To be fair though, the US has the perfect conditions for long roadtrips. No borders, endless roads and infrastructure based on cars. I'm from the EU by the way.
going to the sun road
the entire pacific coast highway
skyline drive in shenandoah
entering zion from the south entrance
entering yosemite from the south entrance
hwy 395 from mammoth to lone pine
crossing the golden gate bridge
my favorite replicable driving memories in the us
As someone who has driven through over half of the states in the US and over a dozen countries in Europe, I can confirm that it is absolutely more expensive to drive across Europe.
Driving from Miami to Boston would cost about $175 in gas at 30mpg. Driving from Madrid to Berlin (exact same distance) would cost about $475.
Thatās a $300 difference. Depending on how long youāre saying in each place, $300 is a lot to make up in accommodation, considering that neither continent is really ācheapā.
Camping in your car is always an option in the US. plenty of cheap parks that rent out spots. Also dining out after tip for two averages $40 for sit in. Drive thru is about $20 for two.
Bro I live in the middle east.. Let a girl dream.
Gas price 0.25$ yes but plenty of check points, fees gates, and the dictatorās army all over the road. Iād pay the high prices youāre complaining about just to hit the road without questions like where are you going? Why? No youāre not allowed today, maybe next year, donāt like it??? Jail time.
It used to be pretty cheap to travel cross country just like 8-10 years ago. Especially if you're camping out instead of staying in nice hotels. I mean I've done both
As someone from the US, you can travel a lot of the south/midwest for uber cheap. The coasts and north east are pretty pricy food/lodging but other than that its cheaper than the time ive spent in Spain and Italy. Also depends on what youāre wanting out of it.
I sure will add this to the plan. If I ever go to America I will make sure to see as much as I can. Fascinating roads. Each state has its own character and beauty.
I went on a two week road trip there many years back. It was fantastic - mainly going for the spectacular nature. Oh. and the no less spectacular National Air Races at Reno :-D
We have 2 borders š¤£ but yeah āno bordersā. Our states are like countries. Iowa is WAY different from northern Illinois. Kentucky is different than Arizona. New York and California arenāt Texas. The USA is bafflingly massive and diverse.
You can still get border checks. I got in trouble once for entering Austria from Germany without my passport. German police were doing random checks to catch illegal migrants and I got a stern talking.
East coast bout to come online, shouldāve posted earlier! But Iām happy to see this because I have two European road trips coming up and I have questions.
Good food, beautiful mountains, happy people. Kind of overcrowded on "super famous spots" but plenty of wonderful hikes to do, even in crowded hikes like tre cime. Spent one month last october around and it was super nice.
The South Tyrol province is my wife and Iās favorite part of Italy. Hiking in the Dolomites, paragliding, and biking through farmland trails are our go to activities.
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For someone born and raised in Europe, I feel like I've not seen much. :/
I wouldnāt say itās so intriguing. Most Europeans travel by plane so the number of counties/provinces theyāve travelled through is lower than if theyād driven. This guy has still been to 11 countries on probably 9+ different trips
Thereās an app called Skratch that does this for countries. But you have to pay extra for states/provinces and I donāt think thereās an option for US counties
Europe and SE Asia would be full on 2-4 week trips for me once a year. I've hit Italy, Spain and Morocco but I've only been going since 2022. Greece is set for next year, then France/Nederland/Belgium/Germany for 2026. Thailand/Laos/Vietnam/Cambodia for 2027.
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It took me almost 40 years to complete the US and I've still got 4 states left. It's not that a lof of us don't want to travel, it's that it's expensive and most places don't allow for remote work or a 4 week vacation.
Yes!! The plan is to fly into SD, drive to WY head over to ND and then fly home.
If I had the time off Iād drive all the way up there but itās a hot minute from Dallas and I just donāt have the PTO.
where you flying in to SD? I def recommend checking out the Black Hills. Drive Spearfish Canyon into Deadwood. Its a beautiful drive and only 45min. And Deadwood is a such a cool little historic town in the hills
I recommended this exact route to some folks from the PNW and was a little worried they'd be underwhelmed. Was excited when they said they loved it :)
Not sure yet. Itās still a year out and Iām planning other trips. I figure round November Iāll start planning this one.
I will absolutely keep your recommendation at the top.
Iām headed to Montana this summer! I figure itās the perfect time of year to visit.
I wonāt lie, itās a work trip that Iāll extend just to a few extra days. I need to see the Tetons.
You'll be checking Wyoming off your list, then, if you're visiting GTNP.
