I'm an AirBnB hipster
I took a month off work to drive across the USA in 2005. Before I left I set up a website with a map which people could mark with their location and an offer to trade a bed for beer.

The end result was I stayed with random people from the Internet every night for a month, except four, including two nights where I was just so drunk I passed out in the back seat of the car.

Some of them I had e-known for years but many were just random SomethingAwful goons, or friends of friends of people I'd met earlier in the trip. I was plastered every night (except the weekend with the Mormons), went to a random bachelor party and a homecoming dance (not on the same night, sadly) and met an incredible number of fantastic people. I suppose this sort of thing is a lot less scary for a 6 foot guy than for a lone girl but even so it was striking how welcoming and easygoing everybody was. The trip made a huge impact on my attitude to strangers in general.

The best part was carting around a giant spiral bound art pad and telling (almost) everyone I met to draw me a Top Trump card for themself. Have a nose around here if you like. It's not exhaustive (I was slapdash with it at best) but you get the idea.
( pineapplecharm D d M Y, H:i, Fri 23 Nov 2012, 10:35, Reply)