ATT! 1st post of my life #trippin2018away I just made about 40 USD (after all expenses paid) driving almost 700 miles (1000+ km)!
I just found a pretty furry "travel hack" and here is how;
Every country has "Ride share" Facebook pages, here is one for Sweden, New Zealand, and USA . There are even ride share groups for universities like UCLA California and many more. All to save emissions or cut down on travel cost while gaining a few friends along the way.
I was posting in just such a group in Sweden and got an interesting suggestion back. How about giving transport for animals that need a new home? I obliviously jumped at the opportunity to hang out with some fuzzy fluff pals while hitting the open road.
I got invited to a animal transport page for small critters. Its a place where you post where you are driving (just like a ride share page) but instead of people you get small animals to come along.
I was lucky enough to get 10 transports guinea pigs from lovely and friendly people along the way. I also had to have 4 of them spend the night with me before I continued to my final destination (I charged a bit more).
For this particular page the base price for any cage or box is 100 sek (about 10 USD), OR whatever the transporter and receiver agree upon. I took 200 sek for those who spent the night and 150 sek for other boxes (some have more than one animal). I asked about care needs for the little ones and made sure to keep the car at a comfortable temperature.
There were long haired, sort haired and NAKED guinea pigs! Big, small and baby floffs.It was a great trip and knowing I wasnt spending any money extends my travel that much longer... how else can we safe money and have a unique experiance while traveling? Ill update what I find along the way, this the year of #trippin2018away
FUN FACTS: No! Guinea pigs and pigs aren't even really closely related- although both are mammals. Guinea pigs are rodents, pigs are a type of ungulate (hoofed animal). More facts about the Guinea pig. <<<
