Today’s Training Reels is about Couchsurfing.com, the website that will hook thrifty and adventurous travelers up with friendly people with a place to stay. For free.

A confession: I’m gettin’ up there in my 20’s. And call me a spoiled arugala-fed elitist aristocrat if you must, but I’m not sure I want to be sleeping on couches for my vacation. I don’t even like sleeping on couches of people I know. I want a nice big bed, free HBO, and little tiny soaps that look like seashells.

But more power to you, couchsurfers.