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Carpool: A cheap alternative to the train

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You can hardly travel cheaper: Carpooling is booming

The train is on strike, is too expensive, connection unfavorable ... no problem. Try a ride.

Right now, when the train announces strikes again, good advice is often expensive. How can I get from A to B fairly punctually and reliably? The solution could be a ride !

Many shun carpooling opportunities. To get strangers in the car? Before that our mothers warned us ...

Yes, we can understand that, if that's not your thing. That's why we recommend large carpools, such as:

www.blablacar.de (free for driver and passengers)

www.mitfahrgelegenheit.de (as a passenger for free, as a provider of a trip is a small agency fee, which is based on the required fare)

www.mitfahrzentrale.de (free of charge, but a premium membership for 2.99 euros per month is possible, which brings advantages for the driver)

www.bessermitfahren.de (free for drivers and passengers)

Many of these sites are also available as apps for iOS or Android!

And if you can not find anything on the big pages, why not enter your travel start and your destination on Facebook - often public Facebook groups have started to organize carpooling between cities.

Large carpools offer advantages

However, especially the big sites offer advantages: The bigger the site, the more offers there could be for your desired connection. And: the bigger the offer, the lower the price! You can make great bargains!

In addition, many of the sites (for example Mitfahrgelegenheit.de) provide drivers' rating tools. So you can see how happy previous passengers were with your potential driver.

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You think a ride is still not right for you? Then travel by long-distance bus! You can find everything here ...

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