Comments on: 10 Essential Tips to Improve Your Hitchhiking Game

By: Kurt W

Kurt W — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:14:29 +0000

Interesting post on one way of travel that is not used as much anymore. Hitching in the U.S. used to be one of the top three options but has since moved down the list several stops and is now rarely tried even by college kids. Great on the environment and also adds to the experience ten-fold.

By: Robert (@ Kenya Safari)

Robert (@ Kenya Safari) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:32:45 +0000

Is it really safe to hitch in the states. Im abit paranoid after reading too much about most notorious killers in the US and the fact that some of them preyed on hitch hikers.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:29:51 +0000

I hitched right from the airport car park in Nantes, France. Got a lift with a couple heading 50 kilometres in my direction and ended up staying at their house for a couple of hours and getting a lift with the delivery man all the way to Quimper! Made 250km in about 6 hours. I had a little sign with Quimper S.V.P and that seemed to do the trick!

By: Cat

Cat — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:10:10 +0000

Hey, thanks for the advice ive never hitchhiked before but am planing oin starting in a few days from Banff National park to Jasper then hopefully to Vancoover. Any tips if i have a snowboard? whould this make it harder?

By: Mike Howitt

Mike Howitt — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:56:20 +0000

I am planning to hitch-hike from Leicester UK to Constantia, Cape Town to celebrate my 80th birthday.
Planned route is via Channel Tunnel. Munich, Vienna, Sofia, Istanbul, Ankara, Jordan, Suez, Khartoum, Nairobi, Pretoria, Jo’burg.
Any suggestions?
Mike Howitt
PS Last month hitched Leicester to Salcombe (260 miles) as a trial run. Also a few years ago did Cape Town to Port Elizabeth (475 miles)

By: Benjo Collins

Benjo Collins — Tue, 31 May 2011 18:11:17 +0000

good advice mate. I hitched around the UK, NZ, Austalia, Spain and Fiji for 4 years with my girlfriend. I think that a larger pack is better than a smaller pack, have one that shouts “world traveller” not one that says you are too lazy to walk from one side of town to the other. Familiarize yourself well with where you are waiting, everywhere you get dropped off be prepared to spend the night there if neccesary. There are some odd people out there but odd people don’t mean dangerous, be sure to distinguish between the two and trust the odd ones, surely thats part of why your hitching – to meet different people. Smiles and a good attitude tends to get you through most things. We did get arrested in Austalia though, but it wasn’t our fault, honest!

By: Zack

Zack — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:47:17 +0000

I just got done hitch hiking around the US for two months. I had many people tell me I was the first hitch hiker they have ever picked up, because I was clean cut and carrying a large pack. They figured I was out doing something, rather than trying to just run away.

By: Cate

Cate — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:33:48 +0000

Interesting tips, personally I’m too lazy to put the thumb out, but you wrote some good stuff. Just to add and I guess it means anywhere but hailing from Kiwi-land myself I would be really careful about whose car you’re getting into. The stats are high in NZ for overseas hitchhikers that have disappeared or encountered problems.

By: Marina K. Villatoro

Marina K. Villatoro — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:48:25 +0000

Hey it was a great article. A lot of us feel the necessity for a general guideline and it can help a lot. Thanks

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:59:37 +0000

Awesome, thanks. I’ll be forwarding this to a friend of mine