As students, we were always looking for inexpensive places to stay when we travelled.
One of my first road trips was on a greyhound bus and I had planned to spend nights on the bus so it would work out cheaper AND I could go further and see more of the US that way.
If we rented a car, we would always look to drive out one night and drive thru the night - 4 or 5 drivers in 1 car and we took turns, to save on the 1 night of hotel spending.
We also discovered KOAs - Kampground Of America, a place where you can park you RV (recreational vehicle - big vehicle that has a kitchen/ restroom/ living room and bedroom), car and either stay in Kottages or tents.
We rented out tents and stayed at the KOA in SantaFe when we were students and loved it.
KOAs are a little distance from downtowns, so they are quiet. They are a little distance from highways as well, but have a lot of signboards that help in ensuring that you dont get lost.
The tent areas used to be around 15$ per night per tent and Kottages used to be 30 - 40$ in 1999-2000.
6 of us had travelled to SantaFe New Mexico and it cost us 30$ for two tents that we had pitched.
If we had stayed in a cheap motel, it would have cost us around 120$ for two rooms at the least.
On our first trip together, my wife and I stayed in a Kottage, again in SantaFe New Mexico and it had a bunk bed and a single bed as well and was very comfortable.
We also stayed at KOAs at Austin Texas, Branson MO and San Antonio.
A link to KOA is - http://koa.com/
One of my first road trips was on a greyhound bus and I had planned to spend nights on the bus so it would work out cheaper AND I could go further and see more of the US that way.
If we rented a car, we would always look to drive out one night and drive thru the night - 4 or 5 drivers in 1 car and we took turns, to save on the 1 night of hotel spending.
We also discovered KOAs - Kampground Of America, a place where you can park you RV (recreational vehicle - big vehicle that has a kitchen/ restroom/ living room and bedroom), car and either stay in Kottages or tents.
We rented out tents and stayed at the KOA in SantaFe when we were students and loved it.
KOAs are a little distance from downtowns, so they are quiet. They are a little distance from highways as well, but have a lot of signboards that help in ensuring that you dont get lost.
The tent areas used to be around 15$ per night per tent and Kottages used to be 30 - 40$ in 1999-2000.
6 of us had travelled to SantaFe New Mexico and it cost us 30$ for two tents that we had pitched.
If we had stayed in a cheap motel, it would have cost us around 120$ for two rooms at the least.
On our first trip together, my wife and I stayed in a Kottage, again in SantaFe New Mexico and it had a bunk bed and a single bed as well and was very comfortable.
We also stayed at KOAs at Austin Texas, Branson MO and San Antonio.
A link to KOA is - http://koa.com/
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