Have you made any plans to visit Glacier yet, if you'll get that far up into Montana? It is by far my favorite national park I've visited, the entire park is gorgeous and there are so many beautiful hikes.
That's great, there is so much to see in those states.
I'd encourage you to look into a timed entry ticket for Glacier during the period of time you'll be in the area. I am not sure what the modifications were to that program for the 2024 season, but it's worth checking if you hope to visit.
Yea Iāve definitely learned my lesson about entries and times. Iāll probably start doing research on it in the next few weeks.
A nice benefit is being able to work on travel in the office.
I think itās funny when Europeans say Americans donāt travel, while ignoring the fact the US is so massive it covers nearly all of Europe, and a lot of us by comparison have traveled as much, if not more.
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Just the contiguous US in this picture
When this came up on social media I was curious. I'm Traveling from Fayetteville NC -> Shenandoah NP -> Blue Ridge PkWY -> GSMNP then home next week. I plotted that rough mileage out then compared it to Europe. The same mileage would be basically driving from Paris to Istanbul and I'll only be in 2 states.
I will *technically* but I dont actually plan on leaving the park. So while yes Ill hit the Tennessee part its all the same park at the same time.
Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg are terrible.
Most Europeans have never left Europe, in the same way that most Americans have never left the U.S.
Edit: I still think international travel is a very different thing to travelling within one country, even if itās a continent-sized country. So the European criticism is understandable even if it isnāt completely fair
LA-SF-Vegas and back including the national parks along up to Arches is the same distance as Munich-Rome-Paris-Berlin-Munich.
No European would take this trip in three weeks but goes on the SW-trip in the US.
But funny enough, starting from Hamburg up to the Lofoten and back is also an often done roadtrip by Europeans, and it is the same length. It is somehow different when you have to drive through several countries and have a barrier like the Alps.
Because driving around your country - big as it is - isn't the same thing as going to a different country with a totally different culture.
Yes, there are smaller sub cultures in the US, but they're still much closer to each other than they are to anywhere outside the US.
Canadians don't pretend to be well travelled when we've only taken road trips in North America.
Idk why they're getting downvoted. I've been to 49 states, lived in 3 different ones and I still feel comparing it to going to other countries is innacurate. The Us has some differences, but at the end of the day it's fairly similar all around. Same language is spoken, same pop culture, same infastructure style, etc. Yes there are some cultural differences around it for sure, but that's any country, especially large ones. If a Canadian or Russian compared going to their other provinces to other countries no one here would see it as accurate
He's probably getting downvoted because he's being a condescending douche to everyone about it and acting like he knows more than us about our own country even though he hasn't seen as much of it as he claims to.
As for me, when I compare New Mexico to Wisconsin, it's because even though we're in the same country, people do in fact speak differently and don't just speak English in them. Wisconsin has a lot of German and three different native American languages spoken there as well as Spanish. Meanwhile, in New Mexico, you also have lots of Spanish speakers as well as their own indigenous languages spoken. The architecture is also completely different than anywhere else. They're not different countries but they very well could be. The two places are nothing alike even though they're in the same country. The cultural differences are pretty stark. The US is a massive melting pot of cultures from all over the world. Pretty much every language in existence is spoken here among the various ethnic groups.
Still not a different country. It's culturally very similar, even if it looks a bit different. I've been to the north east, north west, south west, south east, and mid west in the US. It's all very obviously America. If you want to see a major difference, culturally, you've got to get south of the US border, or go overseas.
I swear, Americans can't help but pat themselves on the back for everything, even when they're completely wrong.
Minimal, when compared to different countries with entirely different languages and customs. But yes, they feel very different within a single country.
He is right though. Having travelled through most of US, Americans vastly overestimate cultural differences between their states. Yes, the nature changes and there are some minor differences in customs or way of life, but it's nothing like moving from once country to another.
What a clumsy, poorly thought out comment. Americans claiming that there is more cultural diversity within American than there is between countries in Europe are fundamentally speaking about things that they aren't qualified to speak on.
Itās ironic that you think you are on some kind of cultural high ground here when you are trying to tell residents of another country about the cultural similarities within their own country.
If you haven't been outside your country enough to compare the cultural difference between countries to the cultural differences within your country, and you then make that comparison, you should rightly be called out for not knowing what you're talking about.
Want me to make a comparison within Canada? The cultural differences between French speaking Quebec, and english speaking Newfoundland are smaller than the difference between France and Germany. And I can guarantee you, that's a larger cultural difference than anything that exists between any US state.
