When planning our coast-to-coast trip through the United States and CanadaThere four important aspects that we had to take into account prior to it.
Mentalization
As a fundamental requirement for the successful conclusion of this trip, it is important to be aware that happiness is found on the road, not at the goal.
In this road trip, so peace and meaning must be found in make the way.
This is a basic aspect in this type of tours where the road It becomes an essential part of the experience.
Requirements of rental car
In our case, we prefer to use a saloon car, staying primarily in roadside motels.
Another alternative would be to make the trip in type vehicles. motorhome (Recreational Vehicle or RV, as they are called in the United States), but it would have an absolutely different approach.
In my opinion, the vehicle must comply with the following minimum requirements:
- spacious and comfortable, since we are going to travel many kilometers.
- automatic gear shift
- It is highly recommended that the vehicle has the device cruise control to set the speed. The long straight lines, the use of highways or interstates require relaxed driving.
- it is necessary to carry the international driving license, along with the original driver's license from our country.
- el GPS It is a great facilitator of the trip. For us it has been really essential to improve the days; We brought one from Barcelona, already updated with the roads of the USA and Canada. It is cheaper than renting a car with built-in GPS.
Motel accommodation
On our trip we spent the night, essentially, in roadside motels more or less close to our destinations. We made the reservations online, and we permanently had the next two or three nights reserved, updating these reservations almost daily.
However, in some places it is It is advisable to reserve well in advance (Monument Valley, Grand Canyon, San Francisco and New York).
Motels offer reasonable prices, generous rooms, simple breakfast (usually included), in-room Wi-Fi, and free parking in front of the room.
Laptop and internet
Carrying a laptop is, nowadays, essential to optimize the trip, to gain peace of mind and comfort, to save money on calls, and to plan the trip as it goes by.
In our case we used two laptops with a modem connection to the Internet, which allowed us to stay in touch with family and friends (emails, Skype), stay connected to the world (news, professional tasks) and be able to search for information for the following days. of the route.
And, likewise, download movies so we can watch them in the hotel room.
Obviously, carrying a credit card with a sufficient limit is essential to be able to make hotel/motel reservations online.
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Interrogatory
Does the normal driver's license not work?
I thought so
regards
Great and very useful. It will be very good for me.
Thank you
A “but”.
I didn't like the “downloading movies” thing. It is illegal, encourages piracy and has done a lot of harm to those of us who work in the cultural industry.
If you had said “take DVDs, rent from a video store or movies copied from your original DVDs or digital copy) I would have liked it more.
A abrazo.