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		<title>Couchsurfing with the Icelandic President?</title>
		<link>http://www.goinglocaltravel.com/2011/10/12/couchsurfing-with-the-icelandic-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicky Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspired by Iceland Invitations from Inspired By Iceland on Vimeo. Icelanders are opening their homes to visitors, as part of a new tourism campaign — and leading the way is the country&#8217;s president. Watch this video above. It appears to be an invite around to the presidency for pancakes. Who&#8217;s up for paying him a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mutiny aboard the good ship Couchsurfing</title>
		<link>http://www.goinglocaltravel.com/2011/09/02/mutiny-aboard-the-good-ship-couchsurfing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 23:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicky Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big news came last week in the announcement that Couchsurfing.com had decided to abandon its non-profitmaking roots and accept £4.7m of venture capital. I wrote about it for the Guardian here: Not-for-profit Couchsurfing becomes a company (with a conscience) Some members are angry about the move and protest groups have already been formed on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 50 travel websites</title>
		<link>http://www.goinglocaltravel.com/2011/05/08/top-50-travel-websites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 18:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicky Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Independent published their list of 50 Best Travel Websites last week. At the time, I was off exploring Misiones, northern Argentina, so this is a belated catch-up. As some readers have pointed out on the Twitter, it&#8217;s frustrating that the online version isn&#8217;t accessible as a straight list and instead you have to click [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Staying with locals: the update</title>
		<link>http://www.goinglocaltravel.com/2011/01/24/staying-with-locals-the-update/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goinglocaltravel.com/2011/01/24/staying-with-locals-the-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicky Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an update stay with the locals schemes that I wrote for yesterday&#8217;s Guardian travel section.  The aim of the piece was to look at what was new in the field and how the site&#8217;s are developing. It ran alongside a piece about an interesting, new homestay project in India and an account by one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why travelling &#8216;for free&#8217; doesn&#8217;t work</title>
		<link>http://www.goinglocaltravel.com/2010/06/16/why-travelling-for-free-doesnt-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goinglocaltravel.com/2010/06/16/why-travelling-for-free-doesnt-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicky Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark Boyle, the freeconomy guy who I&#8217;ve written about before, has popped up in the Guardian today talking about how to travel for free. There are no real revelations in his recommendations &#8211; Couchsurfing, LiftShare and WWOOFing all get namechecked -  but I&#8217;m happy to hear that he is going to be writing more regularly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travel networking: getting over the fear</title>
		<link>http://www.goinglocaltravel.com/2010/05/27/travel-networking-getting-over-the-fear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 22:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicky Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some people hate the idea of offline travel networking. I&#8217;m talking about anything &#8211; from Couchsurfing to an open-house dinner &#8211; which involve stepping out of a comfort zone and finding yourself in the company of strangers. Here are some tips for getting over the fear and making it work for you: Worried about awkward [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Couchsurfing is great for language learners</title>
		<link>http://www.goinglocaltravel.com/2010/05/13/why-couchsurfing-is-great-for-language-learners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goinglocaltravel.com/2010/05/13/why-couchsurfing-is-great-for-language-learners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 04:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicky Baker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Local travel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ve said this before, but I really can&#8217;t emphasis this point enough: Couchsurfing.com is fantastic for language learners. And not just for hosts/guests. It can be a godsend in your home town too and it needn&#8217;t involve a single couch. I have raved about Couchsurfing&#8217;s Buenos Aires forum before (see: Top three ways [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A brief history of the hotel</title>
		<link>http://www.goinglocaltravel.com/2010/05/10/a-brief-history-of-the-hotel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goinglocaltravel.com/2010/05/10/a-brief-history-of-the-hotel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 19:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicky Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just finished reading Wanderlust: a social history of travel by Laura Byrne Paquet. It&#8217;s a great read for anyone interested in how the travel industry got to where it is today, moving from the original aristocratic European &#8216;grand tours&#8217; to Thomas Cook&#8217;s first package holidays and onward to today&#8217;s &#8216;green travel&#8217; and the potential [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Couchsurfing bad for locals?</title>
		<link>http://www.goinglocaltravel.com/2010/03/21/is-couchsurfing-bad-for-locals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goinglocaltravel.com/2010/03/21/is-couchsurfing-bad-for-locals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicky Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is Couchsurfing bad for local travel? Well, this is a new conundrum. Sort of. Couchsurfing has, of course, always had it's critics. And so it should. There is no 'perfect' way to travel. Everything has pros and cons. And I've always been keen to tackle those belonging to couchsurfing. A very interesting blog over at the new Local Travel Movement site caught my eye today. Writer Ethan Gelber has picked up on some comments suggesting that couchsurfing sites do not fit in with the 'local travel' idea.]]></description>
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		<title>Has Couchsurfing grown up?</title>
		<link>http://www.goinglocaltravel.com/2010/02/15/has-couchsurfing-grown-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goinglocaltravel.com/2010/02/15/has-couchsurfing-grown-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicky Baker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Is Couchsurfing now mainstream? 1.5m users is huge number for something supposed to be &#8216;alternative&#8217;. But it depends on what circles you mix in. A couple of years ago, I found myself often having to start from scratch explaining the concept to other travellers in hostels. Couchsurfing was by no means new then, but [...]]]></description>
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