Editing Searching and requesting a couch (section)

===Asking more than one host at the same time===
Asking more than one member for a couch increases your chances to finally get a couch when/as you want it. This is quite ok, especially when you're in a hurry or your dates are fixed. But please keep in mind: When hosts agree to host you then they will definitely have made changes in their schedule - just for you. So
*Don't flood the community with requests. Try to filter out only a few hosts-to-be by carefully reading profiles.
*Decide as soon as possible for one host.
*Tell any other immediately that you will not make use of their offer. Don't let somebody prepare <u>your</u> stay in vain. Remember: you had time enough to ask, they invested their time to think about it and to give you a positive response. So whatever hurry you are in, you must have the time to write at least a short message.
*Maybe you can „meet them for a coffee or a drink“ instead.

([http://www.couchsurfing.com/groups.html?group_category=1 Groups related to the city, region or country] are not recommended to search couches. But in case of emergency [budget traveling is not an emergency] it's an option to ask around there if people are interested in hosting you.)