hitchhiking

hiii!! I'm thinking of hitchhiking to Montreal soon and was wondering who already did that route ? Then if you have advices on how and where is the best to leave New York to start the trip? And also, what would be a cool direction to take without being on the highway but still on some main...

One time I'm hit hing in east Texas middle of nowhere back to NY after a job didn't work out few years back. Got a ride from a truck stop to an intersection literally where you couldn't see the end of the horizon just a 4 way stop. I jumped out like fuck thanks dude, but guy pointed in one...

after hanging around here for a couple of pretty passive months, i finally found the motivation to introduce myself. you can call me bert (no pronouns/they). i'm in my twenties. i'm from europe and my preferred way of travelling so far has been hitchhiking, but i'm also curious about trying...

I know conventionally were supposed to stand out there with our thumbs out, but wondering how many people have had success just propping up a sign, sitting on their pack, and playing guitar while waiting for someone to pull over. I’m used to having a companion so typically one of us will sit and...

Hello! My name is drew, I love cats, backcountry camping, and electro folk music. I’ll be hitting the road in the coming months hopefully riding freights, hitching rides and walking wherever my soul takes me! All at the ripe age of 19. Looking forward to sharing lots of stories and meeting cool...

I've recently been training to do Mt. Whitney and have pretty much all the gear I need to. I would start in Barstow and hitch west to Kramer jct then north to Lone pine. Anyone done this before and had any luck? I would have to get to Barstow by freight but that shouldn't be a challenge, I'm...

Have I been living in the god damn matrix since covid?... Where the hell is everyone, just several years back I could barely go without running into other fellow hitchhikers and train hoppers heading through town. Now it's a rarity and even shit I hear from truckers and other people I get rides...

Hello everyone, I saw this website when searching about how to travel cheap by hitchhiking or train surfing, but I haven't got enough points to look and the private train hopping post though so I am asking here. My friends and I are planning a budget-friendly trip through some of the...

Hey, British on and off traveller here. I know this is mainly an American site but you guys have some really good info and advice so thought I'd say hi. Quite a lot of experience of travel at budgets/standards a long way below the mainstream backpacking scene but currently washing dishes to save...

Hi there! I've hitchhiked on and off for years now, and am currently in Spain. I love documenting what's what about hitchhiking and other alternative travel, because it's so underrepresented. Also looking into sailing if I can catch out from a port here, but seems to be challenging for a...

Hello! Around mid-June, I'll probably be tryin to thumb my way down to Portland from northern Washington. Relatively newish to hitchhiking and first time doing it on the coast. Anybody got any tips or points of interest they'd recommend?? Usually, I don't bring any sort of protection with me...

Hi i'm Ben, 21 from London been stuck in the UK all winter :( I've been on a few adventures before mostly hiking trails around spainish island but some hitch hiking trips too, me and a friend went from Lille in France to Budapest last summer it was great! Looking to live on the road and railway...

Hello! Made an account to hopefully be able to use this site as a resource for info and tips in the future. I'm 21 and made it a goal of mine to volunteer/work in every state in the US (I'm at about 12 as of right now). I'm dirt poor but fortunately, if you work for free, you usually get a place...

My plan was to hitch out to California from Philadelphia and see No Values fest and then spend the summer surfing. How far ahead should I plan on leaving?

Hi! single, non smoker, sober -non user/nondrinker (no judgement!) female soon (almost immediately) to be traveler. new to the site, and have been absorbing as much info and sites from the threads as possible! Had this a year ago before my resources and complete life savings went down the...

Yo, I'm 20 yo man from the Czech Republic. In Scout, I got a lot of experience with survival in the woods and so on. Czech scouts are strongly influenced by Woodcraft Indians, so luckily we were more Indians than soldiers. Ocassionally I do urbex with friends, hiking, camping, but nothing...

Hello i am belgium and i wanna hitchhike all europe does anyone have some interesting places??

Leaving 4/13 afternoon if you need a lift / escape route message me I need to be in ATX by 4/15 morning at latest. Plan in getting there Sunday. Bring weed or gas pitch or both. Or none.

Hey all! Just to introduce myself, I’m Snaves, I’ve been travelling with a small group of anarchist families since I was around 9, and now I’m significantly older then 9 I wanna set up my first solo adventure. Now someone normal might say ok let’s take it easy, why not try and hitchhike around...

Ive already hitched twice on freeways, im looking for advice for large highways like I90 because thats the next goal.

All the shit i use to survive. I have a decent size tarp from a dry rotted mess of a dump truck tarp. I cut the only salvageable area out of it, it arnd 8 by 10. I have a fox bag that I packed out the bins for a dollar and its doing me pretty well, I got a hand me down 40+ sleeping thats good...

Seems like the question comes up fairly often here- Any tips on hitchhiking? I would first suggest people check out the Hitchhiking Megathread sticky post at the top of the Hitchhiking Forum that @Matt Derrick has compiled. It's a fantastic list of resources on the subject that are quite useful...

Ive hitch hiked twice before and some tips would be greatly appreciated👍

It would be nice to not travel alone, im freight hopping out of Spokane Wa some time in the beginning of this summer. This is an invitation to join me on this trip.(any advice for the rails and hitch hiking would be greatly appreciated:)

My names Max and I was born and raised in Denver Colorado. All my life I’ve had some pretty gnarly health issues that have lead me to this position in life. I’m physically capable of working sometimes, and other times not so much when I’m having a flare up. I don’t use any drugs other than the...

