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Road Trips

There’s nothing like hittin’ the road! Check out these stories about road trips and tips for road trip planning.

Beautiful view of the Pacific Coast

Road Trip Planning Tools

Is a road trip in your future? These road trip planning tools will help you choose destinations, find a place to stay, get there, and so much more.

Categories Road Trips, Travel Apps & Tools, Travel Planning
Entrance to Gold Camp Road in Colorado Springs, Colorado

16 Best Road Trip Apps to help you plan, save money, book hotels, and more {2023}

An inveterate road tripper shares 16 best road trip apps to help you plan your road trip, save money, book hotels, find things to do, and more.

Categories Road Trips, Travel Apps & Tools, Travel Planning
Sunset on Long Beach from the car

2022 Travel Year in Review: a Topsy-Turvy Route to Find Balance

Traveling 93 days through twenty states is an unusual way to find balance, but when you’re a travel writer, it works.

Categories Personal, Road Trips
The MIghty Missippi from the Great River Road in Illinois. Railroad tracks visible with green trees and an island in the middle of the river.

Legends and Lore: Driving the Iconic Great River Road In Illinois

The Great River Road in Illinois is 550 miles of history and scenic overlooks, of small towns and metropolitan cities. Plan your trip with this itinerary.

Categories Road Trips
Covered bridge on the Historic National Road in Illinois, one of many Midwest Road Trip Adventures

A Dozen States, Dozens of Scenic Drives: Midwest Road Trip Adventures

Explore scenic drives in the heartland of America with experts from the Midwest Travel Network.

Categories Road Trips
Yaquina Head Light in Oregon overlooking the Pacific Ocean

San Diego to Seattle in 8 Days: a Pacific Coast Road Trip Adventure

Jump behind the wheel for an epic Pacific coast road trip adventure. Follow author Theresa L. Goodrich on her solo drive from San Diego to Seattle.

Categories California, Oregon, Road Trips, Washington
Garden of the Gods

14 Day Chicago to Denver Road Trip Adventure with a side of Colorado Springs

Follow along a fourteen day road trip from Chicago to Denver with stops at the oldest continuously operating restaurant west of the Mississippi, America’s mountain, one-lane two-way roads, and more.

Categories Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Road Trips
Road in New Mexico on the way to Jemez Historic Site

Packing Tips for Road Trips: 46 Road Trip Essentials

Ready to hit the road? Before you go, make sure you’ve got everything you need with these packing tips for road trips.

Categories Road Trips, Travel Tips
Road on the way to Joshua Tree in California

Road Trip Food: What to eat, What to Pack, and How to Save Money

Everything you want to know about eating on a road trip.

Categories Food and Drink, Road Trips, Travel Tips, Uncategorized
Beartooth Highway

Driving the Depression-Era Daring of Beartooth Highway

Beartooth Highway is a scenic drive that’s short and open only a few months out of the year. See if it’s worth making the effort to tour this remote route.

Categories Montana, Road Trips, Wyoming
Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach in Oregon

Top 9 Fun Things to do on an Oregon Coast Road Trip

This Oregon coast road trip along the central and northern portions of the PCH highlights history and natural beauty.

Categories Destination Guides, Oregon, Road Trips
Wayside exhibit and billboard at the Dwight Illinois Visitor Center on Route 66

ROUTE 66 in Illinois: An AMAZING Road Trip Adventure

Start where the Mother Road begins and explore Route 66 in Illinois.

Categories Illinois, Personal, Road Trips
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