Itsi Weinstock

Stories

6th October 2022

The couchsurfing crossroads

For nearly two decades Couchsurfing.org has been synonymous with couchsurfing. But amidst growing disillusionment over its direction, Couchers.org is emerging as an alternative platform. To find out how its vision for the couchsurfing movement differs, we spoke with Co-Founder Itsi Weinstock.

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Itsi Weinstock

Itsi Weinstock

Itsi Weinstock is one of the co-founders and the current Executive Director of Couchers.org. He is from Sydney, Australia, and currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area in the USA, where he works his day job as a data scientist in vegan food science research. Itsi is a passionate couch surfer and proponent of non-transactional travel experiences, having connected with communities all around the world.