Welcome to Eurohitch!

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=50 BGCOLOR="#333366" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Welcome to Eurohitch!</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=165 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="132" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 ><NOBR><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="21"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="21"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="20"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="20" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="13"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Intro"><U><B><IMG SRC="00e1b1d0.gif" border=0 width="27" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <B>Some advice:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1. Be polite.</B></div> <div> <B>2. Be clean.</B></div> <div> <B>3. Be flexible.</B></div> <div> <B>4. Be interesting.</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Intro"><U>Intro</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id76.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Postit!"><U>Post-it!</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id75.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Map"><U>Map</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Eurohitch Webnote"><U>Eurohitch Webnote</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Eurohitch Group"><U>Eurohitch Group</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id69.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Eurohitch Twitter"><U>Eurohitch Twitter</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Welcome to the EuroHitch website.</div> <bR> <div> The basic idea is the following: carpooling, shared ride, hitching is fun as well as a win-win for driver and passengers alike.</div> <bR> <div> The cheapest, most flexible and most convenient way to get anywhere in Europe is driving your own car.</div> <div> However, you can make it even cheaper, and even more fun, if you <B>share your car</B> with other passengers.</div> <bR> <div> That's what this website is attempting to facilitate: for both drivers and passengers to find each other as quickly and simply as possible.</div> <div> Once you found each other, you are free to negotiate your terms yourself.</div> <div> If you are a driver, we suggest that you share the total trip costs by the number of passengers to make it fair.</div> <div> If you are a passenger, you know your own budget. Compare the price a driver charges with your alternatives, and if you find it fair, go ahead with it.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Drivers</B>. If you are a driver who is travelling in Europe and would like to accept passengers sharing your ride: <B>post </B>your trip here and <B>wait </B>for passengers to contact you.</div> <div> <B>Passengers</B>. If you are a passenger willing to join someone's ride: <B>search </B>the postings and <B>contact </B>the driver you like.</div> <bR> <div> There are some different ways to contact each other.</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Post-it. </B>You need a free login, after that you see a nice noticeboard where you can post your trip (or search one).</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Map. </B>This is an interactive map where you can draw your trip and have an immediate online chat about it with potential passengers.</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Webnote</B>. A simple noticeboard, where anyone can post a note. Advice: if you are a driver, post a note in yellow color notes. If you look for rides, post a note in orange color notes. Then, you can search the notes, or filter them by color. Handy. However, no mobile phone (SMS) notification here</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Google Group</B>. Become a member, and search the available postings for the keywords (name of the city?) of your interest.</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Twitter</B>. This is the fastest method. Get a Twitter account, preferably configure it such that you can receive notificiations as well as write back to it via your mobile phone. Then post your trip, or search available trips and contact the driver of your interest. Unfortunately Twitter doesn't feel good in a framed window, so if you click the Twitter link, it will "jump out" of our site. You can come back to here using your browser's BACK button anytime. Just keep it in mind...</div> <bR> <div> I hope as more and more people start using the system, more and more people will start saving money and have fun. There is no trick, no catch, nothing. It cost me about 15 minutes to set up this website, costs me nothing to maintain it, and I do not want to get rich by offering people something that they ought to have anyway. Cheers, enjoy...</div> <bR> <div> Zsolt</div> </td> </tr></table></body>