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First of all you need to get the invites. When you bump into fellow travelers always express your lifelong heartfelt dream to visit their country. Mention your vague plans to visit their country and even if you can’t get their address at least offer to exchange emails.

The important thing is to get as many contacts as you can so that you can build up a good portfolio of potential places to stay. Send emails reminiscing fondly of your meeting with that person and keep the connection strong – you never know when you might find yourself in their corner of the world.

If you’re starting from scratch then there are some excellent resources on the internet for the traveler in need of hospitality:

www.hospitalityclub.org – Here there are plenty of people who actually enjoy having interesting guests from abroad pass by for a few days. It’s free and you can email people all over the world to request a bed or a sofa for a few days.

Tom has been traveling non-stop since the age of 18 and co-founded Road Junky in 2004. Follow him @tomglaister

He’s the author of Hand to Mouth to India, an account of hitchhiking from England to India with no money and which will soon be rereleased by Road Junky Books.

Tales of a Road Junky featuring tales of breaking people out of jail in Delhi, selling fake Rolexes in Japan and other adventures in Israel and Brazil will be out later this year.

He also writes fiction for anyone who never really grew up and his latest novel is Bozo and the Storyteller – download the audio book for free or even buy a copy…

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