Within one week of signing up to Couchsurfing I had 4 requests.
The first request was from an Australian couple that had been traveling through Japan for a couple of days. They were looking for a place to stay in
Tokyo and sent me a lengthy message about their trip, their wish to meet people to make their stay more enjoyable and what interests we had in common.
They were new to Couchsurfing, having stayed with only one other person before, somewhere else in Japan.
Since I didn’t yet have any plans for the weekend I decided I could let them stay for one night from Friday to Saturday and spend Saturday showing them around.
So, we made a plan. They would arrive on Friday night after I had finished working and we would figure everything else out after that.