Yes, in short, it is a form of travel experience in which the applicant provides reasonable labor for the host in exchange for free accommodation. This kind of "barter" is not allowed to involve any money transaction, so there is no such thing as income and tax.

At present, the most popular and popular countries in the world are New Zealand and Australia. After all, this is the birthplace. Many countries in the United States, Canada and Europe have similar forms, but in comparison, the organizations of couch surfers and volunteers in these countries will be larger. There are also some job-hopping opportunities to stay in China, mostly concentrated in tourist cities, such as Yunnan, Dali and Hainan, and most of them are concentrated in tourism-related industries such as youth travel and hotels.

Douban group often has recruitment posts, grain lines, Easin, youth travel volunteers and so on. "Working for Accommodation" originated from farms and orchards. This seasonal type of work is in urgent need of manpower at some time, so they created this form to solve the labor shortage. Even now, farmers are still the main force to provide accommodation opportunities. Later, this mutually beneficial way was extended to ordinary families, so the types of work were also enriched.