advice

I thought this might be helpful for some of the people out there that are new to the idea of hitchhiking.

Some great hitchhiking advice from @HippieGangster; It's nice to see more StP'ers making videos!

I know the internet is vast when it comes to "good advice" but I figured since I didn't find any active threads on the subject I'd start up one. We all hear the old lady advice like sticking your thumb in behind your teeth to stop headaches, or spitting over your left shoulder when you see a...

Last year I got a really solid Chevy Silverado with a cap on the back and I've been spending the last few months very slowly fixing it up. It's about ready to hit the road! Just needs new tires, a minor repair to the tailpipe, and a locking t-handle so people can't get in and take my shit. I've...

Stoaked to have my first post, I've been lurking here for a bit now and I'm happy y'all exist. I seem to have found myself in a pretty ideal situation. My friend's uncle who I am close with lives in upstate New York. He has an RV built on a 1994 ford e-350 van with 30,000 miles on it. Hardly...

Hey guys! I have been bummin' it around Florida for the past almost two months and have decided I want to go to the Okeechobee Music Festival. Usually I volunteer and get into festivals and shows for free but they wanted a refundable ticket deposit and I wasn't down with that and didn't have...

Going to be heading out June, bound for Portland. We'll be starting off from Ashland. Any advice, or info I should know?

Hey everyone. Uhh, where to start? I'm 20 years old, just spent the last of my cash on a bus ticket from Chicago, Illinois to West Palm Beach, Florida. Going to start traveling "for a living" if you can really call it that. Leaving on the 28th. I've got like $4 and some change to my name with no...

Hey, so a traveler friend of mine might be homeless in Philly soon. And uh, they're not in consensus reality, they're kinda perma-tripping, hearing things that scare them, talking to themself a lot. So if you know - where are safe(r) places to go, what are the shelters like, etc? I don't want...

Where in FL is good for being homeless and for flying signs? " any advice would be signs.

So, here's my situation. I'm very likely going to lose my job because I've missed too many days due to medical issues. Haven't been there long enough to get on FMLA. I've already been trying for several weeks to find another job with no luck at all, and it used to be damn easy for me to get...

So I'm probably gonna be hitting the road REAL soon (maybe as early as next week) with my dog. She's an American Staffordshire Terrier (pit bull). I've looked over several threads in this section and now I have several questions/concerns [emoji17] I saw some people say you MUST have papers on...

I traveled by myself of and on over the years, last time was last summer. Here is some basic safety advice. Don't pull out your knife, someone will just take it from you and use it against you. If you get it out keep it hidden until you're actually ready to stab and run. The safest thing to...

Hello, Right now I'm outfitting my Honda CR-V (2005) for travel...but I've been searching Craigslist for vans and class Bs...just found this one...http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/rvs/5194889928.html any comments or advice would be greatly appreciated...I'm totally new to this.

Damn....... my grandparents are moving out of their house in September and I won't be able to see it one last time. I spent my entire life visiting their house in rural New Jersey. Almost every one of my holidays was spent eating spiced nuts in front of their fire place. I remember the smell of...

Have any advice for traveling with a larger instrument? I play the harp, it's a half sized harp so it's only 26 strings and I can carry it easily on my back and it's great for busking but it's not nothing, it gets heavy and It's also hella expensive so I'm worried about breaking/getting it...

How do you record on the road? I'm grappling with how to do this. So far I'm thinking portable recorder like the zoom h5, but worry about how to edit that file. Brainstorming here. I have a thousand dollar tax rebate ready for use plus $200 cash. Things I want : I play the acoustic guitar. I...

im in need of advice. i just turned from rubber tramp to hitchhiker and although ive learned so much from my road dogs, i have much more to ask... 1. how do you transport yourself around the city? 2. where do you squat/ camp at night? can i just pitch my tent on the side of the road like i did...

Stuck, board, lonely, doubting yourself? Contact the I've been there I'll get you through.

There was some discussion surrounding this in my introduction. I am planning to live in this vehicle full time and go tramping all around the country in it. I may have one or two people coming along with me. A van would get better mpg than a short bus. A short bus would provide a more spacious...

Iv had road dawgs that has had dogs so im experienced but iv never had a puppy myself (from 6 weeks.) I adopted the pup in my hometown while visiting some people that offered her to me said they were gonna drop her off on the side of the road so i gladly took her. I know most of the Do's the Do...

I Know I haven't got everything I need yet but I just want someone to judge what I have now, what you think I won't need, and what you think I should get. My Pack: Osprey Porter 65 Cooking: Snow Peak GigaPower Stove 8 oz MSR ISOPRO MSR Seagull Stowaway Cooking Pot 3 Backpacker meals for...

When i first left home to travel, i was 15, inexperienced, and cocky. I was with my 17 year old boyfriend and did not take take time to plan at all- needless to say, i was very unsafe. I went to New Orleans and slept outside. I dont want to be unsafe next time.. I have quite a bit to lose. My...

First pack ever put together. It's a short trip for about two weeks... I felt like I needed everything in the world (especially warm clothes galore). But to keep it lightweight and at minimum. Damn. Could use some great advice for the next future plannings. It's a standard duffle that I wear as...

I'm heading back on the road again soon and this time I want to leave Europe. For once too I want to go somewhere that people speak English for a change since it should be easier to find work I would assume. I put this in the USA forum beause its the country I'm most concerned about If I leave...

I've been looking around and noticed there are a ton of portable toilets available, not sure which ones people favor for van living/which ones are easier to clean and flush, that sort of thing. This is for just a normal cargo conversion, not a full camper. Maybe that will come sometime in the...

