Carpooling is the shared use of a private car by the driver and one or more passengers, usually for commuting. With the increase in gasoline prices, more and more people moving to the suburbs, new traffic laws, as well as extreme traffic round the clock inside Cairo, we believe the need for carpooling in Egypt will grow. That is why we developed EgyptCarpoolers.com to promote and facilitate carpooling in Egypt by providing a virtual platform to connect people who want to carpool together.

Carpooling will help you save money on gas, car maintenance and depreciation by splitting these costs among two or more people. It helps reduce traffic, thus saving time to get to your destination. It can also help save on parking costs and space. Another important benefit, it provides a great opportunity to get to know your neighbors while saving the environment and your sanity in the process!

Sign up - it's totally free! Once you've created a profile, use the search fields to browse through existing carpools. If you don't find something suitable, post your own carpool and once the system identifies a potential match an automated message will arrive in your inbox to notify you with the details of the matched carpooler. It's that easy!

Carpooling is easy and fun. You can carpool one-time or every day (recurring) and share a ride round-trip or just one way.

After you recieve an automated message with a potential match to your carpool, check out the profile of the carpooler first before you contact him/her. See if there are any common friends or interests. If you're comfortable and feel the person can be trusted, send him/her a message by clicking on the "Contact" button. Don't ride with someone you don't trust. There are plenty of other possible matches out there available for you.

In order for a carpool match to occur between any 2 posted rides, both rides should start from the same area, go to the same area and have the same date. So, if you have posted a carpool and did not receive any notifications, chances are there is no posted ride that matches yours yet. Be patient and spread the word about the website. Sooner or later a match will show up. Alternatively, if you are little flexible, use the search fields to browse through existing carpools, you might find something suitable.

Using this website is 100% free! However, if you are requesting a ride, you might want to offer the person offering you a ride to share gas costs. If the both of you will be driving equally then no money needs to change hands.

Taking into account gas, maintenance, repairs and parking costs, you could save hundreds of pounds a month by carpooling. Savings will vary depending on your type of car, price of gas, distance travelled, how many people you will carpool with, etc. To find out more and for an approximate estimate of the amount you can save, check out our Carpool Cost and Emissions Calculator.

Be patient and spread the word. This is a relatively new website and the only way carpool matches will actually occur is if more and more people sign up and post their rides.

Yes you can. However, you should contribute in the cost of gas, parking and other related expenses.

No. We recommend only offering a ride to people you feel you can trust. Spend a few minutes evaluating their profile. Check their Facebook profile and common friends list. Do they belong to a trusted university or corporation? Please be careful and use your sound judgment.