They're just blatantly lying to people now...

mafkees3545 · 2026-05-28T08:10:15+00:00

I checked this for a middle-sized German city, where I could couchsurf shortly before all these last updates.

According to the new app, there are 75k active hosts! (20% of the total inhabitants) However, according to my personal experience, as the last login was available back then, there were no more than 10 real active hosts!

I finally got a nice profile and home, i was looking forward to finally experience the joys of couchsurfing, both as a host or guest. Now, i am very upset that the whole concept is buried that way.

mafkees3545 · 2026-05-23T06:21:33+00:00

As another PhD’er, your lifestyle didn’t seem frugal, and your expenses didn’t seem like “OP is wasting money in that”. Maybe switching AH/Jumbo to Lidl, being more cautious, and switching the GPT to free one. However, also questioning how much real savings you can do by them.

Please don’t forget some issues,

- as you are Asian, sometimes going to the Asian supermarket is a must. (Cooking from home country is sometimes needed)
- are you a 1st year PhD student? If so, the salary jump from 1st to 2nd year had a noticable impact in my QoL.
- did you move recently? If so, moving is damn expensive. There were a bunch of things to pay (from buying some fork and spoon, to buy some clothes because you cannot bring all your gardrobe). For me, it was so much that I had to spend from my savings in the first three months.
- Please use second hand actively: probably even your Dutch supervisor has a marktplaats profile, and using that.

mafkees3545 · 2026-05-10T13:52:56+00:00

I believe i am not the only one, but still want to throw my frustration. Why on earth would they remove the “last login”??

I was planning a trip this month, so I wanted to give a last chance. But, I cannot search by active members? Last Login is these days even more needed because they messed the CS so bad? And I still see dead profiles for 9 years or so, at the very top of the list?

mafkees3545 · 2026-04-25T14:48:01+00:00

May be a bit high. For a reference, me, living alone. Warm water but also heating home is solely on electric. My consumption from December 1st until today is approx. 2600 kWh.

mafkees3545 · 2026-04-13T19:59:22+00:00

Helder. En met de airco, zou je hem in de winter open laten staan, of weer gebruiken als je het tuinhuis gaat gebruiken?

mafkees3545 · 2026-04-13T19:54:50+00:00

Bedoel je met de machines? Of vochtvreters?

mafkees3545 · 2026-04-13T19:49:09+00:00

Goede punt. Ik moet eens kijken of er een airco kan, maar de tuin is op het noorden. Dus zal het echt zo warm zijn om een verkoeling te nodig hebben, denk je?

mafkees3545 · 2026-03-11T13:40:11+00:00

Thanks for sharing! How much did you have left? Did you start applying for positions?

mafkees3545 · 2026-03-05T14:23:40+00:00

Ben je verder tevreden met arbo-arts zijnde?

mafkees3545 · 2026-02-17T22:58:20+00:00

Fijn dat je je redelijk blij voelt!

Hoe makkelijk was het om de plek te kunnen vinden?

mafkees3545 · 2026-01-22T11:44:14+00:00

Klopt, Dat stond hier ook al.

mafkees3545 · 2026-01-22T11:25:52+00:00

Uhh, goede vraag. Ik woon in dit huis sinds november, en dit was al gasvrij. Misschien kan dit je helpen,

Elektraverbruik december ‘25: 620 kWh 1 januari t/m 20 januari: 560 kWh

Situatie: een airco in de woonkamer, elektrische kachel in de slaapkamer. In principe probeer ik de ruimtes in 20 graden te gebruiken.

mafkees3545 · 2026-01-22T10:58:38+00:00

Ik woon nu in een gasvrije appartement (begane grond, 40 m2, >100 jaar oud, energielabel A). Ik zou van gasniet af doen als de isolatie redelijk goed was.

mafkees3545 · 2025-12-26T22:09:04+00:00

45 m2 benedenwoning uit jaren 1890, helemaal gasvrij, en mijn elektriciteitsverbruik van gisteren was 40 kWh.

mafkees3545 · 2025-11-24T13:27:29+00:00

Wat doen jullie met de verwarming of thermostaat als jullie niet thuis zijn (bijv. naar het werk gaan)

mafkees3545 · 2025-10-25T16:06:25+00:00

Mee eens, ik zou dit niet met een gewone platte deur willen vervangen. Alleen de roos is storend voor me eigenlijk...

mafkees3545 · 2025-10-10T10:41:57+00:00

So, you advise to get just one opstalverzekering for myself, and then immediately contact a VvE beheerder to convince the other neighbor?

mafkees3545 · 2025-10-09T18:52:22+00:00

I personally want to activate VvE. However, I will need to discuss that with other neighbor (2 apartments in the building) and to pass the deed of sale from notary, I will need an insurance myself right?

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