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=== Fines and punishments =Hitching out ==French transport police won't make any exceptions for foreigners. Although it is said it might be possible to talk them out of fining a "dumb tourist" they are mainly hostile. Most commonly they will ask for a 40 euro fine which can be paid directly in cash or by credit card. Alternatively you can plead poverty, and if you show a valid ID they will post a fine to the address and the name written on ID.
== Hitching In = North/Northeast towards [[England]], [[Lille]] and [[Belgium]] {{afr|1}} ===
==== Option 4: Motorway services Aire de Vémars Est====
From the petrol coach station, there Gare Routière you're best bet is probably to get a lift can catch the 95.01 bus to Vémars. Ask inside at the [[toll station]] (PÉAGE ("pay-arge")), heading north. This is a 20 minutes drive down ticket office/information desk for which parking number the motorway a [[toll road]] and everyone has to stop herebus will be at. It is a great place to get long-distance ridesThe ticket costs €2. Between the [BEWARE this bus does '''not'Aire La Courneuve'' run on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays / so if that is the case, then get off at Quebec because the ''barrière de péage'' (toll A1 highway going to Lille cuts through Paris multiple times and at this petrol station) there is a small [[rest area]] higher chance of finding Dutch cars stopping and giving you a fairly large ride to another petrol station with quite many cars stopping there. Ask your driver if he/she passes this service area.on the main highway, which is super busy and easy to find rides going to anywhere from Calais to Antwerp to Lille]
==== Option 5: Porte de Bagnolet (A3) ====Google maps: [https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Porte+de+Bagnolet/@48.8649082,2.4086197,17z/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x47e66e87e1c7d877:0x17c4d9a47ae58890!2sPorte+de+la+Chapelle!8m2!3d48.897279!4d2.359192!3m4!1s0x47e66d8329157e27:0x2a4ba9074d60ae9a!8m2!3d48.8645542!4d2.4095799]Get a ticket for the station Porte de Bagnolet. This option costs 4 eurosis pretty close to where the A3 starts, which is leads to the cost A1, so a lot of a ticket for zones 1-5traffic is heading this direction. The peage place might not be ideal, but it worked. There is 35 km North of Parisa bus stop, where buses often stop so the traffic is slowed down, furthermore, there is a small gas stop, near where you can approach drivers directly which cue up there from time to time. Position yourself at the town of Survillierstraffic lights before the bus stop to show your sign indicating the direction you want to go to.
==== Senlis PeageBonus Tip: Arras Service Station====Heading north on the A1, there is a fantastic AUTOGRILL Aire de Wancourt Est service station just outside Arras [https://goo.gl/maps/2suUznoe5C42], with people heading pretty much everywhere. You can get rides to the UK (Chunnel), Lille, Belgium, Netherlands. Many difference license plates (GB, F, B, NL, D, E) and lots of opportunities.
Cheap, as you will only need a metro ticket and pretty fast too.
=== Getting South or Southwest (A6{{Afr|6}}, {{Afr|10}}, A10 or A11) {{Afr|11}} ===
These spots are close enough to the city to be getting traffic in all southern directions.
==== Option 1: Porte d'Orleans Orléans ====
Once the most famous hitchhiking spot in France, this spot isn't bad nowadays, but it isn't great either. The good thing is that drivers aren't surprised to see people there, and that you don't need to get out of Paris in faraway suburbs.
==== Aire de Lisses Option 3: Motorway service station Limours-Janvry ====
==== Massy Palaiseau Inside Paris ====
'''Bus Option1''': The first petrol station is situated near the village called ''Briis-sous-Forges''. To get there you need to take either RER B to ''Massy-Palaiseau'' From there take the bus 91.03 to ''Briis-sous-Forges''. It runs about 3 times an hour on weekdays, once an hour on Saturdays, and there are no buses on Sundays. The petrol station is situated a couple of kms North from the village. To reach it you will need to find ''Route d'Invilliers'', a small local road parallel to the motorway. Once you are there, make sure your driver takes the right road as the A11 starts not far away. Autoroute A13 Gare de Péage de Buchelay toll
== Sleeping in Paris Airports ==[[Hospitality exchange#Hospitality exchange networks|Hospitality exchange]] networks can be a great choice when staying low-budget in Paris. However, one must plan usually such staying well ahead since Paris is a popular destination for many backpackers, and many hospitality exchange networks' members are usually overloaded with requests to have guests.
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