About 1,800 miles of coast, rain forest and redwoods in two weeks. Here is where to sleep each night, how long each drive takes and why the one-way car rental fee belongs in your budget from day one.
About 500 miles of California coast in five unhurried days. The plan puts Big Sur on its own day, explains how to check for closures, and shows what the trip costs at three budget levels.
Ten days is enough to see the Everglades, drive the whole Overseas Highway, catch a Gulf Coast sunset and end at the theme parks or a rocket launch site, if you plan the long drives and the bookings well.
Red rock, the South Rim, Navajo land, cliff dwellings, an adobe capital and white gypsum dunes, planned around heat, altitude, time zones and tribal rules.
Documents, a car kit, park-day essentials and region-specific gear: a checklist you can trim to your route, from desert heat to mountain cold.
Historic Route 66 turned 100 in November 2026. This two-week plan keeps daily driving realistic, follows the old road where it still runs, and adds Petrified Forest and the Grand Canyon on the way west.
One week, one rental car and three very different Californias: the city, the Sierra Nevada and the Big Sur coast. Here is the day-by-day plan, with the road and reservation details that change by season.
Three national parks, a waterfall corridor and two cities in ten days, planned around the short summer window when every mountain road is open.
Two national parks, two high mountain passes and the most photographed peaks in the state in one week from Denver. The plan covers the reservations that limit access and how to handle the altitude.
Lodging and food decide the total; gas is smaller than most people expect. Here are worked budgets at three levels, with fuel costs by region.
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