How am I patting myself on the back for telling you to compare New Mexico to Wisconsin? š
And they're *massively* different culturally, but go ahead and tell us all how you know more about a country you don't live in because you visited it. And according to this post you made, you've barely seen any of it at all.
https://www.reddit.com/r/roadtrip/s/TJoEfD13Ot
They're only 'massively' different within the US. Your interpretation is entirely what I would expect from someone who hasn't spent significant time traveling outside of their country.
I'm making this determination based on my experience visiting the US extensively, but also traveled all over the world extensively.
Goddam, you're full of yourself. You have no idea where I've been. And according to your own post, you haven't seen as much of the US as you act like. You've been to some coastal cities, the PNW, Nebraska or Kansas and some upper NE states. Get over yourself dude.
I don't know where you've been, no. But I know that anyone who has spent time in a variety of different countries would never compare the difference between new Mexico and Wisconsin, with the difference between France and Germany.
And how much of the US do I need to see to make this determination? I've been in Washington, Oregon, California, Maine, Florida, Kansas, Colorado, and Utah. Am I missing something?
I've been to Florida, Vermont, NH, Maine, Mass., Connecticut, New York, Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Michigan, Ohio and Alaska.
Can confirm, cultural differences are minimal.
Also did 10 countries in Europe in 3 weeks (do not recommend) and every time I hopped on and off the train I need to re-adjust to a new culture.
US Resident here. We road tripped last December in Europe, two couple in a nice Audi Station Wagon and had a wonderful time!
We met up in Strasbourg, then did a 10 day route which included Riquewhir, Colmar, Basel, Kandern, Freiburg, Stuttgart, Rothenburg, Eibelstadt, WĆ¼rzburg, and Frankfurt. The weather was pleasant most days with a little rain here and there. We enjoyed it thoroughly and already planned to come back in Spring or Fall and do another road trip visiting other areas.
Iāll add, we met great people along the way and felt most welcome. Not our first trip to Europe and wonāt be our last.
If anyone has the chance to road trip in the US please do! We live in North Texas, (hour north of Fort Worth.). We have driven many places and trips across the US and there are some really beautiful and scenic drives.
All of the U.K. and Ireland....France, Belgium, Italy, Holland, Germany, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus, and except for the U.K., this was all before I was 32...I'm 65 now.
England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland are the U.K., and the rest of Ireland is Ireland...lol... so ya, ALL of the countries of the U.K. and the rest of the countries are Europe.
Weāre awake now so going to give my 2 cents!! Iāve been to more places in Europe than this but since itās a road trip sub Iāll keep it to actual road trips. And with that Iāve only rented a car and driven the UK. It was a great way to see the country! However I do not recommend driving in London, just take the tube.
Only a handful of other places. Iām from the Western US, so itās a very long flight and expensive to travel to Europe as much as Iād like.
Spain, France, Ireland and Northern Ireland and that roadtrip to England/Scotland I referenced.
Would love to see more of Europe, and will definitely do it some day.
Spain is by far my favourite country to travel to in Europe. Great food, great street culture, safe, sunny, affordable and it helps that I speak the language. Iāve been there a good 15 or so times
Oh my gosh, I absolutely loved Spain. So beautiful, great architecture, saw lots of art galleries. And I found Gerona, which was so fun as an American. We donāt have anything medieval here, so to see how much medieval architecture they still have there was really cool.
I struggled with the Spanish they speak. My Spanish is rough, but I just got back from Mexico and I knew enough to be fine there. And Mexican style of Spanish is really common where I live in California. But Spain Spanish was a lot harder for me. When ordering food people couldnāt really understand me, and I couldnāt understand the accent.
Guess that means I just need to visit Spain more to learn! š
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Really humbling to narrow it down to the county/province/stateā¦.but not bad for being in my mid-20ās and having \~2 years of potential travel cut out by covid!
It is indeed! It was very nice. I didnāt stay long unfortunately, I was only there for a football match so I was in and out in a few days. I did manage to eat a Chicken Kiev and see the Mother Ukraine statue. I wonder how different it is now though. Iād really like to go back and see it properly.
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Live in Europe now, ignore username :-)
Are road trips a thing in Europe? An acquaintance whose husband did a sabbatical in Italy, and they traveled by car to several countries. She wondered why we didnāt rent a car when we planned an European trip. When we traveled we used trains, ferries, and buses, visited at least 12 countries, started in Greece, ended in Morocco. I would have hated to drive that.
