a few minutes to set up a profile and if you are really serious about finding a travel buddy it’s recommended you join a few websites. To locate like-minded travelers specify your destination and what you would like to accomplish during your visit.

Five websites for your consideration:

1) TravelChums.com offers free subscriptions. See my last post Not Ready to Travel Solo for more information on this site.

2) Travelersmeet.com, this site also offers a free subscription and you can also meet travel buddies at home or abroad.

3) Couchsurfing.com is an interesting site. Their goal is to change the way we relate to the world through travel. As a member of this site you can host other members, or find a free place to stay. You must be a member of the site to participate. Couchsurfing is free to join but the website is supported by donations from their members. There are about 474,129 available couches in some 45,000 cities around the world.

4) Lonely Planet Classifieds On this site you can place or answer ads for travel companions. Also buy/sell travel gear. Worth browsing.

5) Travelpod.com One the web’s largest travel blogs is free to join and apart from meeting other members you can maintain a blog and upload pictures of your travels.

Happy Travels