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Whatever the merits of this post (and I'm willing to admit they may be considerable), the usage in the title doesn't make sense to me:
So you're using Google -- effectively the collective brain of the entire planet -- while she's talking to a few people she knows....and she's the one who's engaged in "crowdsourcing"??
I grant you that her approach may be the better one, but do you really think "crowdsourcing" is the appropriate term for this contrast?
A standard name for this is networking: you explain your need to people IRL, or in your blog or wherever, and hope for useful feedback. The replies you get will be customized to you and your relationship with those reading/listening. No one is likely to offer a free plane ride to a total stranger.
We all know that some of the best opportunities are never advertised publicly, be it a plane ride with a friend, a manager's special at a store, or a covetous job opening. There are many more opportunities for couch surfing than posted on couchsurfing.org, etc.