r/hitchhiking

I’m 15 afab and have. ALWAYS always been warned to neeeeeeever hitch hike. Especially with men. But today I walked to a gas station for something (I’m not supposed to leave campus till my dad picks me up.) and I realized I wouldn’t be able to get back before he got back if I walked. I asked this random guy to take me back when I walked past a gym parking lot. I explained and said my dad would murder me if he came and I wasn’t there. He says he didn’t wanna get involved, I offered to pay him and he was about to refuse and he saw my phone keychain (it’s a pysduck) took a deep ass sigh and said to get in. I go to catholic school so it’s super obvious I’m young. Skirt uniform and all. He wouldn’t let me give him a 20 but I gave him a five as I got out. It felt like a massive adrenaline rush but now I feel kinda guilty cause ik my parents would lose their shit

Im 24 and native american and have never hitchhiked before, gonna be forced to here in a couple of weeks. As brown or black people have yall ever run into some sketchy situations ? I wanna be safe. Lemme know if yall have any tips or stories. thank you

I'm 19f from Helsinki, graduating in September. I have a gap year until September next year and I'm thinking of traveling in Europe, mainly hitchhiking and wildcamping, hostels/coutchsurfing maybe sometimes. I would mostly travel solo but looking to meet people on the way. I'm also thinking about doing some short volunteering stuff, I've been browsing sites like worldpackers and freevolunteering. I'm currently thinking about starting from Tallinn, going south to Greece or Albania, then back north through Germany, Denmark and Sweden and back to Finland. I have around 8k saved up, but looking to travel basically as cheap as possible. Does any of this sound possible, is 8k enough for 9 months of living November-July or so?

Ride 7,000 was rather unremarkable, 3.8 km in 4 minutes with a woman and her little dog, ending on the big Jakai roundabout at Klaipēda. Day itself was slightly more remarkable, third 1,000+ km of the year just in Lithuania.

Hi everyone!
I'm very excited for my first bigger (a month-ish long) hitchhiking trip that is just about to begin. Starting next week, we're planning on going around the Blakans for about a month and despite having previous experience I am still very much anxious my setup is either lackluster or way too much.

Listing everything here would be a burden so here's the lighterpack link.

I'd greatly appreciate all and any help and advice! I'm also open to answering any questions you guys may have!

Hi all, 39 year old British guy from London, England, UK Backpacking in USA. I'll be landing with nothing booked. Plan is to see the real America, not the cities, but inner USA towns. Do it all for free. Free rides, meals and accommodation. See how hospitable Americans are.

I'm looking for a ride out towards Pittsburgh from NYC on Sun 23rd August. Happy if you even take me part way if your're not going all the way. Once in Pittsburgh, try head back to NYC Over the next 2-3 nights on people's good will and kindness.

Also looking for a couch to crash on each night if you live enroute.

Please reach out to me if you think you can help my adventures

As the little says, we're trying to get to Glasgow from Liverpool hopefully today, it's my partner and I

Do you guys think this is possible to do In one day?

Any suggestions or tips on how to go about this?

We were bikepacking before but now we had to leave the bikes behind so we're kinda new to Hitchhiking

Thanks in advance

Hey, I'm planning my first hitchhike in august/september. The plan is to go from southern Poland, through Bosnia to Greece. Since it's my first one, I have some questions to ask.

1. Firstly, how long can it take to go back and forth? I want not to go very fast, some touring and visiting cities on the way, but also not staying more than half a day in one place.

2. Furthermore, how many clothes is optimal for trip this long? (I'll sleep in a tent/bivy sack, maybe one night in a hostel). And following that, how do y'all wash yourselves while hitchhiking and not staying a hotel rooms?

3. Food. What's the best to carry in a backpack and what are practical tips to get cheap food (in the Balkans)?

4. Is Kosovo borders completely fine to cross?

If any question was already answered previously, I'm sorry in advance and would please to get a links to these post with answers.

Peace

Hi guys, planning to give hitchhiking a go for the first time. I’m currently in Rome and and thinking to go down towards Naples and then see from there. Any advice and tips on how I can actually do this.
Thankyou I greatly appreciate it

Edit: thankyou everyone for the advice it actually went much better than expected. I documented the journey and will be posting a video about it tomorrow on my Instagram @mrindefinetly
If you wanted to check it out, Thankyou again.

Hello, I will be starting my hitchhiking trip this Sunday or Monday. It’s my first time, and I am 17 and alone.
My goal is to arrive in 5–6 days—is that doable? What essential tips should I know or pay attention to? (I don't have any experience, but I've watched a lot of YouTube about it (The Race, a German YouTube show) and have already learned quite a bit from it).
Also, what essentials should I bring with me?

A friend and I just left tangier and we’re hitchhiking to San Francisco. How long do you think it will take?

Hello everybody an safe travels. I will be hitchhiking west on I -40 pretty soon an I was wanting to see if any of you guys have any advice about the trip. Like anything I should know about hitchhiking I40 I've done some hitchhiking out west but I will be starting in Tennessee

Thanks any an advice will be appreciated...

I spent 5 months hitchhiking in the Balkans. The accommodations were extremely cheap, I could find a place for 15 Euro often, Im looking at booking and sleeping accommodations are much more expensive.

How expensive is it to find a place to sleep? I've been offered places to sleep in the balkans, but I also speak conversationable Serbo-Croatian so that went a long way, would it be reasonable to try setting up a tent or is that a terrible idea?

I'm not actually concerned about the hitchhiking itself, but doing it on a tight budget, anyone have any experience, how much did you spend?

Hi, I’ve just finished the Camino Frances and am now looking at how to get home. I want to spend the next week walking the Camino ingles backwards then from Finisterre back to Santiago.

Looking at flight prices to London from Santiago I can see it is cheaper to fly from Bilbao.

I (20F) am an experienced (ish) traveller, have decent Spanish and am broke enough to get crafty.

Has anyone done this? Or has anyone got any advice?😅

Buses all booked up and cost of blabla cars or getting multiple trains doesn’t justify flying from Bilbao.