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Alternatively, go to a house with a garden and ask if you can camp there.
Quite often there are attractive spots for camping wild near motorway petrol stations. If the noise is disturbing you can take ear plugs along. Even in highly urbanised countries like the [[Netherlands]] camping wild is still possible; for example if you hitchhike out of [[Amsterdam]] in the evening you can go just to service area Haarrijn, situated along the A2 motorway between [[Amsterdam]] and [[Utrecht]]. The area is vast and putting up a tent at dusk at the other end of the area will not draw attention, while the spot is scenic (and very "Dutch" with fields, cows and water around). Or find a park or forest near the city you're in. When choosing a park, pick a spot that is covered enough not to be seen.
DigiHitch has had an article (still accessible through [http://web.archive.org/web/20081011051359/http://www.digihitch.com/article42.html articlewayback machine] ) on sleeping near the highway (not necessarily with a tent).
== Airports ==
== Asking people ==
If you ask people on the street, it may happens that they will help you or invite you to sleep at their place. You may also consider the possibility to "hitchhike a couch": just make a [[Signs|sign]] with something like "Couchsurfing?" on it, and wait in a place where are many people. It may workswork. :)
== Hospitality exchange networks ==
Hospitality exchange networks require a bit more planning, but are '''very''' valuable tools for traveling. Sometimes there are [http://couchsurfing.com/meetings.html meetings] and [http://secure.hospitalityclub.org/hc/forum.php?SelectedCategory=42 gatherings] of tens, or even hundreds of hospitality exchange members. If you go there you'll surely get a place to sleep!
* [https://www.trustroots.org/ Trustroots], invitation only
* [http://couchsurfing.com CouchSurfing] (CS), 2,500,000+ members, managed in an oligarchic way, slightly North American-centric but growing rapidly.
* [http://hospitalityclub.org Hospitality Club] (HC), 640,000+ members, managed in a dictatorial way, slightly Euro-centric because it was started there.
* [http://www.rahhala.net/ Rahhala.net] (Rahhala), 1000+ members, managed in a dictatorial way, Arab travelers and travelers for peace...
''See also [[Hitchhiking news and news archive|Current hitchhiking events]] for times and places where you can find free or very cheap accommodation and friendly people.''
== Hostels ==
