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Originally posted by bigben2k
Otherwise, if you're into it, visit Hollywood, or New York. If you're in the beach scene, you're looking at Florida, or Myrtle beach (North Carolina?).
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Myrtle beach is in South Carolina, near Charleston.
I've done the drive from South Carolina to Massachusetts a dozen times or more. I-95 is both a friend and enemy. So is I-81.
I'd be pretty helpful to have along for an east coast trip - I've driven through Boston, Hartford, NYC, Washington D.C., Baltimore (MD), Richmond, Roanoke (VA), Raleigh, Charlotte (NC), Greenville, Charleston (SC), Athens, Atlanta, and Savannah (GA).
I've been everywhere man, I've breathed the mountain air, man . . .
/Johnny Cash
I'd love to do a roadtrip at some point, and it would be great to travel with a foreigner or two. Might give me an added sense of purpose.
Problem though: The continental USA (48 states) is about 3000 miles long and 1000 miles wide. Driving through all 50 states would require a drive of around 10,000 - 30,000 miles. That'll take one or two *months*. Add to that the time required in engaging in events every day or two - I'm sure you'd want to spend *at least* two days in New York City, for example - and you're looking at a road trip that would last a year or more.
Too big, too much. Even *I* would OD on that much America, and I *live here*.
As for hotels/motels, depends on what you want. If I'm feeling stylish, I go to nice hotels in small cities when I travel for about $100 a night. If I'm living on the cheap, I'll go to motels for about $50 a night.
Double bed rooms usually aren't much more expensive than the single-bed rooms.
Plan on spending $60/night for the small-town motels and $100/night for the medium-sized cities. Sleep at least an hour away from major cities - a decent hotel anywhere near NYC will set you back *at least* $300 a night, but you'd never get a room without a reservation there anyway. Too many people.
Camping out in your car gets old. Fast.
Gas will cost you, depending on how good your car, around $7 every 100 miles.
Depending on how well you plan to eat, look at $5-$10 per meal, at least. If you plan to go for a nice seafood dinner right here in Boston, though, think closer to $40-$50. Fisherman's platter at Legal Sea Foods. Highly reccommended.
As for driving to Alaska and Hawaii - good luck with that.
Anyway, my advice is to pick specific cities you'd want to visit - preferably in one area of the country - and pick specific events in those cities you'd want to attend, landmarks you'd want to see, etc. Easier to do things by cities rather than states, in my opinion.
Alchemy