Mitfahrgelegenheit

Mitfahrgelegenheit is a German ride share website, that is also operating in other European countries: United Kingdom, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Italy, Greece and France.

Pro:

• it's cool that it enables people to find organized rides further away.
• sometimes rides are free

Con:

• rides often cost money
• and some people seem to use it to actually make money
• some of the drivers participating don't pick up non-paying hitchhikers
• you are bound to a specific time, date and place to meet the driver on his way to the destination if he's picking you up somewhere. Same for the starting time, though, sometimes people are flexible.
• If drivers pick up more (paying) people, he might bring them to fixed destinations along the way (train stations in the middle of huge cities, etc.) which might bring him way out of the highway and costs quite a lot of additional travel-time.
• Not significantly faster than hitchhiking itself, especially in Germany.

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