Cross country road trip in 2 1/2 - 3 months?
My friends and I (there will be 4 of us) would like to take a cross country road trip over summer vacation. We would like to see as many of the continental states as possible, but realize we might not have time to see all of them. Do you have any advise on destinations that we cannot miss along the way? And another thing, we would like to drive a VW camper van (either a bay or split window) are these reliable cars? Are there better years more suited for roadtrips? Any help is appreciated.
Not an ideal vehicle for this type of tripl.
Hello and welcome to the RTA forums !
I think at this point in time you will be best off searching the forums and other Roadtrip planning pages with a good map to hand and start making notes of what appeals to you and get some dots on the map. We could suggest a million and one things at the moment but it would really put you back to where you started. The Map centre [in the tool bar above] is a great tool for searching out attractions along different routes and once you have made a start we can help fill in the blanks.
VW campers can go on forever with the right maintenance but away from the romance of them, they are small, would be slow [especially in the mountains] and you will always have a higher risk of problems in an older vehicle. You almost certainly won't be able to rent one for such a trip and if you could it would cost a fortune and to buy a good one I doubt would come cheap. [They fetch a fortune this side of the pond]. A cool, iconic motor but really not suited to this task.
Enjoy the planning !