How much does a US road trip cost per day?

If you're not planning on taking a long road trip, a good rule of thumb is to budget about $150 per day. Broken down even further, this budget per day would look like $20 for snacks, $30 for gas and $100 for hotel costs, according to Kroeger.



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View All Trips Using a carefully calculated algorithm, it would take about nine days of driving – or 224 total hours – to complete the 13,699-mile (22,046-kilometre) journey across the United States, according to Randy Olson's calculations.

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Assuming no traffic, this road trip will take about 224 hours (9.33 days) of driving in total, so it's truly an epic undertaking that will take at least 2-3 months to complete. The best part is that this road trip is designed so that you can start anywhere on the route as long as you follow it from then on.

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Top Tips for Planning Your Epic American Road Trip
  1. Choose Your Mode of Transportation. ...
  2. Choose Who Will Go With You. ...
  3. Pick Your Route Ahead of Time. ...
  4. Don't Get Too Strict With Your Plans. ...
  5. Know Where You're Going to Sleep. ...
  6. Set Up a Budget. ...
  7. Find Ways to Save Money. ...
  8. Don't Neglect the Music.


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Further research determined that the best, cheapest way to travel to all 50 states was to buy an RV and take a year-long road trip.

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At only six months old, Harper Yeats just completed the road trip of a lifetime, visiting all fifty U.S. states. This makes the Canadian infant the youngest member of the All Fifty States Club, a record previously held by a two-year-old boy from Northern Ireland.

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