Cheap satnav for USA

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Murphy_The_Cat wrote: »

The banters been fun :beer:

I missed the biggest and best piece of advice - if you're hiring from a company that lets you pick your car, then spend a few minutes selecting and get one with sat nav/gps fitted. If its already fitted, you won't need to pay for it.

In order of usefullness, I'd be looking at
a) car equipped sat nav/gps
b) portable sat nav/gps unit. Buy one from Walmart etc and flog it afterwards. Get one from ebay etc and sell it afterwards. Or pay for US mapping on your Tom Tom type device (if you have one). This option will cost you a few ££
c) use mapping on your phone. This'll cost little/nothing, but the down side is that you'll possibily/probably be working with a smaller screen, which reduces practicality.

Unrealted to your original question, have a great time planning your trip, using whatever utility you can. Depending on the distance that you're looking at travelling, google maps is very good, especially for an 'overview'.

I never look at mine when I'm driving, I just listen to it. A portable one is useful for navigation when walking, and finding your way back to the car if your sense of direction in cities/towns is as bad an mine.