On 5 Mar 2007 05:12:42 -0800, daniel.dryhurst@gmail.com
wrote:
>Hiya
>
>I'm from England and me and a bunch of about 5 mates got together and
>decided to plan something special for next year. At first, there was
>the suggestion of flying out to Florida, renting out a Villa for 3
>weeks and just having a blast. But sitting round yesterday we decided
>to explore the viability of a road trip (just a short one), because we
>think the memories and times we would have would be immense.
>
>We have to be realistic and reliase we're not going to even see a 1/4
>of the USA to be honest. But the thing is we have no idea where to
>start planning or what routes would be best. We'd like to land in a
>city that has the shortest flight time from UK, rent/purchase a car
>(don't know which is best), then just drive for approx 3 weeks.
>
>We've agreed that we would like to exclude the massive cities; just
>because we can always fly to them if we really wanted to see them, and
>keep mainly to the small towns and connecting roads, but with enough
>motels/bars/places of interest to stop if we require.
>
>I found this site which was of interest to me:
>
>http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~kerema/pictures/roadtripUSA/
>
>And had a great number of things they done. Then ideally finish up in
>a major city with an airport, sell the car and just take off back to
>UK. Any advice from anyone over there would be hugely appreciated as
>driving from one end of the UK to the other can be done in 2 days,
>lol.
>
>Thanks for your time.
I'll echo the others. Your interests will determine the
route.
In '03 I drove from LA via Big Sur to San Francisco over one
week and from New Orleans via most of the "Confederate"
states to DC over two weeks. That was a fascinating trip via
the deep south, including about a week following most of the
length of the Blue Ridge Parkway - but the things a couple
in their fifties found intersting may be quite different to
the things 5 young guys find interesting. Last year we did a
fourteen-day loop from Niagara/Buffalo through upstate NY,
New England, Quebec and Ontario.
Just two tips. Rent, don't buy and make sure you understand
the additional insurance costs/implications for
international renters (including those if any drivers are
young); and learn how to use the net booking systems for
air, hotels and cars - expedia, hotwire, priceline,
pricelin.co.uk and the rental car sites like hertz, avis
etc.
Cheers, Alan, Australia
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