Shareling.com - Share A Ride, Find a Ride

Shareling is in the carpool business. It’s a service which connects would be travelers without transportation with those who do have transport and want to split the expenses. You need a ride, someone else offers. Simple. Post your offer or need, whether you want to take someone along, your dates, how much you’re willing to put down, etc and once somebody’s request matches yours, you’ll be sent a contact email. On the homepage there’s a Google map which marks out locations requested or offered by users. Below that, you’ll find demands and offers, color coded in yellow and green. There’s also a section for finding hotels.

“Shareling is aimed at sharing car in order to minimize both financial expenses and environmental impact. It's the union of supply and demand of world travellers; the place where those who plan to travel somewhere and those who are actually travelling somewhere and wish to have some company on the road finally meet up. Shareling is the way to solve your transportation necessities.Financial and energy saving, as well as meeting people: this is what Shareling is all about!”

Helping to save the planet and stranded travelers as well, this site is pretty practical. Ride shares are a great way to meet new people and to get to your destination without spending a bundle of money. Shareling is easy to use, and it’s got a clear, clean interface.

This brings up safety questions. Will there be ratings later on? What about on-site messaging, so users needn’t give out their actual email addresses?