Cross-country Travel With Family

[Judith]

May 04, 1999 at 12:20:42

Dear Bruce,
Have you been able to locate decent rental RVs? We want to do a family trip out west this summer in a rented RV, but I'm having trouble finding RVs. Any suggestions you or anyone else has would be most appreciated. Thanks

[LYNDA]

May 19, 2002 at 01:17:12

I AM TRAVELING FROM N.Y TO SAN FRANCISCO. I WOULD LIKE TO STOP AT EXCITING PLACES LIKE GRACELAND AND THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF MUSIC. I AM TRAVELING WITH TWO 20 YEARS OLD PEOPLE.

[Bruce]

I am in the very early process of planning a 3 to 4 week, cross-country vacation with my wife and two daughters... They will be 15 and 13 yrs old when we go... The goal is to drive and live in a rented RV and travel to the west coast (from coastal NC, where we live) and back and see what we can along the way. I'm looking for suggestions for planning sights to see and overall expenses to consider. Any ideas will be appreciated.

[Richard]

January 11, 2000 at 20:47:56

Did you ever go??

[Mike/Kelli]

We are also just beginning to plan a cross country (or as far as we can afford) trip as well. There are 4 of us my husband and I and our two sons 9 and 13. We live Western Washington ( Seattle area). We will be traveling some time in the summer of '99 for 4-5 weeks. An acquaintance of mine just completed and educational trip were she took her children out of school for a month and a half beginning in April. She home taught for a month before they even left. They selected specific ( mostly historical )destinations and studied about them .They stayed at hotels and made sandwiches for lunch. Their average daily cost for 4 was $125.00. She felt that she had missed out on meeting the different local people because they were always in the family unit. There wasn't the opportunity to meet other travelers around the campfire and enjoying the outdoors. On the other hand they didn't have to set up and breakdown camp. She felt that the money they saved on RV rental and gas mileage paid for their hotels which quite often offered free breakfasts and an assured shower. The most important aspect of the trip was to enjoy one of the last few events they would share as the whole family before the older ones began college. She is a teacher who's objective was to select areas that brought historical and humanitarian interest for her children. ( They went 300 miles out of the way to meet the founder of Habitat For Humanity). Each child (aged 12-17) was assigned job like handling the food budget or selecting the hotel that brought the best value, calculating mileage and map navigation.
We don't want to be quite as serious on our trip. I'm not saying we are going to do "Theme Parks Across USA" but would just basically like to expose all of us to the other states. If you come up with any useful information please pass it on to me. Thanks