I've been gathering supplies for my upcoming journey and everything seems to be coming together. I hope to leave within the next few weeks but I have one problem, where to? Bear in mind that I'm currently in northern Delaware. My original plan was to head south for the Winter. I tentatively...

I don't have much of a choice on where on to stay, except the shelter house, but for personal reasons, i rather avoid staying there. I have a tent, a few sleeping bags and some warm clothing to wear for fall. I'm thinking of tenting out in the outskirts of my hometown. I'm just worried about...

Hello everyone, I hope this finds you well. I have been directed here in the hopes of finding answers that I lack among a community of like-minded and skilled individuals. I'm attempting to put together a squat in Los Angeles but information is incredibly scarce. I have found a building which...

Okay first thing is my skin is fucking crawling. I've never seen or had this problem before sleeping outside anywhere else other then EVERYWHERE FROM SANTA BARBRA AND BEYOUNd (south) whats with the fucking ants? and how can i avoid setting up camp in areas that look like they are ant free until...

So I'll be starting out in Hagerstown MD and making my way to Winter Haven FL. By my reckoning, If I can get to the DC area, I can hopefully hitch on I-95. Does anyone have any experience heading south on I-95? Any advice? First time hitching, I've always been the one picking them up.

I'm trying to get to Chicago, leave here in two weeks- I have a possible rideshare lined up, but they're 50/50 and I need to get there to see a lover, and explore that city some more... I feel like I was there so briefly, I barely got to know it. Buses at this point are a non-option, they're...

I have been stuck in Fruita now for over two days trying to hitch out of here to Utah. I've tried flying all different kinds of signs even some funnier ones suggested here. I've danced, thrown an invisible sign, about to go as far as holding out a bottle of lotion while my buddy holds a sign...

Any advice for sailing down the ICW? I've never done it before, and don't really know what to expect.

Hi All, New to this site after a friend recommended it too me. I'm currently in Singapore and have only slept rough in Holland and Spain and am looking some advice about doing it in Singapore. Cheers

Okkk so about a month and a half back I rescued a sweet little staffie cross of aout 18 months from some dickbags who were gonna chuck her under a train. At most times, she's cuddly, friendly and though we've not been together long is getting more and more obedient by the day, coming when I call...

Hey everyone. I'm really new to the nomadic lifestyle (only been doing it for a month when this was posted), and I was wondering if you all had any advice for me. I've always been interested and good at general survivalism, but I realize that this is a whole different animal. When I posted this...

eff it. i'm broke but still want another tat. any tips? like tattoo needle sizes, how not to get infected, how to have the ink not fade, etc.

Heard a couple of things. Apparently it's best to cross near Montreal or Winnipeg but details I don't have. If you or someone you know has done this please get at me maybe a pm or whatever. I need to know EXACTLY where to cross. I know this is easy enough to do because each summer I meet...

I'm starting from Florida, going to try to make it to Nevada by this time next year. As a lady-bodied queer flying alone, there's always that paranoia of getting picked up by zealots or loons and getting raped or killed (the media has ruined my imagination, apologies). I feel like a lot of...

Hey guys, I'm tentatively planning on couch surfing with friends in Seattle for a few months if I can't find work in Vancouver BC, (where I'm from) but I don't want to be a freeloader, and was wondering how difficult it would be to find work as a white, middle-class-appearing woman (and more...

Well I am a percussion player and I am finally housed up so I want to buy a washboard. Should I buy one specifically designed for music (musical washboard) or just a regular one? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Primitive-Washboard-Crackle-Farmhouse-Decor-/310757279278?pt=Folk_Art&hash=item485a93c62e...

Hello. I live in Frederick, MD (USA), <close to DC metro area and Baltimore> and I may have to leave this country for a long period of time. I would like to travel around before winter comes. I can drive but I don't own a car or enough money to cross US on it. I am 22 years old, a college...

Alright so this is my first time travelling across the country homeless. I need some kind folks on here to give me some good advice on what to bring. But only things I'll really REALLY need and that's it. I want to keep my load as light as possible but not be a dumb ass and leave out something...

I'd love to get advice from people who have gone over to either country, or just Europe in general. It's just gonna be me, no dog, and as little gear as physically possible. I would also like to know if anyone has had experience getting deported from either country, as that is a definite...

Basically I got fucked over at a border crossing in Mexico and the customs bastard stole over $100 cash from me. I cannot be the only one on here who does not have a bank account(I travel out of the country A LOT and the ATM fees are fuckin' insane) so now I need some ideas on where to hide...

I'm thinking a truck stop. Trying to get to Oklahoma, but considering oregon first for my take off point south, and then east. Haven't ruled out I-90 to idaho though. Anyone with experience hitching in this area? I'm pretty new. Yes, the danger yes, but whoa the desire, whoa. Mind overmatter...

I've really grown to like StP a lot lately, but I see a lot of posts here about "dirty arrogant kids" this, "d-bag kids" that, whatnot. I'm only 17. When I turn 18 I plan to take the first train out. And just go. And with all these posts going around about "fucking kids" I'd like to know how I...

my buddy is a 25 yr old widow, homeless with no job, and 39 thousand in a paypall account thats frozen until september. there is a possibility that they could hold the money even long after that. We going to get his ebt card today, and when i got interviewed they asked me if i had a bank account...

leaving SLC tommorow, any advice before i head towards vegas its time to get out of here i just flew in last week and i cant sit still but im too broke for anything else so i took my money got a tent, grabbed a bunch of nice knives for trade etc. any advice appreciated safe travels all