{"id":20275,"date":"2019-11-20T10:00:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T10:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/?p=20275"},"modified":"2019-11-19T15:36:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T15:36:42","slug":"hitchhiking-11-top-tips-to-get-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/travel\/hitchhiking-11-top-tips-to-get-started\/","title":{"rendered":"Hitchhiking: 11 top tips to get started"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>The 11 Tips to Start Hitchhiking by Daniel Priestly\u252c\u00e1<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This summer I spent about a month hitchhiking from Croatia to the north of Greece. This was one of the most interesting and fun experiences I have ever had &#8211; it&#8217;s not just a means of getting free transport, it&#8217;s a fun experience in itself and I would recommend anybody interested in the concept give it a go. Below are 11 tips to get you started on your hitchhiking journey!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>H<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">itchwiki is your friend<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The website hitchwiki is the ultimate guide to hitchhiking. For almost every city there is information about how to get to neighbouring cities. So once you use a map to plan your route, use hitchwiki to find out which motorways to use, where the best places to be picked up are and how to get to the outskirts of the city.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>I<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">n the Daytime<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you&#8217;re going to hitchhike, do it in the daytime. First off you have the issue of visibility; at night time it&#8217;s going to be incredibly difficult to be picked up. Secondly and more importantly, most crimes or attacks related to hitchhiking (rare as they are) take place during the night so for your safety, stick to when it&#8217;s light out.\u252c\u00e1<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>T<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">alk to your drivers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Driver&#8217;s are usually picking you up to make their journey more entertaining so talk to them. Better than that, ask them about where they&#8217;re from, what&#8217;s good in their country, the best places to go and stay in the city &#8211; these people are locals so are the ultimate travel guides.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>C<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">arry a sign<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If drivers know where you&#8217;re going they know whether it&#8217;s worth them stopping to help you out. Write your sign in the native language, maybe write thank you as well in their native language. If the country uses multiple alphabets write the sign in both. Write it in big bold letters so it can be read by moving cars.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/dan-hitchhiking.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20276 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/dan-hitchhiking-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/dan-hitchhiking-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/dan-hitchhiking-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/dan-hitchhiking-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/dan-hitchhiking-74x55.jpeg 74w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/dan-hitchhiking-111x83.jpeg 111w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/dan-hitchhiking-215x161.jpeg 215w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/dan-hitchhiking.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>H<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ave a smile on your face<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Look friendly and cheerful. People don&#8217;t want to pick up someone looking miserable at the side of the road. Whilst sometimes it can take some time to get a ride, every next car could be the one that gets you where you want to go so smile at them!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>H<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ave a tent<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Having a tent means you have the ultimate flexibility. One of the good things about hitchhiking is you can go stay in more rural places and enjoy smaller towns &#8211; but it is often hard to arrange accommodation in these places. Having camping supplies opens lots of opportunities for more interesting adventures.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>I<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">dentify a good spot<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If possible, find a spot where cars are driving slowly and have space to safely pull over. Good spots can include toll stations or petrol stations. You also need to be visible from a distance so the driver&#8217;s have a chance to consider whether they want to pick you up.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>K<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">eep Safe<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Be smart, not scared. Use your common sense, if a car pulls up and you feel uncomfortable getting in then don&#8217;t feel obligated to do so. People who pick you up can be some of the loveliest people you will ever meet and often are doing it because they hitchhiked in their youth &#8211; however do keep your wits about you.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>I<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">nvolve a friend<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hitchhiking is both safer and more fun if you are with someone else. There are less cars you can get picked up due to number of seats, however a cheery duo can look less threatening than a solo traveller so you may get more offers. You can also take turns thumbing by the side of the road.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>N<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ever have a plan<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hitchhiking lends itself to the most flexible people. It&#8217;s good to have a general idea of the direction you want to go in but if opportunities to go somewhere else present themselves, be open to a dramatic change of plans.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/dan-on-road.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20277 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/dan-on-road-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/dan-on-road-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/dan-on-road-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/dan-on-road-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/dan-on-road-74x55.jpg 74w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/dan-on-road-111x83.jpg 111w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/dan-on-road-215x161.jpg 215w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/dan-on-road.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>G<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">et an early start<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hitchhiking can take anything from 5 minutes to several hours. Set off early in the day &#8211; especially in summer. You don&#8217;t want to be stuck in the summer sun in the middle of the afternoon if you can avoid it.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 11 Tips to Start Hitchhiking by Daniel Priestly\u252c\u00e1 This summer I spent about a month hitchhiking from Croatia to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":559,"featured_media":20278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4910],"class_list":["post-20275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","tag-hitchhiking-solo-travel-europe-greece-croatia-roadtrip"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hitchhiking: 11 top tips to get started - Quench<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Contributor, Daniel Priestly, talks about his best tips for hitchhikers. 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