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I am Irish and am planning a road trip with my partner for September. We have three weeks and want to fly into NY, visit Chicago for a few days and also visit somewhere else (either before or after Chicago).
You don't say where you'll be flying home from, The thing is, if you return to Eire from New York, you can save a bit of money on your car hire and perhaps on your airfares as well, and take two different routes between the two cities.
There are several possibilities for itineraries between New York and Chicago. I'll broadly outline cheap bangkok hotels a few, generally working from north to south. First up, then, would be a trip through New York's Finger Lakes and along the southern shore of Lake Erie. basically, you would take I-87/NY-17 out of the city and up past the Catskills to Binghamton, then I-81/NY-79 to Ithaca and then west through some scenic wine country to Watkins Glen. From there NY-14 north along the shore of Seneca Lake would bring you to US-20/I-90 which roughly cheap bangkok hotels follow the old Erie Canal to Buffalo/Niagara Falls. Then I-90 would take you along the southern shore of Lake Erie to Cleveland and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Cuyahoga Valley National ParkCuyahoga Valley National Park, then across Ohio and Indiana to Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and Chicago.
A more direct route would be to take I-80 out of New York to the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Areaand on to the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania, Staying on I-80 would take you through some heavily wooded areas of the Allegheny Mountains with scattered state parks, lakes, hiking trails and the like. Then, around Youngstown OH, you'd switch over to I-76 and take that out onto the farmlands of Ohio, following it until it terminates at its junction with I071. From that point, roads like US-24 and US-30 would take you through the small towns of the Midwest ending up in the Chicago area.
The southernmost route would have you first head down through a few of America's major east coast, and historic, cities such as Philadelphia and Baltimore to Washington, from which you would take I-70/I-68 west up the Potomac River Valley to Morgantown WV. Using I-79 to reconnect cheap bangkok hotels with I-70 would then take you west to Dayton and the US Air Force Museum and Indianapolis and the Indianapolis Speedway. I-65 would then get you up to Chicago.
Any of those routes will work for you. Each would take roughly two days to get between New York and Chicago, offer plenty of opportunities cheap bangkok hotels for nature hikes, small towns, historic sites, etc. So, take a look at them and see which appeals most to you. Once you decide, we should be able to offer more specific recommendations for things to see and do en route.
We were thinking of flying into New York and flying home from Chicago - but as we have three weeks it would be possible cheap bangkok hotels to fly into NY, take one route to Chicago and then a different route back and fly home from NY again. Do you think that Car Hire and flights etc will be a lot more if we fly into and out of two different cities? cheap bangkok hotels With the car hire we sort of thought we could rent in one city and drop it off somewhere else - but maybe that is a lot extra?
We were thinking of taking the route that allows us to see some of the lakes so the first route sounds perfect. I sort of like the idea of doing two different routes cheap bangkok hotels between cities and honestly had not thought of that at all - the second route that takes in some state parks etc sounds good.
Taking a one way trip incurs 2 additional expenses - renting a car in one city and returning it in another will generally come with a one way surcharge of several hundred dollars, and open jaw airfare is generally more expensive than returning from the same city. This is why we recommend a loop trip if time permits. You definitely should have the time.
Thanks. I did some research and flying into one city and out of another costs aprox 1,000 extra!! Also, car rental with drop-off in another city is $500 more expensive (for the biggest car) but assume there is a comparable difference on smaller models also. We had been thinking that the difference in car hire would probably be less than the petrol cheap bangkok hotels costs of driving back - but it would seem we were very mistaken!
We have decided on flying into New York, spending maybe five days there, taking route one above (a trip through New York's cheap bangkok hotels Finger Lakes and along the southern shore of Lake Erie). Spending three or four days in Chicago...then route two back to New York (A more direct route would be to take I-80 out of New York to the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Areaand on to the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania).
AZBuck - You said above that each route would take about two days. Is that a 'fastest time you can get there' or is that taking time to see lots etc. Would it be better to allow three or four days for each part? We are Irish - so don't believe in rushing around...I would prefer to schedule four days and take our time at it if that would be better! :)
Two days would cover basically just the driving time - at a relatively relaxed pace - for each of the transits between New York and Chicago. Your westbound leg would take a bit longer than the eastbound leg, but only by an hour or two. With trips of this size, I much prefer to think in units of days. Now, when I say at a relaxed pace that is meant to include 2-3 short stops during the day for hikes through scenic parks, visits to local museums, a real sit-down meal, etc. But it does not include long duration stops for major attractions which much be budgeted for separately. So yes, if you can add a third or even fourth day - do so.
In my young and stupid days I used to drive between a NJ suburb of NYC and a suburb of Chicago straight through. It was about a 15 hour drive. I now take 2 relatively equal days to do it, spending cheap bangkok hotels a night in eastern cheap bangkok hotels OH or western PA.
Petrol to drive between NYC and Chicago should be less than $200. In fact, with a small car and a direct route, it can probably be done for less than $100 - but the most direct route involves cheap bangkok hotels toll roads. Your prices in IE are over twice what ours are.
If you rent a car in the NYC area, see if it comes with a EZ-Pass . This is a toll transponder that works in all the states you will be traveling in, and it can save time and keep you from having to pay cash tolls. However, make sure they don't come with an excessive service charge.
I am currently looking at hotels in NY for both legs of the journey! Also am trying to decide if we need to book somewhere to stay on our road trip days or if we should be ok just stopping somewhere and finding a hotel...If we book we will have to be a lot more structured but I think I would prefer that to sleeping in the car!
Look at hotels outside cheap bangkok hotels of NYC to avoid paying really high rates. Try to find one which is near public transportation in and out of the city. Wait till you are ready to leave to rent the car - driving in NYC is a pain and parking is scarce/expensive.
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