Advice needed! Car rental or bus journeys? ROAD TRIP!

Hi! I'm planning on travelling to America for 3 weeks - 1 months with my partner! We want to start off in LA/San Francisco and end up in New York and stopping off in the different states in between!

I'll be 22 when we do this and I've had a full drivers license for 5 years! Now I know that if I was to rent a car I'd have to pay more fees for being a young driver, (my partner can't drive). It'll be just the two of us travelling and I feel it may be a big strain on myself to do all the driving. That's why I was wondering if any one has just got buses to different states instead of driving? I've only done very little research on this so any info would be helpful!

Any info on costs for the trip would be appreciated also! Thanks :)

Weekend from San Diego

I'm in San Diego May 29-31, and am considering staying the weekend...

I would love to experience some really wonderful Nature in that part of the world... Joshua Tree is one place that seems fantastic.

I would rent a car, don't know where I'd stay, would rather camp, but don't think I'll be able to bring camping gear this trip (a business trip).

Would love to hear some ideas. Thank you!

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Walking in the Berkshires in Mass

Hiya,

Does anyone know the best location to base yourself in for walks in the Berkshires?
Cheers

:)

one month in NYC

Hi,
i'm Dana, it's my first time to America, i am planning to stay in NYC for one month, i want to visit the tourist attractions, understand people's life in NYC, which borough is better to choose to live? or maybe u have some suggestion, pls tell me

thanks a lot

3 days in Miami - Transport? Everglades trip?

My husband and I have a 3 day stop over in Miami next week, en route to Ecuador. We want to spend one day at the Everglades and the other 2 days seeing the sights around South Beach and Downtown Miami.

We are on a budget as this is part of a 9 month roud the world trip so am trying to work out the cheapest and most convenient way to do this. Is it necessary to hire a car to get to the Everglades or can the park be reached by public transport or by an organised day trip? If we do need to hire a car, is it easy enough to just hire one for the day when we arrive rather than booking in advance? I have looked at hiring a car for all 3 days, picking up and dropping off at the airport, but am concerned parking might be a problem on the 2 days we are not at the Everglades?

And is it better to stay at South Beach or Downtown Miami? We won't be going out on nights out, just out for dinner... more »

Colorado Bike, Hike, Raft

I am planning a camping trip to Colorado over the 4th of July to mountain bike raft, and hike. I am looking for a destination that has:

1) supreme mountain biking trails
2) river rafting
3) hiking

Our group is very interested in riding some trails that we can't ride back home (Texas). We have never rafted, so I am sure any experience will be good, and want to climb a mountain maybe an 8 or so.

After doing some research there are tons of places to go and it’s hard to decipher which would be best for our plans.

VWP Advice

Hi there,

I am a huge idiot and booked return flights from australia to the US over a 3 month period - without actually checking it was only 90 days (it turns out that our stay is 91).

I booked cheap flights that aren't easily changeable. I am planning on traveling through Mexico, Guatemala and Costa Rica during this time, and am actually only spending 3 weeks in total in the US. I know that on entering the states you need a ticket out, but will it be necessary for me to pre book a ticket to Guatemala or Costa Rica to show that we will be leaving within the 90 days as well?

Any advice would be appreciated, as you can tell I don't have much experience in this area.

Thank you