Recently, I have been traveling from upstate New York to NYC quite frequently and would like to find a site that is more effective than craigslist in attracting reliable rideshares for splitting gas and tolls.
Does anyone have any suggestions for other sites? What has been your experience with those sites? Are there any that validate users and have a large user base in the US?
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I've used Carpool World a few times (not in NY) and have always found it quite good. It doesn't have a way to validate users (AFAIK) except based off email. It does charge people money to share their car though so I would assume this would eliminate some crazies.
Ridester is in beta but looks to be developing into a decent site. I haven't used it, but it looks much less sketchy than a lot of others and figured it would be worth a shot. Sorry I can't be more helpful!
I just found Zimride.com - looks the best looking of all the sites, and connected via Facebook, and payment over the site before people get into your car.
Liftshare.com is the largest car-share network in the UK, and clients include the British Broadcasting Cooperation (BBC), Tesco Supermarkets, Heathrow Airport and the Environment Agency.
It is an off shoot of the american based company. (whose website I can't access).
As I'm in the UK the hyperlink will automatically redirect to the US website.(I hope)
As far as I experienced, http://rideship.com comes my solution for the travel needs of my family and friends. It serves very safe and secured to travelers going to their desired destinations conveniently.
For long distance road trips, Ridesharemyroute is an excellent tool to find and map all of the rideshares from the many craigslist regions overlapping your route.
