What's the best 3-city trip you could take in the USA in the span (1 Viewer)

[Rick James]

EDIT- title was supposed to say 2 weeks at the end.

You plan to fly to the first city and fly home from the last city, and drive in between.

so far I've got:

San Diego -> LA -> Las Vegas

Orlando -> Miami (long drive) -> Key West

Nashville -> Chattanooga -> Asheville (long drive)

 

[mr roboto]

Bakersfield-->Fresno-->Modesto

 

[comfortably numb]

EDIT- title was supposed to say 2 weeks at the end.

You plan to fly to the first city and fly home from the last city, and drive in between.

so far I've got:

San Diego -> LA -> Las Vegas

Orlando -> Miami (long drive) -> Key West

Nashville -> Chattanooga -> Asheville (long drive)

Boston->NYC->DC

3 hour car ride in between each destination

 

[kutta]

New York->Boston->DC would be a pretty sweet trip.

 

[matuski]

San Fran - Portland - Seattle.. or vice versa.

Drive is longish but beautiful (PCH).

 

[the moops]

New York->Boston->DC would be a pretty sweet trip.

you got the order wrong

 

[the moops]

San Fran - Portland - Seattle.. or vice versa.

Drive is longish but beautiful (PCH).

Too long. I would do Portland, Seattle, Vancouver instead

 

[-jb-]

Highway 1 starting in San Diego, ending in Sonoma (leave out SFO). Depends on your tolerance for driving I guess.

Includes San Diego, Newport, LA Beach Cities, Hollywood, Santa Barbara, SLO, Big Sur, Monterey, San Francisco, wine country, and a #### ton in between.

 

[pollardsvision]

Flint-Bay City-Saginaw

 

[matuski]

San Fran - Portland - Seattle.. or vice versa.

Drive is longish but beautiful (PCH).

Too long.I would do Portland, Seattle, Vancouver instead

Maybe.. I'll take the wine country or the views along the coast over Vancouver.

I guess it isn't really the PCH north of San Fran, is it.. turns into 101?

 

[comfortably numb]

Milwaukee->Chicago-Louisville

?

 

[AAABatteries]

Boston->NYC->DC

3 hour car ride in between each destination

New York->Boston->DC would be a pretty sweet trip.

Wrong. It's obviously DC-NY-Boston

 

[the moops]

Don't do it in the winter, but you could do a Chicago, Madison (or Milwaukee), Twin Cities.

 

[matuski]

Highway 1 starting in San Diego, ending in Sonoma (leave out SFO). Depends on your tolerance for driving I guess.

Includes San Diego, Newport, LA Beach Cities, Hollywood, Santa Barbara, SLO, Big Sur, Monterey, San Francisco, wine country, and a #### ton in between.

Yep.. the drive becomes part of the experience.. I would do this, or my idea (same difference).

 

[pollardsvision]

Savannah-----Hilton Head------Charleston

 

[mr roboto]

Yeah it has to include the Bay Area and the California Coast for me.

 

[matuski]

Yeah it has to include the Bay Area and the California Coast for me.

Anyone choosing the East Coast over the West Coast is nuts.

 

[jamny]

If the plan is to see big cities, yeah, the Boston, NY, DC trip is great.

We love long scenic roadtrips. A few we've taken that I'd recommend:

Phoenix - Sedona, (stop at Grand Canyon) - Vegas

Salt Lake/Park City - St. George (stop at Zion) - Vegas

Portland - Medford/Ashland area - Napa/San Fran/ Carmel area

Minneapolis - Green Bay - Milwaukee - Chicago

Dallas - Austin - San Antonio

Vancouver - Seattle - Portland

 

[Smack Tripper]

Nashville-Memphis-New Orleans

 

[BroadwayG]

El Paso, Dallas, Houston

 

[the moops]

Yea, this whole "best" thing is going to depend on season and what you are looking to do, among other things.

 

[The Goat]

Charleston-Memphis-New Orleans. At the proper time of year.

 

[matuski]

Yea, this whole "best" thing is going to depend on season and what you are looking to do, among other things.

Kids/no kids? Etc.

 

[The Goat]

Maybe sub in Nashville for Charleston. That's a hell of a drive.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

I'd say Montreal to Boston to NYC. Don't let Mon not bring strictly USA affect things.