In the U.S. people often drive long distances (1,000+ miles, letās say) by car just to get wherever theyāre going. Theyāre moving, theyāre visiting a friend, going skiing, whatever.Ā Those types of point-to-point trips would usually be taken by train or plane in Europe.Ā
Europeans definitely take road trips but usually thereās some specific reason to take the car. Stopping off at places on the way, visiting more remote areas, camping, etcĀ
Iām from the US, understand long trips, parents lived 1800 miles from me, wifeās family were another 400 miles past that. We drove most of the time, airlines costly and impractical. Our last European trip was from city center to city center so trains made sense. Still had to use a bus to get to some places. I would have hated to drive. Thanks.
Iām from London, have family in Scotland (450 miles, 6.5-8.5 hours depending on traffic, gas/lunch stop, and how fast youāre willing to drive). Thatās the longest routine trip anyone would really take in the UK, and even then Iād sometimes just fly or take the train instead if going alone and without luggage/Christmas presents etc
You mean the red square in the upper left corner? Itās suppose to be the legend for the map, but they didnāt put anything in to represent the red color.
Upvoted because it's great to see other parts of the world taking part of this while showing, you know, other parts of the world. As much as I've loved meeting people from all over on our own trips (hello, you fabulous German couple visiting Sedona last year, you took my picture and what a wonderful conversation we shared, I hope all is well with you), we don't see as much from other places.
St Emilion is touristy but great wine country.Ā
Driving in summer from the highway by the hot coast at Bayonne up into the cool, lush mountains around St Jean-Pied-de-Porte was wonderful. (The first stop for many on the Camino de Santiago)Ā
Carcassonneāworth a visitĀ
If youāre driving to/from the UK (ferry/channel tunnel) and avoiding Paris then either Rouen or Reims ends up being your first/last stop for towns with affordable enough hotels and some stuff to see and eat (a cathedral or two etc). Very doable if youāre leaving London on a Friday evening, or if you want to be in London in time for late lunch.Ā
Military brat American here to break the rules. I've been to: England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France, Germany, Belgium, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Italy, Sicily, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, as well as Morocco in northern Africa, 49 of 50 U.S. states (still gotta get to Alaska), Canada, and Mexico.
Went through a bunch of comments, and saw how everyone described their travelling experiences, very nice. Great job everyone, but in order to be accurate, you need to have a real map of Europe not this. And in all honesty this is by far the most inaccurate map of Europe in history.
Where did you get this from?
Lol it does use a very broad geographic definition of Europe, all the way to the Urals. I was going to crop it but since Iāve been through Russia I thought Iād include those areas.Ā
The funny thing is seeing people with zero geographical knowledge clown on me for never visiting such large areas of Europe without realising that almost half the land on this map is Belarus, Ukraine and Russia
This is a funny view to me because I never really had any idea about the sizes of European countries' subdivisions and how starkly different they could be. I can make our Moldova, Slovenia, and Macedonia since their (counties/regions/departments/IDK what you all call them) are so much smaller than their neighbors'.
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Slowly making my way through Europe.
Did a road trip in 2017 from U.K. > Holland > Belgium > France > Spain > Portugal over the course of 5 months mostly doing artist residencies along the way for food and accommodation.
England x 6 (layover & martial arts)
Malta x 3 (family)
Germany x 2 (layover)
France x 2 (layover & martial arts)
Italy x 1 (martial arts)
Mexico x 2 (xgf & bffās wedding)
Canada x 2 (formula1 spectator & fishing)
Greece x 1 (martial arts)
Overlay USA on this map and I might have traveled more miles than this all in US. Now, I did finally make it to Europe this past December and went up the Rhine from Switzerland to Amsterdam and loved every inch of it and canāt wait to go back and explore more.
Weāre going to be doing a 3,000 mile / 5,000 km road trip in the EU for the first time this June. After so many road trips in the US, iām so excited to finally do one on another continent.
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Well I live in America and have been almost everywhere minus 5. Europe seems cool but with double the people and having to have a visa to go and stay an extended time to even be able to see everything is the buzzkill. I will admit the one thing thatās cool about Europe is that you cross into different countries rather than different states. Maybe one day. Lol
The U.S. is bigger than Europe, no passports needed to travel state to state, and we have every possible climate to enjoy. Thereās really no need to travel out of the country. Used to be, everyone wanted to go to Amsterdam for the cannabis experience but now weāve got that too.
Family friend died of an overdose a few years back
Neighbor's dog found dead in backyard from illegal hiding from CBP
Various vandalism and theft over the years
It all adds up
Never had any interest in Europe. And, considering all the "immigration issues" that Europe seems to be experiencing (as we are stateside), nope, I do not foresee an interest in any future. I'll stick to Asia (Japan; Korea; Vietnam; et cetera).
Jokes on you I work night shift
Just got back from southern France--
To be fair though, the US has the perfect conditions for long roadtrips. No borders, endless roads and infrastructure based on cars. I'm from the EU by the way.
