The app for people who are on the road for months, not days.

4Backpacker brings together, in one place, what a longer journey needs every day: finding people nearby, sharing rides, offering or looking for a place to stay, passing on gear, finding work along the way and joining group conversations. One account, one profile, one inbox — for all of it.

What the app does

Match

Discover travellers nearby — one person at a time, rather than an endless list.

Car Sharing

Offer a ride or come along, with a proper process behind it: seats are allocated bindingly, and both sides receive an answer.

Couch Surfing

Offer and request places to stay — for a set period, free of charge or on a shared-cost basis.

Marketplace

Pass on the gear that is left over at the end of one journey and missing at the start of another.

Jobs

Farm and seasonal work in Australia and New Zealand — alongside the official job boards.

Chat and chat rooms

Private conversations and public groups for a country, a route or a topic.

Where things stand

4Backpacker launches on 31 October 2026 for iOS and Android. It will be available in German and English, with further languages prepared.

Enquiries, partnerships and press: services@4backpacker.com

Legal notice

Provider: FORBACKPACKER PORTAL - FZCO; Free Zone Company (FZCO)
Registered address: Building A1, Dubai Digital Park; Dubai Silicon Oasis; Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Represented by: Fabian Fath, General Manager
Contact: E-mail: services@4backpacker.com
Registration: Registration number 76801; Licence number 78550; Issuing authority: IFZA – International Free Zone Authority, Dubai Silicon Oasis
VAT: No VAT registration (TRN) is currently held.
Responsible for content: Fabian Fath; Am Schmittenbach 10A; 5236 Remigen; Switzerland

Privacy

This is an information page only. It sets no cookies, embeds no third-party content (no fonts, no maps, no analytics, no social media buttons) and contains no contact form. There is no registration and no personalisation of any kind.

When the page is requested, the server hosting it processes technically necessary connection data (including IP address, time of access, file requested, volume of data transferred and browser identification). The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR; the legitimate interest lies in the secure and uninterrupted operation of the site. This data is not combined with other sources and is deleted after a short period.

If you write to us at the e-mail address above, we process your details solely in order to respond to your message (Art. 6(1)(b) and (f) GDPR).

You have the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and objection, as well as the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. To exercise these rights, please contact services@4backpacker.com.

Separate and more detailed legal texts apply to the app itself. They are accessible there without signing in.