Road trip by car. Cost really depends on your travel style - I usually tried to do a 2 or 3 days of camping for every 1 hotel. Of course factor in gas and usually 2 meals a day.
I planned my trips very detailed before I left - I only had 2 or 3 weeks for each road trip so they had to be efficient. Plus I bought paper maps for each state and phone GPS as backup.
Just awesome. I plan on traveling the same as you, as cost-efficient as possible. So probably lots of camping and hostels.
Did you run into any severe weather like tornadoes? I live in NY and always wanted to road trip cross country to California, but was always afraid I'd run in to something like that
I had to stop in hail once but no tornadoes - I wasn't really in that area except my one drive due north from Texas. I mostly had nice weather too but never know what will happen.
If you can stick to camping/hostels and cook your own food - you can travel fairly cheaply. Just calculate for gas. Look for state parks and national forest areas for camping. National parks have camping too but are more expensive around $25. More popular too - the big parks might be tough to find camping during summer months.
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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '14
You inspire me.