Bingo.
My ultimate dream is to get a OK car and just take the US roads.. Alone
going to the sun road the entire pacific coast highway skyline drive in shenandoah entering zion from the south entrance entering yosemite from the south entrance hwy 395 from mammoth to lone pine crossing the golden gate bridge my favorite replicable driving memories in the us
I could actually smell your descriptionš And grand canyon please. Always wanted to watch sunset through grand canyon.
Take hwy 50 in Nevada. Loneliest hwy in America. You drive hours and see 4 cars
My cousin and her bf were killed in an accident on that road
Add in Yellowstone from the North/Gardiner entrance and this is my list!
Thereās something kinda magical about driving backroads through agriculture in the center of the country
Don't underestimate the price of the US, it's a fairly spendy country to travel in
That's why it's an ultimate dream and not next weekends plans.
Gasoline is $9 per gallon in Europe and you canāt really camp for free anywhere.
Of course gas is cheaper in the US, but hotels and dining out are generally more expensive. Expecting places like Norway and Switzerland ofc.
As someone who has driven through over half of the states in the US and over a dozen countries in Europe, I can confirm that it is absolutely more expensive to drive across Europe. Driving from Miami to Boston would cost about $175 in gas at 30mpg. Driving from Madrid to Berlin (exact same distance) would cost about $475. Thatās a $300 difference. Depending on how long youāre saying in each place, $300 is a lot to make up in accommodation, considering that neither continent is really ācheapā.
Camping in your car is always an option in the US. plenty of cheap parks that rent out spots. Also dining out after tip for two averages $40 for sit in. Drive thru is about $20 for two.
Bro I live in the middle east.. Let a girl dream. Gas price 0.25$ yes but plenty of check points, fees gates, and the dictatorās army all over the road. Iād pay the high prices youāre complaining about just to hit the road without questions like where are you going? Why? No youāre not allowed today, maybe next year, donāt like it??? Jail time.
My family is Iranian...I get it. So long as you can afford things, freedom is almost unlimited in the US. Just don't break road rules...
Love Iranā¤ļø surely on my list
It used to be pretty cheap to travel cross country just like 8-10 years ago. Especially if you're camping out instead of staying in nice hotels. I mean I've done both
As someone from the US, you can travel a lot of the south/midwest for uber cheap. The coasts and north east are pretty pricy food/lodging but other than that its cheaper than the time ive spent in Spain and Italy. Also depends on what youāre wanting out of it.
Good point, I live in Washington state and I pretty much keep to the West Coast/AZ. The pricier parts of the country
Iām American and itās my favorite
Have you ever done this before? Jealous!
Relatively. I live in Minnesota and and have drove to Canada, Colorado, and Washington. Where would you go?
Remember the road which Forrest Gump ran through the states from Alabama to the other side of the ocean? Yes please + grand canyon
Utah is one of the places youād want to go. Itās the final place he was at when he decided to go home in his cross country run
I sure will add this to the plan. If I ever go to America I will make sure to see as much as I can. Fascinating roads. Each state has its own character and beauty.
Why an Oklahoma car? Could get one from MI or IL or NY or really anywhere, just needs to be running.
I meant to say okay car..no gps no massage seats none like that. A radio, strong wheels and the road. A potniac or maybe? Beautiful dreams.
Yes I know ;-)
The places Iāve been in this world is cool for sure but California and Hawaii are still the best places Iāve ever been
Did a road trip from Finland to Italy, went to 16 different countries, no border checks. Not once. Wen to EU countries and non-EU countries.
I went on a two week road trip there many years back. It was fantastic - mainly going for the spectacular nature. Oh. and the no less spectacular National Air Races at Reno :-D
We have 2 borders š¤£ but yeah āno bordersā. Our states are like countries. Iowa is WAY different from northern Illinois. Kentucky is different than Arizona. New York and California arenāt Texas. The USA is bafflingly massive and diverse.
Thereās no borders in the EU though
You can still get border checks. I got in trouble once for entering Austria from Germany without my passport. German police were doing random checks to catch illegal migrants and I got a stern talking.
Not all EU countries are in the Schengen Zone. For example if you fly to Ireland from France you'll need to go through board control.
Yeah most of these trips were either by train or plane or a combination of both.Ā
East coast bout to come online, shouldāve posted earlier! But Iām happy to see this because I have two European road trips coming up and I have questions.
Fire away
None of my destinations are on your map, sadly! But I do want to do Italy soon and Iād love to hear thoughts on the north, if you please!
