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If you have a beard, try to shave before you hit the road. It'll reduce your waiting time. (After having hitched with a beard, a sometimes very long beard, for more than 30 years, I can categorically say that this is nonsense! [[User:Prino|Prino]] 22:24, 11 July 2012 (CEST))
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Hitchhiking is an outdoor sport and it pays off to wear good shoes. They might not be best for dancing when you reach your destination, but it is important while walking along the road. At times you might need to cross rocky areas, puddles, mud, snow etc. Sometimes you have to be quick and step off the road due to big trucks etc.
[[File:Parnu-riga.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Warm clothes can save your life - [[amylinUser:Amylin|Amylin]] hitching to [[Riga]] in the snow]]
Avoid dark or military clothes, they do not create a lot of [[trust]]fulness. Looking too much like a colorful hippie will possibly scare other drivers off. Take off your hat (unless it's a really funny one), don't wear gloves, open your jacket, even though you might freeze. Also helpful are t-shirts that identify you with something, be it a country, a football team or a band - [[User:Zenit|Zenit]] has been picked up because of his "Switzerland" t-shirt more than once.
'''Your mood''' is very relevant. So always be happy, or at least pretend to and '''keep smiling'''. This will get you a ride much faster, than if you're looking tired and unmotivated.
When hitchhiking in foreign countries it might pay off to look like a foreigner.