surviving the recession

Even with petrol prices dropping, cars are expensive to maintain (and there is always the possibility that oil prices will rise again). However, you can save costs by sharing journeys. This is particularly recommended for those who are on a tight budget and have to cut back on travelling expenses.

Liftshare.com is a UK website that allows you to find people to share journeys with - they have 85% of the UK car-sharing market. The journey can be something like a one-off cross-country trip, or regular journeys to and from work or school.

They recommend that those sharing journeys share the costs of petrol (doing more than cost sharing and trying to make a profit could invalidate your insurance).  The website itself is free to join and free to search for other travellers.  They charge businesses who set up car-pooling schemes on their site, and businesses who use the scheme can make their pools private instead of public. They have no referral schemes.

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