--- title: Amish Uber Is the Horse and Buggy Ride You're Expecting description: A Michigan man has taken it upon himself to provide "Amish Uber" rides — also known as horse and buggy rides. canonical: https://time.com/5358732/amish-uber/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-06T16:04:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:10.989Z og:title: "Amish Uber" Is the Horse and Buggy Ride You're Expecting og:description: One man's "Amish Uber" in Michigan is giving customers horse and buggy rides og:url: https://time.com/5358732/amish-uber/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7bd343aaed64d84/6989371b86f68e26126e9d30/amish-horse-buggy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4168 og:image:height: 2345 og:image:alt: Central Pennsylvania, home to an iconic set of plain people, the Amish og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: "Amish Uber" Is the Horse and Buggy Ride You're Expecting twitter:description: One man's "Amish Uber" in Michigan is giving customers horse and buggy rides twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7bd343aaed64d84/6989371b86f68e26126e9d30/amish-horse-buggy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Man's 'Amish Uber' Is Exactly the Horse and Buggy Experience You Think It Is > Sponsored content. 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Anadolu Agency—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 6, 2018 4:04 PM UTC You might not be able to hail a traditional [Uber ride](http://time.com/5345806/uber-lyft-livestream/) in Colon, Michigan, but you can order up an “[horse and buggy](http://time.com/5159857/amish-people-stay-healthy-in-old-age-heres-their-secret/) — and have a guaranteed memorable experience. Timothy Hochstedler of St. Joseph County has decided to use his traditional Amish horse and buggy as a ride service for area customers he’s calling “Amish Uber” in a local, slowed-down twist on the ubiquitous taxi app. It’s worth noting that Hochstedler isn’t officially affiliated with Uber in any way; he’s just calling his service “Amish Uber.” “Uber is a cool thing,” Hochstedler told [local news station WWMT](https://wwmt.com/news/local/amish-man-starts-uber-ride-service-with-his-horse-and-buggy). “Every single year something new comes in and Uber is hot right now, so we have the Amish Uber. We can deliver people to their front door steps.” Customers seem pleased with their experience, too. “It was fascinating. It’s not an activity you typically associate with the Amish,” one rider told the news channel. He doesn’t have an app; you have to flag him down in person. And he’s only available on weekends. (For those looking for a similar experience outside of Michigan, a carriage ride like the ones you can pick up in New York City’s Central Park should do the trick, although there’s a chance it will cost you more than the $5 Hochstedler charges.) The Amish are [famously deliberate](http://time.com/4481081/amish-country-party-hardy-township/) about the way they choose to embrace – not – modern technology, often eschewing electricity and modern vehicles in favor of more traditional ways of living on the land. While central Pennsylvania is home to the largest Amish population in the U.S., there are also Amish communities [across a number](https://groups.etown.edu/amishstudies/files/2017/08/Population%5FChange%5F2012-2017.pdf) of primarily Eastern and Midwestern states. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5358732/amish-uber/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5358732/amish-uber/"},"headline":"This Man's 'Amish Uber' Is Exactly the Horse and Buggy Experience You Think It Is","datePublished":"2018-08-06T16:04:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:10.989Z","description":"It might be just a little slower than a taxi","url":"https://time.com/5358732/amish-uber/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Bizarre"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7bd343aaed64d84/6989371b86f68e26126e9d30/amish-horse-buggy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7bd343aaed64d84/6989371b86f68e26126e9d30/amish-horse-buggy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Central Pennsylvania, home to an iconic set of plain people, the Amish","caption":"Central Pennsylvania, home to an iconic set of plain people, the Amish","creditText":"Anadolu Agency—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5358732/amish-uber/","name":"This Man's 'Amish Uber' Is Exactly the Horse and Buggy Experience You Think It Is"}}]}] ```