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'''Jaringan silaturahmi''' <ref>{{cite news
|first = Elok Dyah
|last = Messwati
|author =
|coauthors =
|url = http://travel.kompas.com/read/2011/04/06/09212751/Ke.Eropa.dengan.Hemat.tetap.Nikmat
|title = Ke Eropa dengan Hemat tetap Nikmat
|work =
|publisher = Kompas Extra
|pages =
|page =
|date = Rabu, 6 April 2011
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}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|first = Zulham
|last = Mubarak
|author =
|coauthors =
|url = http://www.jpnn.com/berita.detail-59950
|title = Nancy Margaretha, 'Duta Besar' Komunitas Backpacker Dunia untuk Indonesia
|work =
|publisher = [http://wiki-indonesia.club/wiki/Grup_Jawa_Pos Jawa Pos News Network (JPNN)]
|pages =
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|date = Kamis, 25 Maret 2010
|accessdate =
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}}</ref>([[bahasa Inggris]]: ''hospitality exchange network'') adalah [[komunitas]] atau [[jejaring sosial]] yang bertujuan untuk memberikan [[akomodasi]] kepada [[wisatawan]] atau petualang, umumnya di [[rumah]] penduduk lokal.<ref name="nytimes1">{{cite news
|first = Susan
|last = Stellin
|author =
|coauthors =
|url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B05E6DE1230F93AA35754C0A9609C8B63
|title = Practical Traveler: Hospitality Exchange Services
|work =
|publisher = The New York Times
|pages =
|page =
|date = 9 Juli 2006
|accessdate =
|quote =
}}</ref><ref name="time1">{{cite news
|first = Carolyn
|last = Sayre
|author =
|coauthors =
|url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1724409,00.html
|title = Where the Hospitality Is Priceless
|work =
|publisher = Time
|pages =
|page =
|date = 20 Maret 2008
|accessdate =
|quote =
}}</ref><ref name="times1">{{cite news
|first = Sally
|last = Howard
|author =
|coauthors =
|url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/holiday_type/gap_travel/article1622344.ece
|title = The Top 5 couchsurfing websites
|work =
|publisher = Times Online
|pages =
|page =
|date = 8 April 2007
|accessdate =
|quote =
}}</ref> Konsep jaringan pertukaran tempat untuk menginap sudah ada sejak tahun 1949 dimulai oleh organisasi bernama [[Servas]] yang didirikan oleh Bob Luitweiler,<ref name="times1"/> menggunakan [[buletin]] dan [[telepon]], dan pada tahun 1990-an organisasi-organisasi jaringan silaturahmi mulai beralih menggunakan [[Internet]]. Kini, [[situs web]] jejaring sosial jaringan silaturahmi terbesar adalah [[CouchSurfing]], [[Hospitality Club]] dan [[BeWelcome]] <ref>{{cite news
|first = Vicky
|last = Baker
|author =
|coauthors =
|url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/blog/2008/apr/11/travelnetworking
|title = Going local
|work =
|publisher = Guardian News
|pages =
|page =
|date = 11 April 2008
|accessdate =
|quote =
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Pada tahun 2000 [[Hospitality Club]] didirikan oleh Veit Kühne, sebagai salah satu jaringan silahturahmi pertama yang menggunakan media [[Internet]]. Pada tahun 2004, Casey Fenton mendirikan situs [[CouchSurfing]].<ref>{{cite news
|first = Valerie
|last = Streit
|author =
|coauthors =
|url = http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/01/19/inauguration.couch.sleeping/
|title = Hosts make it work for inauguration
|work =
|publisher = CNN
|pages =
|page =
|date = 19 Januari 2009
|accessdate =
|quote =
}}</ref> CouchSurfing kini dianggap sebagai salah satu organisasi yang membuat konsep jaringan silahturahmi populer di masyarakat luas (''mainstream'').<ref name="times1"/>
<ref>{{cite news
|first = Ingki
|last = Rinaldi
|author =
|coauthors =
|url = http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/01/19/inauguration.couch.sleeping/
|title = Menjalin Persahabatan di Atas Sofa
|work =
|publisher = KOMPAS
|pages =
|page =
|date = 10 December 2009
|accessdate =
|quote =
}}</ref>
== Manfaat ==
Jaringan silaturahmi menjadi salah satu cara berpetualang yang sangat membantu secara [[ekonomi]], karena para petualang dapat menemukan tempat tinggal secara murah bahkan cuma-cuma ditempat yang mereka kunjungi.<ref name="time1"/><ref>{{cite news
|first =
|last =
|author =
|coauthors =
|url = http://www.theage.com.au/travel/beer-for-breakfast-couchsurfings-cultural-confusions-20081230-777y.html
|title = Beer for breakfast? Couchsurfing's cultural confusions
|work =
|publisher = The Age
|pages =
|page =
|date = 31 Desember 2008
|accessdate =
|quote =
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