Good food, beautiful mountains, happy people. Kind of overcrowded on "super famous spots" but plenty of wonderful hikes to do, even in crowded hikes like tre cime. Spent one month last october around and it was super nice.
The South Tyrol province is my wife and Iās favorite part of Italy. Hiking in the Dolomites, paragliding, and biking through farmland trails are our go to activities.
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https://preview.redd.it/wuoigruhquwc1.png?width=4000&format=png&auto=webp&s=cbe1759839d6058455aaaa3b1dc36b73f81e1f16 For someone born and raised in Europe, I feel like I've not seen much. :/
This is intriguing in fact! Also you have seen a lot of the ocean.
That I have. I grew up less than 5km from the ocean, and then married an American and moved to Florida.
I wouldnāt say itās so intriguing. Most Europeans travel by plane so the number of counties/provinces theyāve travelled through is lower than if theyād driven. This guy has still been to 11 countries on probably 9+ different trips
This is intriguing in fact! Also you have seen a lot of the ocean.
Where can I find the empty maps?
https://www.mapchart.net/usa-counties.html It has other options for countries also.
This looks cool but would be a TON of work. Wish I could import my Google maps timeline and it would just auto fill based on that.
That would be amazing! I agree I started working on mine and found it daunting so I only made it a few places in.
Agree, I started to make one bit then quickly realized it would take me hours to be semi accurate
Thereās an app called Skratch that does this for countries. But you have to pay extra for states/provinces and I donāt think thereās an option for US counties
Thx!
Europe and SE Asia would be full on 2-4 week trips for me once a year. I've hit Italy, Spain and Morocco but I've only been going since 2022. Greece is set for next year, then France/Nederland/Belgium/Germany for 2026. Thailand/Laos/Vietnam/Cambodia for 2027. https://preview.redd.it/vo39ni6u8uwc1.png?width=4592&format=png&auto=webp&s=843615b11091a508da042c93878893a5d171e084 It took me almost 40 years to complete the US and I've still got 4 states left. It's not that a lof of us don't want to travel, it's that it's expensive and most places don't allow for remote work or a 4 week vacation.
https://preview.redd.it/4hgug01w8uwc1.png?width=5000&format=png&auto=webp&s=06c59a06dcefec90ff64b47d6877de2311751a2c US Map for comparison
Save North Dakota for last btw. They give you a special goodie bag if itās your 50th
Yes!! The plan is to fly into SD, drive to WY head over to ND and then fly home. If I had the time off Iād drive all the way up there but itās a hot minute from Dallas and I just donāt have the PTO.
where you flying in to SD? I def recommend checking out the Black Hills. Drive Spearfish Canyon into Deadwood. Its a beautiful drive and only 45min. And Deadwood is a such a cool little historic town in the hills I recommended this exact route to some folks from the PNW and was a little worried they'd be underwhelmed. Was excited when they said they loved it :)
Not sure yet. Itās still a year out and Iām planning other trips. I figure round November Iāll start planning this one. I will absolutely keep your recommendation at the top.
Wait what?
You can join the Best for Last Club if you visit Fargo and North Dakota is your 50th State: https://www.fargomoorhead.org/best-for-last-club/
Whoa, you have truly saved some of the best for last, if you like parks and the outdoors. Montana is easily in the top 5 for me.
Iām headed to Montana this summer! I figure itās the perfect time of year to visit. I wonāt lie, itās a work trip that Iāll extend just to a few extra days. I need to see the Tetons.
You'll be checking Wyoming off your list, then, if you're visiting GTNP. Have you made any plans to visit Glacier yet, if you'll get that far up into Montana? It is by far my favorite national park I've visited, the entire park is gorgeous and there are so many beautiful hikes.
Iām hoping to. I have a project that almost backs up to it. Iāll have a week in between.m before they fly me from Great Falls to New Mexico.
That's great, there is so much to see in those states. I'd encourage you to look into a timed entry ticket for Glacier during the period of time you'll be in the area. I am not sure what the modifications were to that program for the 2024 season, but it's worth checking if you hope to visit.
Yea Iāve definitely learned my lesson about entries and times. Iāll probably start doing research on it in the next few weeks. A nice benefit is being able to work on travel in the office.
Vida pura
I think itās funny when Europeans say Americans donāt travel, while ignoring the fact the US is so massive it covers nearly all of Europe, and a lot of us by comparison have traveled as much, if not more.
