If there was no cost to you, would you go on a one week trip with a total stranger?

Absolutely not!

Yupp! You never know how the stranger could be. He/she could be fun and you could make a new friend! :D
But…they could be evil…and mean too o.O
Either way i’d do it! I’d be a stranger to that person too right?

Yes. It would be an adventure.

No thanks.

Maybe. I’d want to talk to them first though.

Of course. New places and new people? If it’s safe and it’s only for a week I can’t imagine anything more interesting. (Then again my life is pretty monotonous.)

Yes. Yes. Yes!

I am tempted, but I gotta be honest with myself here. I don’t like people enough to risk it.

Definitely yes. Especially if it’s a total stranger, because then I get to meet someone new (and hopefully interesting). Being a member of couchsurfing.com means I invite total stranger to come and stay at my place on a regular basis, and show them around the area and so on.

Without a doubt (if it won’t affect my job that is) as long as it’s not someone that will make my SO too jealous ;)

@Chatfe Welcome to Fluther. Lurve.
And the perfect answer as well!

Not likely.

i’ve done it. it usually went ok and sometimes it was really fun.

I would, given that it were completely safe. Even if you don’t get along, it’s an experience, to say the least. It would be an exercise in problem solving at worst or a great chance to hone my people skills.

Of course. A chance to meet someone new, especially if from meeting them they seemed alright and I knew they weren’t like some psycho

Absolutely! I would love to have the chance to meet someone new and interesting.

I would, no cost! Within a week, it’s not too hard to make a new friend, even if I don’t like them, by the end, maybe I have a bit of a liking of them from the trip experienced together. I wouldn’t pass up such an opportunity. ;)

Without a doubt, yes. I love traveling and meeting new people, so this would be an ideal situation for me. Not to mention its free! :)

…come to think of it, I’m spending Christmas with a total stranger this year. We’ll meet on the 23rd for the first time and hopefully spend 2 weeks together (or kill each other before New Year).

Where are we going?
The destination and or location could be the deal breaker…

first i would attempt to determine if they had an ulterior motive, like what are the sleeping arrangements. spending a week fending off a stranger’s sexual advances might not be too much fun. if i thought about it and they seemed like they were benevolent, and we were not going somewhere too remote (just in case some safety issues did arise) then i would consider it. i would not want to spend a week in a cabin in the wilderness, for example, but if it were a cruise or staying at a resort i would consider it. Just for the safety factor. i can’t say for sure i would go, but i would consider it if all factors seemed ok. it would have to be determined on a case by case basis.

Yeah! We’d probably fall in love.

Yeah, sure. A stranger is just a friend I haven’t met…. maybe, but I’ll never know unless I take the trip. Besides, I love people (most of them) and I love to travel. Sounds like a win-win to me.

How much of the time would I actually have to spend with this person? Unless the answer to that question is <50%, count me out.

Of course!! Chance to see great stuff free! I’m assuming sex is optional here.

…come to think of it, I’m spending Christmas with a total stranger this year. We’ll meet on the 23rd for the first time and hopefully spend 2 weeks together (or kill each other before New Year).

@Jack79, Is this someone we know?

We have been told the person is not dangerous (whatever that means), what is the worst that could happen, not enjoying yourself for a week? P.leee…ze that is not exactly the end of the world. I would look upon it as a great adventure. When do we leave?

Don’t people do this in tour groups all the time? I would.

Absotively, as long as we have separate sleeping quarters.

As long as it’s not a member of the Palin family…

Nooo….

Absolutely yes.

Only if I knew them very well. j/k Yeah I’d do it. Adventure is adventure. I’m always game.

Where do I sign up?

@PandoraBoxx no, it didn’t work out with that someone you know. This is actually a colleague I met because of work and we’ve been exchanging songs and stuff but never met in person. It’s not necessarily romantic, though it might turn out that way. The main idea though is to meet and sing some songs, maybe record something over Christmas.

Sure I would try it. If nothing else it would make for some good writing material.

As an Army veteran, I regularly went on “trips” with hundreds, even thousands, of total strangers. Most of them had guns, too. And man, you haven’t traveled until you see Afghanistan like a native. It can take your breath away. And it didn’t cost me a thing, except for the night sweats, bad dreams, compulsive standing in the corner of the to cover your back, scanning even close friends to see where their hands are at all times. And unexpected loud noises can ruin a buzz. Oh well, embrace the suck.
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Good times…