Road-Trip Guides

Day-by-day Road-Trip Guides with real drive times and honest all-in budgets.

There’s something about the open road that feels like a reset button for your soul. I remember the first time I drove across the…

The first time I drove the East Coast, I was 23 and convinced I could do it in a weekend. I was wrong —…

The first time I drove the Blue Ridge Parkway, I was captivated by the way the mountains seemed to breathe with the morning mist.…

When I planned my first trip to a small town in the Pacific Northwest with my son’s elementary school, I had no idea how…

I remember the first time I stepped onto the National Mall in Washington D.C., the air was crisp, the sky a brilliant blue, and…

I remember the first time I drove down Highway 101, the Pacific Ocean slicing through the window of my car like a knife. That…

There's a certain magic to a quick family road trip—those late afternoons in the car, the shared snacks, the way the sun dips low…

The first time I stumbled upon an 'ite trip generation' plan, I was in a hotel lobby in Lisbon, staring at a map and…

There’s a reason the East Coast of the United States is a magnet for road trippers — it’s a place where history and modernity…

The morning I woke up in the middle of the Colorado Rockies, still in my down jacket and with a steaming mug of coffee…