 

[beercat]

Detroit-Flint-Gary

 

[RC94]

When I was a kid we did an American history driving vacation. Starting at home (NYC) we went to places like Gettysburg and Valley Forge, Philadelphia, Washington DC and ended in Williamsburg, VA (which is a town/city I highly recommend). So I guess in this context it would be NYC, Philly, DC with some other stops in between and Williamsburg in the end. You can do a similar vacation going north to Boston instead, but we really wanted to go to Williamsburg.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

The overlooked answer here is to do the Twin Cities to the Quad Cities to Chicago.

Seven cities instead of three.

 

[bostonfred]

Phoenix - Sedona, (stop at Grand Canyon) - Vegas

This is the one I was going to suggest. Every part of the trip is great and totally different. Beautiful ride, the crazy crystal people in Sedona are awesome, you get some normal city time in Phoenix/Scottsdale/whatever and Vegas is Vegas.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

EDIT- title was supposed to say 2 weeks at the end.

You plan to fly to the first city and fly home from the last city, and drive in between.

so far I've got:

San Diego -> LA -> Las Vegas

Orlando -> Miami (long drive) -> Key West

Nashville -> Chattanooga -> Asheville (long drive)

Orlando to Miami is not a long drive, you can cover that in < 3 hours. It would actually take you longer to drive Miami to Key West because it's one lane, low speed limit through most of the Keys. Either drive is shorter than LA to Vegas.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Also, you're going to have the most options in the northeast if only because of the condensed nature of things. I grew up in central NJ and within an afternoon, one could get by car to Boston, NYC, Philly, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Washington, DC....you get the idea. States are a lot smaller up there.

 

[jamny]

Phoenix - Sedona, (stop at Grand Canyon) - Vegas

This is the one I was going to suggest. Every part of the trip is great and totally different. Beautiful ride, the crazy crystal people in Sedona are awesome, you get some normal city time in Phoenix/Scottsdale/whatever and Vegas is Vegas.

The drive from Phoenix to Sedona, through Prescott, was one of the best we've ever taken. Beautiful.

 

[Rick James]

Just looking for alternate ideas to 2 weeks in Hawaii.

 

[jamny]

2 weeks in Hawaii

 

[mr roboto]

The overlooked answer here is to do the Twin Cities to the Quad Cities to Chicago.

Seven cities instead of three.

Lol. But seriously the Quad Cities are terrible.

 

[the moops]

Just looking for alternate ideas to 2 weeks in Hawaii.

Kids?

When you going?

Want to sports? Nature?

Like to party?

 

[Smack Tripper]

Just looking for alternate ideas to 2 weeks in Hawaii.

A1A from Key West to St. Augustine? Or Start and end in Ft. Myers and do a Florida loop?

 

[Gadabout]

Austin --> Houston --> NOLA

 

[mr roboto]

Madrid Barcelona Paris

 

[jamny]

Austin --> Houston --> NOLA

Hmm...never been to Houston and NO only once many years ago.

Gonna have to put that on my list.

 

[RUSF18]

Madrid Barcelona Paris

Yeah two weeks for any three American cities seems like a lot of time. Not sure about the rest of you, but I get very few opportunities to travel for two consecutive weeks, which is what you want for Europe. You can knock out any US city in a long weekend.

 

[Parmcat]

If in Canada,

Toronto-Niagara Falls-Montreal

 

[Rick James]

Kids - 0

When you going - last week of may thru the first week of june

Want to sports? Nature? sure

Like to party? sure

 

[Rick James]

Madrid Barcelona Paris

Yeah two weeks for any three American cities seems like a lot of time. Not sure about the rest of you, but I get very few opportunities to travel for two consecutive weeks, which is what you want for Europe. You can knock out any US city in a long weekend.

We did Spain two years ago plus Rome-Florence-Venice last year. We wanted this next one to be more of a relaxing beach type vacation so that's where Hawaii fits in the equation. if we don't decide to do it ($$ may be the only reason), I was looking at alternatives here in the states. We're certainly not against Europe so that's a possibility too.

 

[hagmania]

Chattanooga is an, um, interesting choice.

 

[Smack Tripper]

Austin --> Houston --> NOLA

Damn I'd like to do this one myself sometime!

 

[hagmania]

TN & KY Whiskey/Bourbon Trail would have stops in Nashville, Louisville, and Lexington.

 

[hagmania]

Oh you said best. Probably not that.

 

[Don Quixote]

Would Alaska be an option? I spent about two weeks in Alaska last year. Started up in Fairbanks with a stop in Denali, then drove down to Seward for a cruise to Vancouver. Obviously, you can't drive that. But it's another US option for 2 weeks.

 

[pandora]

New York -> St. Louis -> Los Angeles