Ann is cordial, buys food and cooks dinner with her hosts, and doesn't make long-distance phone calls from their phones. The twentysomething eco-warrior realizes that successful couch surfing requires tact, treading lightly, and a belief in mutual aid. Couch king Devon, highly skilled in the arts of low-maintenance guesthood, uses similar tactics when surfing. I do all the dishes, clean up around the house, try to keep things neat. Yeah, I came back from my last trip totally trained to do dishes.
Landlords generally despise couch surfers.
Check the look on your landlord's face when she pops by for a quick, painless inspection and finds two folks camped out in your living room. Janan New is the executive director of the San Francisco Apartment Association, a lobby that represents about 2,100 owners of rental properties. She's clueless about the couch-surfing phenomenon. I didn't know that was taking place. I assure her that sofa surfing is widespread among those below executive status.