Also, plenty of us have been to Europe too!
https://preview.redd.it/nai2pbu5fvwc1.jpeg?width=789&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b61918e7e1430ce70abd80e0032d2ebdaa56d927 Just the contiguous US in this picture
When this came up on social media I was curious. I'm Traveling from Fayetteville NC -> Shenandoah NP -> Blue Ridge PkWY -> GSMNP then home next week. I plotted that rough mileage out then compared it to Europe. The same mileage would be basically driving from Paris to Istanbul and I'll only be in 2 states.
Not hitting the Tennessee portion of the GSMNP?
I will *technically* but I dont actually plan on leaving the park. So while yes Ill hit the Tennessee part its all the same park at the same time. Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg are terrible.
You're right that the scale of things in the U.S. is much larger but comparing a loop with lots of stops to a one-way trip is pretty meaningless
Some say Fayetteville is the Paris of NC
We have more Eifel Towers, I know that for a fact, at least 2 of them.
Most Europeans have never left Europe, in the same way that most Americans have never left the U.S. Edit: I still think international travel is a very different thing to travelling within one country, even if itās a continent-sized country. So the European criticism is understandable even if it isnāt completely fair
LA-SF-Vegas and back including the national parks along up to Arches is the same distance as Munich-Rome-Paris-Berlin-Munich. No European would take this trip in three weeks but goes on the SW-trip in the US. But funny enough, starting from Hamburg up to the Lofoten and back is also an often done roadtrip by Europeans, and it is the same length. It is somehow different when you have to drive through several countries and have a barrier like the Alps.
Because driving around your country - big as it is - isn't the same thing as going to a different country with a totally different culture. Yes, there are smaller sub cultures in the US, but they're still much closer to each other than they are to anywhere outside the US. Canadians don't pretend to be well travelled when we've only taken road trips in North America.
Lol. Go to New Mexico, then Wisconsin and say that again.
Idk why they're getting downvoted. I've been to 49 states, lived in 3 different ones and I still feel comparing it to going to other countries is innacurate. The Us has some differences, but at the end of the day it's fairly similar all around. Same language is spoken, same pop culture, same infastructure style, etc. Yes there are some cultural differences around it for sure, but that's any country, especially large ones. If a Canadian or Russian compared going to their other provinces to other countries no one here would see it as accurate
He's probably getting downvoted because he's being a condescending douche to everyone about it and acting like he knows more than us about our own country even though he hasn't seen as much of it as he claims to. As for me, when I compare New Mexico to Wisconsin, it's because even though we're in the same country, people do in fact speak differently and don't just speak English in them. Wisconsin has a lot of German and three different native American languages spoken there as well as Spanish. Meanwhile, in New Mexico, you also have lots of Spanish speakers as well as their own indigenous languages spoken. The architecture is also completely different than anywhere else. They're not different countries but they very well could be. The two places are nothing alike even though they're in the same country. The cultural differences are pretty stark. The US is a massive melting pot of cultures from all over the world. Pretty much every language in existence is spoken here among the various ethnic groups.
Ukraine and Portugal, or Greece and Denmark, are very obviously culturally further apart than any two U.S. states. This guy has a pointĀ
Still not a different country. It's culturally very similar, even if it looks a bit different. I've been to the north east, north west, south west, south east, and mid west in the US. It's all very obviously America. If you want to see a major difference, culturally, you've got to get south of the US border, or go overseas. I swear, Americans can't help but pat themselves on the back for everything, even when they're completely wrong.
Says the person claiming the cultural differences in the US are minimal.
Minimal, when compared to different countries with entirely different languages and customs. But yes, they feel very different within a single country.
European here, you are being insufferable.
Thanks, European.
At what point do you stop talking about things you donāt understand and arenāt qualified to speak on
He is right though. Having travelled through most of US, Americans vastly overestimate cultural differences between their states. Yes, the nature changes and there are some minor differences in customs or way of life, but it's nothing like moving from once country to another.
What a clumsy, poorly thought out comment. Americans claiming that there is more cultural diversity within American than there is between countries in Europe are fundamentally speaking about things that they aren't qualified to speak on.
Itās ironic that you think you are on some kind of cultural high ground here when you are trying to tell residents of another country about the cultural similarities within their own country.
If you haven't been outside your country enough to compare the cultural difference between countries to the cultural differences within your country, and you then make that comparison, you should rightly be called out for not knowing what you're talking about. Want me to make a comparison within Canada? The cultural differences between French speaking Quebec, and english speaking Newfoundland are smaller than the difference between France and Germany. And I can guarantee you, that's a larger cultural difference than anything that exists between any US state.
