Hello friend I haven't met yet!
**PLEASE READ ALL OF MY PROFILE!**

I'm Andy 🙏🏻

Welcome to my profile

Let me start by saying I get soooo many messages on here and that if I don't reply to you it's nothing personal I'm just very distracted and unorganised with messages and I sometimes occasionally miss some! That being said I'm making a new resolution to be much better at this so hopefully you will benefit from this!

**I offer a cosy and safe space for people wanting to hang out and maybe explore the city**

*I believe CS should be kept pure and offer a safe space for solo female travellers with no ulterior motives!*

When I host people I want to actually hang out with these people and get to know them and actually spend time with them. I want to talk to you and get to know you and what you believ in. Therefore unfortunately I won't be an easy option if I'm not feeling up to it or if your simply wanting a place to crash for the night. I mean there are hostels for if you want to go out drinking and staying out late and also I think I need to get something out of it too right?! 🤷🏻

That being said, if I am hosting you, I will try to be as hospitable as possible, this could include cooking for you, or maybe even having a drink and sharing my whisky! I consider myself well knowledge on all kinds of places in Scotland and would be happy to give some good recommendations.

Factors that will make me consider hosting you:

**That you write a long message explaining why exactly you want me to be your host and not somebody else**

**If you have hosted someone before this is a great plus**

**I don't usually care about if you have references or not, references are a bonus but everybody has to start somewhere. I am far more likely to judge you on you first message than your references**

Some important stuff...

**I can't guarantee that you will get super fresh sheets on the bed when you stay, I try to change them every week or so of actually sleeping, but if I have 3 sets of guests each staying 2 nights I will keep the same ones on. Im lucky I can actually give a bed and not just park you on the sofa, but I'm very busy and I can't be a hotel, hence why I'm not on Airbnb making loads of money with the room!!**

**I will do my best to keep the bathroom clean, but if I missed something or you need more toilet paper please say as this will help me!**

**Let's talk first if you want to use the kitchen as my fire alarm can be very sensitive and there's a few things to help**

**Feels free to leave anything you like in the fridge**

**It will be easy for you to come and go even if I will be at work, you won't have to be outside all day, I mean it rains here in Scotland!!**

LASTLY (But also very important....!)... I always appreciate a bi-directional relationship with hosting, if I host you for a few nights and pour my heart into a meal for you, then a bottle of wine with the meal for example would be appreciated:) things like that go a long a way and imo should maybe be considered more often by couchsurfers. Unfortunately I have had experiences where I have hosted people for nearly a week using my shower and my kitchen and not even s ingle gift to say thank you :( these things make me feel im getting taken advantage of a bit

I myself have travelled to 43 countries and would consider myself big on adventure and the outdoors. I hope to use couchsurfing to build a network of lovely people all around the world and build my profile so that I can use it abroad when the time comes for myself again to travel!

I work full time as a support worker for autistic adults. I love my job and I'm very happy doing it, though it can come with its challenges.

In my spare time I try be the healthy and going to the gym and sauna etc or can be found on my computer writing my own electronic music, something I have been doing for 10 years now!! I like to think that the music I make us a reflection of the mountain scenery I have seen over my life!

I also really value meditation and properly listening to beautiful music, all these things really enrich my soul 💜

I think this should be enough for part 👊🏻

***IF you have read all of this please include password "Highlands" in your message

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

So... Why am I here on couchsurfing???

I'm hoping to use this platform to host people from all over the world and to share my life with strangers for some days!

I value the trust based aspect of CS a alot and it means a great deal to me and how i see the world. I believe CS should be an exchange and not just a free place for people to stay. Unfortunately i have been treated like a free hostel in the past with little thought as to how they could give back to the host. I'm trying to be more selective these days.

Interests

• photography
• meditation
• live music
• travel
• gym
• healthy lifestyle
• music production
• hiking,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitchiked over 3000km across 8 countries in Europe

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Saint Lucia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam