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[[File:Roads.JPG|thumb|250px|leftright|[[At night]], it'll get tougher. Apart from much less traffic, people may trust you less (especially if you're male) and you may be in more danger (especially if you're female). Also, you're not as visible as you were before. But if someone does decide to help, they will probably help you as much as they can...]]On longer hitchhiking trips you may need to camp along the way, if you did not receive a ride to your intended destination. Sometimes you can find a hostel or local host for the night, but just in case: bring a sleeping bag and tarp or tent with you. Make sure to bring clothes that will suit you for night weather.

It is also a good idea === You are sure to reach your destination before the [[night]] ===If you make small distances, you can plan in advance where you will sleep.If you have Internet access, you can check out those websites for free accomodation:* [http://couchsurfing.com CouchSurfing.com] (more active), ;* [http://bewelcome.org BeWelcome.org] and ;* [http://www.hospitalityclub.org Hospitality Club] (good for finding phone numbers in smaller places) for free accommodation. If there's a [http://www.ymca.int/ymca-hotels/ YMCA center centre] in town, see if they have a room for the [[night. There are many hitchhikers and it is easy to find a couple of places to stay while on the road or even at your destination. A fresh shave and shower will also greatly increase the chances of getting picked up]].

=== You are not sure to reach your destination before the [[night]] ===On longer hitchhiking trips, you may need to camp along the way so bring a sleeping bag and a tarp or a tent with you. A few hours before the sunset, begin to notice all the places where you could sleep:* Are you ready to pay for a hostel? If yes, can you find one?* Do there is a big [[airport]] on your road or close to the place you are?* Do you notice McDo games, an inhabited house or a good place to lay down your sleeping bag?* Can your driver host you?* Can you find a car/truck driving overnight and crash out on the way? In this case, is the driver really reliable? If you can't find anywhere to sleep , there are still other ways out of the situation. If you are lucky enough to be at a 24 hour petrol station just keep drinking coffee and keep hitching through the [[night]]. (''Joe: My advice would be not to. After about 11p.m., it's probably best just to accept that you've been lucky and are stuck at a petrol station where you can stay warm. If you take another lift, you might end up in the middle of nowhere at three in the morning.'') At night don't bother trying to get lifts with a sign, just ask people at the petrol station when they go to pay. Keep in mind that it gets really quiet between 2:00 and 5:00 even at a busy autobahn highway service area. The other alternative is to find a truck (or a car) going a really really long way and crash out on the way. Make sure you trust the driver or do it with 2 hitchers taking turns to sleep. The downside to this is that you might wake up a long way from where you wanted to be but at least you didn't have to sleep in the gutter.