really ambitious spring break?

[imported_Steve]

My friends and I plan on making a cross country road trip from NYC to SF for spring break (March 14-24), drive one way and fly back the other. Is this even possible? Is so, any suggestions?

[Syv]

Hope you mean your friends would take turns driving right through? You could do the drive in THREE 18-hour (or longer) days.

If you have TEN days altogether - you could stop at a couple points along the way (Grand Canyon for example).

Fly back would be the only way to do it if you don't want to be driving the whole time & not seeing anything.

How do you intend to do this??? I assume you'll be using a rental vehicle since you wouldn't be driving your own vehicle one-way!

A rental car is usually much more expensive to drop off at a different destination (not round-trip). You'll have to look into that. Also one-way flights are usually expensive.

It might be cheaper to just fly both ways & rent a car once in San Francisco.

[Syv]

Also with a rental vehicle - be sure it has UNLIMITED mileage.

[laydownthelaw]

You will be able to see some things along the way if you stick to either I-70, I-80, or I-90 for most of the way across. (I-80 goes directly into SF from NY, but the other two are a bit more scenic in spots.


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