I had been chatting online with DH (back then, a cool online pen pal) for about 5 years before we met in person. I flew to the UK to meet him, and we met at the local train station where he lived. He gave me a ride to the hotel, though we agreed that if either of us wasn't comfortable sharing a car yet, I would call a taxi. I stayed at the hotel during my holiday, but he stayed with me the last night after we had a lot of in-person time together.