Hey all,
I remember reading a few years ago about a website that showed you people who wanted to travel the same way as you. For example, from Los Angeles to San Francisco, so you could travel together and split gas costs. Does anyone know if a site like this is still around?
Posted Oct 19, 2019, 1:45 AM UTC
Craigslist rideshsres Couchsurfing Facebook marketplace. Yes! list rideshare Shareyourride.com Ride connect.com Rdvouz Sride app Pool my ride app Geekwire / farewell app (uber owned)
And funny you are posting in couchsurf, couchsurf also gets lots of traction
Blablacar great in northern europe only.. Poparide in canada great on east side
I tried to list in order of traction
FB marketplace soon will be #1
Poparide is also very active on the West coast of Canada, with lots of rides from Vancouver and Calgary
https://www.poparide.com/travel/from/vancouver-bc
https://www.poparide.com/travel/from/calgary-bc
Be aware that the caveats or Facebook groups are that people are often not very reliable and that there is no safety vetting of the drivers. On organized platforms like BlaBlaCar and Poparide, all members have verified, vetted, and payments are done online, which makes ridesharing more reliable and safer.
Hope this helps!
more reliable and safer
Relative to uncontrolled, sure. As on CS, be mindful of references and profile details (driver, previous routes, etc). I've had bad experience both Paris-Lille and Paris-Brussels. There are sketchy "professional" teams running non-stop back and forth with multiple drivers and cars that are not the ones on the profiles. Once, I even had them threaten the guy I legit had a reservation with because it was "their" pickup spot (Brussels Zuid). That was the end of me using BlaBlaCar. As with Uber, be sure you're getting in the right car with the right driver!
When it happens and we have enough evidence from passengers reporting illegal “commercial drivers”, we block those kinds of drivers automatically and we refund all passengers after the trip.
Carpooling is not made to turn a profit, so if they’re doing sketchy rides on Poparide, they don’t belong on our platform at all. Over here, we prefer quality trips over quantity.
However and to be 100% transparent, we do have commercial drivers (like buses or small transportation shuttles with valid commercial licenses, nothing illegal of course!) that use Poparide to help fill their empty seats. You can always find a commercial badge on their profile to differentiate them from other regular members. That’s our seal of approval!
Just saw this! Thank you :)
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Thank you internet stranger!
For US, Craigslist rideshare is the best
Mucho gracias amigo con another mother.
Not sure in the US but BlaBlaCar is what I used in Europe.
I think this is what I was thinking of, but yeah I need it for the US. Thanks anyways!