I hereby respond to a comment from an unknown reader who wanted to know how much cost me about the road trip. All in all the fun cost me about 10,000 €, which include everything.
The flight, which I had booked about half a year in advance (October 1009) failed with about 600 € to book. The lowest offer came from British Airways and was going from Munich MUC to London-Heathrow to New York-JFK. The return flight from San Francisco-SFO to London Heathrow to Munich-MUC was of course included. IMPORTANT: Be sure to book soon, because if you booked just 2 weeks before departure, the flight can cost up to 2,000 €!
the car booked I cheaper-mietwagen.de at National. There are certainly other vendors, but I was very satisfied with this. The process was very straightforward. National was also the only provider of a car over a long period (60 days) for a one-way route (other than return-Pick) was made available. The rent was about 1650 € plus a return of U.S. $ 250 fee. If I had not booked the car a little earlier and not only 4 months before pickup possible, he would have up to 150 € can be cheaper. So reservation is essential to early! You return fee is also very good because other providers request, except that they give the car not so long at a time, up to $ 1000. Another advantage was that the rental price for all insurance companies were mentioned and there was no mileage limitation.
to point the car I have to perform some of the more fuel costs. This accounted for an average price of 2.80 U.S. $ per gallon from about $ 1000 for 11,000 mile route. My car (Chevrolet Cobalt) read with around 30 mpg (miles per gallon) move.
distributed the rest of the travel costs to the hotel / motels, food / beverage and admission prices.
to the accommodations, I can say that you can be very different from the price. In the best case I could get one night for only $ 28 U.S. (which is the motel in Amarillo, Texas, but also noted) is open, the price is up, depending on how you wish to return. At first I booked me on the Internet (which is offered free in most accommodation) in the morning on the day of my next trip a room at my destination. After about a week but I went over to it to the target to look for accommodation, which kept me still in Germany and bought my GPS (TomTom GO 940 Live with USA / Canada map) very well. I can even recommend it to acquire a good navigation system, as the road layout is often very difficult / confusing and does a car navigation system with lenders about 10US $ / day. With a good conscience I can recommend the motel chains 'RedRoofs Inn' and 'Motel 6'. RedRoofs offers consistently clean, good as new rooms with free Internet access via W-Lan. Motel 6 is indeed usually spartan and set back and again with worn furniture, but despite the $ 2.99 most expensive Internet access one of the cheapest providers in the field (from 24.99 $ per night). At Quality Inn, Super 8, Quintas, Knights Inn ... the quality is often very different. Sometimes I look at me with my entire body weight given the door throw to close to open it / was bugs in the rooms or the furnishings in danger of collapse or the like, However, one can not generally claim to all branches of these chains. One must also not the motels are among the big chains do not forget. Now and again these are a bit adventurous, but they reflect the U.S. again, as we know it from movies. Partly as a real fluke are in the process where you get $ 35US for a room with internet, cable TV, refrigerator, microwave, coffee maker, iron, etc.. In any case, I would not let them outside before, although it may be sometimes a room with a bed durchgelegenem and missing tiles in the shower there.
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beverages at service stations (coca cola, DrPepper you ... can fill in yourself taps into cups) are usually far less costly than the same amount in bottles.
take money in different forms. My distribution was $ 3,000 in cash, $ 5,000 in TravelersCheques and the rest went to MasterCard. The cash and checks, I tucked into several bundles at different places in my luggage and was only ever as much as I needed to 1-2 days. Most motels, gas stations and attractions accept Travelerscheques and give back the change in cash. Thus, the distribution amount to $ 1,000 in cash easily and 7.000% in checks because you can change this if necessary even in banks in cash.
Always remember that 95% of the advertised Prices are net, and that therefore the taxes to come. Only in some admission fees and food / souvenirs from street stalls, the tax is already included. Even in restaurants and burger joints still come to the taxes.
I hope I could help with my remarks. If the reader who asked me the question has any questions for me, it would be good to write to me at the above e-mail address, because I rarely visit the blog. My answer, I'll send you post here and, if desired, also by e-mail to the interested person.
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