Would it be worthwhile for me to hitchhike up to Cheyenne from Denver to find more plentiful trains? I’m somewhat new to being on the road and wondering if Cheyenne might be a better place to do some trainspotting to get out where it’s a bit warmer at night. Been freezing my ass off a lot lol...

So.. little trip update for ya'll on some traveling I did this last week. So I came down to the states from Alaska for a few weeks to visit family and friends and get a break from the cold and dark -- Jan/Feb is when the winter really starts to drag on. Ended up in LA with the intention of...

basically i was camped out at a spot where i thought the trains would slow down but after about 9 hours every single train coming out the yard was going way too quick so i decided to hitch to the other side of town at the other bnsf line, im walking down this long county road for like 2 hours...

When I was a wee lad, maybe 12 or 13, I remember thinking about starting a band and living out of a van, it sounded much better than subscribing to corporate drudgery. I grew up in abject poverty, going as many days without food as with, and violence was always around the corner. Even in an...

tryna get catch a train but don’t know anyone who can help, anyone hitting the 509 soon lmk

I'm desperate for a ride, I have to be in St. Louis, Missouri by the 24th of this month. I currently live in Springfield, Missouri. Anyone heading in that direction? I have cash to help out with gas. Please keep your fingers crossed for me! If you are able to help me out in anyway...

Not sure where or why I just know I've got to get away from this place it's hell. Never traveled before gonna be me and my dog on foot any help or advice is appreciated

Hey everyone.. Been lurking on here off and on for the past like 8 years, had a previous account that I can't remember now. Heard through the grapevine that StP was shutting down, and I was stoked to find that it's still going. Just saying hey and interested in getting involved in the...

Hello travelers! I'm currently in Nashville probably gonna hitch west to Memphis but my goal is to get to San Francisco with a little detour up north through Denver/Boulder toward Bozeman Montanna and then cutting west to the Pudget Sound area of Washington and riding the coast south toward SF...

Hey guys! Do any of you have any experience hitchhiking Europe, Middle east, Asia in the last 6 months? I'm thinking of hitchhiking from Sweden to Vietnam, starting in July. But I haven't traveled for a while and I'm not really that updated on the status regarding Covid in most countries. Are...

I've recently stumbled upon the concept of hitchhiking races. On Hitchwiki they've listed 29 races that have happened in the past but none of them happened in the United States! Do you think it's viable to have a hitchhiking race in the US, particularly from coast to coast? Would you join the...

Not sure if this is the most accurate place to post and hoping this post can get the most views here. I need my Prius Prime driven from Los Angeles, California to Flint, Michigan (or close by place in midwest eg Detroit Chicago we can talk about it) sometime mid February or earlier. Looking for...

Pender Island: The Canadian Town Where Hitchhiking Is Encouraged Brendan Sainsbury 5-6 minutes I’m standing by the road outside of the Otter Bay ferry terminal on Pender Island in British Columbia, waving my thumb optimistically at the oncoming traffic. Behind me is a green...

Very introverted follower, I barely ever talk to people anymore since I got dropped out of highschool looking to get a new perspective and cant think of a better time to start than now:)

I’ve been planning to set out hitching in Europe from the UK for a while. What’s the situation with hitching in Europe at the moment with COVID? Are people willing to pick up hitchhikers? What are your experiences at the moment?

Looking for tips on hitching a ride with a dog. I understand that it is considerably harder. I'm gonna assume most if any rides would most likely be in the bed of a truck. Has anyone here had luck doing so?

First thing's first- this was my first and last experience riding a Greyhound. The year is 2016; (same year I started lurking here) The trip is from Washington to Chicago; but i didn't make it past North Dakota I'm not one to normally catch a ride on a bus or a hitch; I prefer to ride a...

Hey y'all, I hope everybody is doing well! I'm planning to head out on a somewhat long-term hitchhiking venture out west, ultimately my goal is to meet new people and hopefully stumble upon cool opportunities. Leaving from the armpit of the USA, known as Florida, I want to hit as many...

The North Trip This is a story from last year, 2020 Hitchhiking and street living for 5 Months. Not my first trip tho... ------------------------------- It was early in the year and the beginning of a pandemic. I just came back from Canada. My neighbour and had big plans. The idea was to...

Hey everyone, i just wanted to say hi. I just came back from my first substantial hitchhiking trip. I decided to go easy and go to Iraq, where it is super easy to catch a ride. I also took some video and will be uploading some footage to youtube. Looking forward to participating in this...

- Short Summary A letter correspondence over many years between Aileen and her best friend from childhood Dawn was collated into a book, in the order the letters were sent. Mixed into the letters were long essays about her life on the road which she asked Dawn to keep safe encase she ever...

Hey! I'm a genderfluid femme looking for some advice from other femmes/women on hitching alone! Any rules of thumb? I've hitched so far twice and out of sheer luck both times i got picked up by middle aged women who had histories hitching..

Hey everyone! I've been homeless in the US (mainly on the east coast) since 2009, and hitchhiking is my primary mode of travel full time. I work seasonally in constructions and carpentry, but my biggest passions are folk music (I play the balalaika) and exploring new places with my animal...

My friends and I are going traveling later this year and we were wondering if having too many people will cause real problems. Is 4 at all possible to hitchhike with?