u/henners2311

Before I completely give up on Couchsurfing, I was wondering if any canaries in the coal mine can clarify something for me.

I previously would go to the public trips section on CS to see all of the people publicising that they were coming to a town or city, so you could offer to host them or potentially meet up if they seemed like you’d gel with them, and have things in common. It would be a great way to find potential guests I could hand pick rather than just relying on anyone just sending me a request. Is this still in place? If not would probably be a deal breaker for me.

I ask because I started an account on Couchers but this option doesn’t seem to be possible at all, you can’t seem to find travellers coming to your city, only hosts in each respective city in the world, which is find if you want to stay with someone but not if you want to host someone who is passing through.

Any confirmation of this would be appreciated, thanks.

I am flying out to London from Lisbon at 7am in mid July with BA and just wondered if any of these massive delays are affecting those with residence cards. In the past few times I have flown I could just use the electronic gates for Schengen citizens and just show them my residence card for Portugal, but has this changed now? I last flew in December. It’s just I want to get there early enough but I have to check a bag in and it says online baggage drop is only available 2.5-2 hours before the flight which seems crazy, surely 3-4 hours should be possible.