my road trip

ILOVEHOLIDAYS

Our road trip 2013

Weds 11th September 2013 Flying into LAX

Check in Manchester 05.35

Staying at Travelodge Hollywood-Vermont/Sunset1401 North Vermont Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA 90027 £57 PN Inc. parking and breakfast. 2 Nights staying here.

Friday 13th September 2013 Driving from LA to Kingman

326 Miles on Highway 4 hours 50 mins

Stay at Travelodge Kingman 3275 E Andy Devine Ave,Kingman, AZ 86401, United States £37 PN inc parking breakfast.

Saturday 14th September 2013 Driving Kingman to Grand Canyon National Park

179 Miles 2 hours 50 mins taking in part of route 66

Stay at Best Western Premier Grand Canyon Squire Inn 100 State Route 64, PO Box 130, Tusayan, AZ 86023 £134.00 PN inc parking and breakfast.

Sunday 15th September 2013 Driving Kingman to Las Vegas via the Hoover Dam

275 Miles 4 hours 11 mins

£132 for 4 nights at Hard Rock Casino

£264 for Planet Hollywood

£312 for 4 nights at New York New York

£336 for 4 Nights at MGM

Thursday 19th September 2013 Las Vegas to Bishop via Death Valley.

281 Miles 5 hours 10 mins

Stay at Creekside Inn 725 North Main Street, Bishop CA 93514 £95 PN inc parking and breakfast

Friday 20th September 2013 Bishop to Jamestown via Yosemite.

189 miles 3 hours 26 minsvia highway 108

177 miles 3 hours 41 mins via highway 102

Staying at Americas best value inn Main Street, Jamestown, CA £63 PN inc parking and breakfast

Or staying at Yosemite Westgate Lodge 7633 Highway 120 at Buck Meadows, Buck Meadows £115 PN or Yosemite Riverside inn 11399 Cherry Lake Road, Groveland, CA 95321 £90 PN

Saturday 21st September 2013

Jamestown – SF 140 miles 2 hours 43 mins

Groveland – SF 157 miles 2 hours 59 mins

Staying at Travelodge 1707 Market Street, San Francisco, California, USA CA 94103. £63 PN inc parking and breakfast. £252 for 4 nights.

Wednesday 25th September 2013

San Francisco to LA

461 miles 9 hours

Stay at Carmel 125 miles 2 hours 25 mins????

Thursday 26th September 2013

Stay at cambria 97 miles 2 hours 23 mins????

Friday 27th September 2013

242 miles 4 hours???????

Drive back to LA for tomorrow’s flight

Saturday 28th September 2013

Fly out of LAX check in 13.00

Arrive Manchester Sunday 29th 14.00.

KarenG

Some of your hotel prices look a little high - eg Bishop, we paid $35 through Hotwire for bed and breakfast (for four people) in a three star Best Western. However, hotel rates are quite impacted by supply and demand so perhaps that's why (we stayed mid August).

Your route looks good - we did a similar one but the other way round. Have fun!

ETA there's no mention of the trip from GCNP to Kingman, but I think you've included it in the travel time but maybe written Kingman rather than Tusayan? You didn't fancy staying in the park at all? We are at the Maswik Lodge (expecting it to be very basic but well situated) for $79/ night (sleeping four).

ILOVEHOLIDAYS

thanks!! I have included in the travelling time but was posting for people to advise as its the first time we have gone here....we usually go florida.

I have looked for accommodation in the park but I will have a look at the lodge you have mentioned. we have left it late booking but I don't expect this will be our first and last trip tho ))

Murphy_The_Cat

You are going to be spending one hell of a lot of time behind the wheel/ driving on your trip. Have you allowed enough time to explore the areas that you're driving through.

Can I suggest that you stay in San Luis Obispo on Thurs 26th ? SLO is a vibrant town and Thursday night is Farmers Market night when the middle of town gets closed off to vehicles. Enjoy the open air BBQ's.

p.s. where are you picking up your connecting flights.

ILOVEHOLIDAYS

we do enjoy driving and sightseeing do you think this is too much? we know with travelling stopping etc we will on the road for 10 hours a day easy

thanks for the suggestion I have not decided on the last few days back to LA.

We are connecting at heathrow so direct flight from there

KarenG

ILOVEHOLIDAYS wrote: »

thanks!! I have included in the travelling time but was posting for people to advise as its the first time we have gone here....we usually go florida.

I have looked for accommodation in the park but I will have a look at the lodge you have mentioned. we have left it late booking but I don't expect this will be our first and last trip tho ))

I love Florida but The West has the most incredible scenery - some a bit otherworldly, but not to be missed.

KarenG

ILOVEHOLIDAYS wrote: »

we do enjoy driving and sightseeing do you think this is too much? we know with travelling stopping etc we will on the road for 10 hours a day easy

thanks for the suggestion I have not decided on the last few days back to LA.

We are connecting at heathrow so direct flight from there

10 hours a day on the road would've been too much for me, but if you want to max out the places you visit, and don't mind being behind the wheel, that could work. We stayed for 3/4 days in a few different places so we weren't constantly packing and unpacking, but some people felt that was a waste of a road trip. We didn't, but each to their own :T

visidigi

We looked at this, but with only 11 days we decided to drop San Fran and just do la-lv-sd in October - someone I know who works for trek America and does it for a living said that the tri city la, lv, sf loop deserves 3 weeks to make it enjoyable and not a constant drive... Good luck, enjoy it

Murphy_The_Cat

ILOVEHOLIDAYS wrote: »

we do enjoy driving and sightseeing do you think this is too much? we know with travelling stopping etc we will on the road for 10 hours a day easy

In all honesty, yes --- would you spend 10 hours a day driving & sightseeing in the UK, unless you had a really pressing reason to do so

I love driving and driving in America even more so -- but its a LOT more fun exploring than it is to spend multiple hours plugging along an Interstate/desert.

ILOVEHOLIDAYS

Murphy_The_Cat wrote: »

In all honesty, yes --- would you spend 10 hours a day driving & sightseeing in the UK, unless you had a really pressing reason to do so

I love driving and driving in America even more so -- but its a LOT more fun exploring than it is to spend multiple hours plugging along an Interstate/desert.

we do spend a lot of time in the car sightseeing. my oh is a transport director and we often take a job on at the weekend just for the drive but I do understand where you are coming from

thanks I might drop a night at LS and SF just to spend less time on the road

silvercar

We've just done this trip in reverse order. Did it over 18 days - 1400 miles altogether!

LA - Cambria - Big Sur - Monterey - San Fran - Yosemite - Lone Pine - Vegas (incl trip to grand canyon south rim).

Enjoy!