RV or hotels in America?

I did Virginia in an RV - was great going to some random backwater campground as a teenager in Wytheville VA.

comment by If anyone can, Emre Can (U3979)
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Also, whilst the drives between cities can be great. Getting in and out of major cities can be absolutely brutal.
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Is it great? If you're driving that far you can't really enjoy it and it's often endless tedium.
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Depends. Some of the roads and scenery is great. LA to Vegas is amazing. You can also see some pretty iconic stuff.
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It's amazing in patches but so much of it is just an endless straight road. You blank that out often but it is, for most of the way, it's exceptionally boring.

Personally, I'd stick to doing one region of the US and limiting drives to 2 or 3 hours. You can spend weeks in small patches of the US fairly easily.

I wouldn't try and do it all at once. You wouldn't do Madrid, Paris, Kiev, Moscow and Rome all in one holiday.
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Those cities all have more history in there little toe

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comment by Greatteamswinit4times- a terrible enemy (U6008)
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Also, whilst the drives between cities can be great. Getting in and out of major cities can be absolutely brutal.
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Is it great? If you're driving that far you can't really enjoy it and it's often endless tedium.
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Depends. Some of the roads and scenery is great. LA to Vegas is amazing. You can also see some pretty iconic stuff.
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It's amazing in patches but so much of it is just an endless straight road. You blank that out often but it is, for most of the way, it's exceptionally boring.

Personally, I'd stick to doing one region of the US and limiting drives to 2 or 3 hours. You can spend weeks in small patches of the US fairly easily.

I wouldn't try and do it all at once. You wouldn't do Madrid, Paris, Kiev, Moscow and Rome all in one holiday.
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Those cities all have more history in there little toe
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So? Not everybody is interested in history.

Love driving through america. There's so much of America's culture that is not based in the big cities.
Off the beaten track can be amazing. And there's something magical about using a big massive paper map to navigate, finding wee backwater towns and attractions. It can be a great adventure.

The first date with wifefrom was a 20hr drive from Boston to Nashville. After that we $hagged our way up and down California and out to Vegas and Rt66, staying in some awesome wee motels, hanging with the locals over a few beers and great food. Took 24hrs to drive to the Key's but then took over a week to come back up north, again staying in some local motels and such.

I say go for the RV route

I drove between Chicago, St.Louis and Indianapolis, about 6 hour drives, staying at motels/hostels, but driving was boring as fack. If you plan a holiday to drive, then plan the route to accommodate the means of travel. Don't do a hotel/flight luxury holiday with an RV, that would suck the life out of you.

You need the time to spend in those towns Manfrom, I agree with you massively. Doing 20 hour drives between stops will be knackering.

The US is the size of Europe and states are the size of countries, try and be more local.

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You need the time to spend in those towns Manfrom, I agree with you massively. Doing 20 hour drives between stops will be knackering.

The US is the size of Europe and states are the size of countries, try and be more local.
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But it all depends on what he wants out of the vacation. Not everyone wants to stay in cities. I got the impression the OP was looking more at driving, hanging out for a while, hitting the road again, do a bit of backwater exploring, hangout somewhere etc.

I fondly recall driving from the Keys back to Boston. Stayed at Daytona beach for a couple of nights. Tried to take in a shuttle launch but it was cancelled. Ate the biggest steak i have ever seen in a little local steer house. Joined some locals in watching the NBA finals in their wee pub. Drove up the coast exploring various little oddities, cafe's, breweries. Couple of nights in a motel in Savannah with a guy who set up shop in the liquor store parking lot opposite and bbq'ed meat all day. A night on Scranton PA just so as we could go to have breakfast in the Waffle House.

there's a lot more to the US than the big cities. Saying that, 20hrs can indeed be a haul.

man, I want a road trip! The most we manage these days is a day trip into the ar$e end of nowhere to sample beers at some up and coming backwater brewery.

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You need the time to spend in those towns Manfrom, I agree with you massively. Doing 20 hour drives between stops will be knackering.

The US is the size of Europe and states are the size of countries, try and be more local.
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But it all depends on what he wants out of the vacation. Not everyone wants to stay in cities. I got the impression the OP was looking more at driving, hanging out for a while, hitting the road again, do a bit of backwater exploring, hangout somewhere etc.

I fondly recall driving from the Keys back to Boston. Stayed at Daytona beach for a couple of nights. Tried to take in a shuttle launch but it was cancelled. Ate the biggest steak i have ever seen in a little local steer house. Joined some locals in watching the NBA finals in their wee pub. Drove up the coast exploring various little oddities, cafe's, breweries. Couple of nights in a motel in Savannah with a guy who set up shop in the liquor store parking lot opposite and bbq'ed meat all day. A night on Scranton PA just so as we could go to have breakfast in the Waffle House.

there's a lot more to the US than the big cities. Saying that, 20hrs can indeed be a haul.

man, I want a road trip! The most we manage these days is a day trip into the ar$e end of nowhere to sample beers at some up and coming backwater brewery.
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Well he said visiting a few cities that are 12-24 hours apart so that's where I got the idea

I massively agree with you though, it's a fantastic country and every town, city and village has its own culture.

Depends where these cities are? If it's the Midwest it will be tough driving at times.

We drive between New Jersey and Ohio regularly, takes eight hours and we do it in an evening and we used to drive between Kansas and Ohio and it would take twelve hours but those drives took a while to get used to being British the other side of town was always to far.

OP where are you looking to visit?