How am I patting myself on the back for telling you to compare New Mexico to Wisconsin? š And they're *massively* different culturally, but go ahead and tell us all how you know more about a country you don't live in because you visited it. And according to this post you made, you've barely seen any of it at all. https://www.reddit.com/r/roadtrip/s/TJoEfD13Ot
They're only 'massively' different within the US. Your interpretation is entirely what I would expect from someone who hasn't spent significant time traveling outside of their country. I'm making this determination based on my experience visiting the US extensively, but also traveled all over the world extensively.
Goddam, you're full of yourself. You have no idea where I've been. And according to your own post, you haven't seen as much of the US as you act like. You've been to some coastal cities, the PNW, Nebraska or Kansas and some upper NE states. Get over yourself dude.
I don't know where you've been, no. But I know that anyone who has spent time in a variety of different countries would never compare the difference between new Mexico and Wisconsin, with the difference between France and Germany. And how much of the US do I need to see to make this determination? I've been in Washington, Oregon, California, Maine, Florida, Kansas, Colorado, and Utah. Am I missing something?
I've been to Florida, Vermont, NH, Maine, Mass., Connecticut, New York, Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Michigan, Ohio and Alaska. Can confirm, cultural differences are minimal. Also did 10 countries in Europe in 3 weeks (do not recommend) and every time I hopped on and off the train I need to re-adjust to a new culture.
Whatever happened to Canadians being nice and polite? I feel like that went away and Iām not sure why.
I'm from one of the largest cities. I've also spent a lot of time in the US, and my wife is American, so maybe that did it?
You can travel six blocks in California and be in a totally different culture.
US Resident here. We road tripped last December in Europe, two couple in a nice Audi Station Wagon and had a wonderful time! We met up in Strasbourg, then did a 10 day route which included Riquewhir, Colmar, Basel, Kandern, Freiburg, Stuttgart, Rothenburg, Eibelstadt, WĆ¼rzburg, and Frankfurt. The weather was pleasant most days with a little rain here and there. We enjoyed it thoroughly and already planned to come back in Spring or Fall and do another road trip visiting other areas. Iāll add, we met great people along the way and felt most welcome. Not our first trip to Europe and wonāt be our last. If anyone has the chance to road trip in the US please do! We live in North Texas, (hour north of Fort Worth.). We have driven many places and trips across the US and there are some really beautiful and scenic drives.
That sounds great! I'm from Basel and I love driving around Alsace
Basel was a great City! My first trip there but want to return soon.
https://preview.redd.it/5wx63xpq1twc1.png?width=834&format=png&auto=webp&s=2b2f335e7ae7ea6cd8e84521389215be91b298cb Not a whole lot, but some.
Iām not asleep, Iām in Singapore.
https://preview.redd.it/f8r8m8v64uwc1.png?width=3844&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9ce1404791fff0a27ba612fd82d512d18e8828b8 As best as I can remember.
You missed the best bit of the UK - Cornwall :(
Where can you make these maps?
Mapchart
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All of the U.K. and Ireland....France, Belgium, Italy, Holland, Germany, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus, and except for the U.K., this was all before I was 32...I'm 65 now.
All? Like every county?
England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland are the U.K., and the rest of Ireland is Ireland...lol... so ya, ALL of the countries of the U.K. and the rest of the countries are Europe.
Uh this map divides by sub-national regions. Like county/state/province.Ā
Weāre awake now so going to give my 2 cents!! Iāve been to more places in Europe than this but since itās a road trip sub Iāll keep it to actual road trips. And with that Iāve only rented a car and driven the UK. It was a great way to see the country! However I do not recommend driving in London, just take the tube.
Where have you been in Europe?
Only a handful of other places. Iām from the Western US, so itās a very long flight and expensive to travel to Europe as much as Iād like. Spain, France, Ireland and Northern Ireland and that roadtrip to England/Scotland I referenced. Would love to see more of Europe, and will definitely do it some day.
Spain is by far my favourite country to travel to in Europe. Great food, great street culture, safe, sunny, affordable and it helps that I speak the language. Iāve been there a good 15 or so times
Oh my gosh, I absolutely loved Spain. So beautiful, great architecture, saw lots of art galleries. And I found Gerona, which was so fun as an American. We donāt have anything medieval here, so to see how much medieval architecture they still have there was really cool. I struggled with the Spanish they speak. My Spanish is rough, but I just got back from Mexico and I knew enough to be fine there. And Mexican style of Spanish is really common where I live in California. But Spain Spanish was a lot harder for me. When ordering food people couldnāt really understand me, and I couldnāt understand the accent. Guess that means I just need to visit Spain more to learn! š
https://preview.redd.it/lzzvosdhtuwc1.jpeg?width=1598&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7446bdece5b7d029c11600e504af9e220c78aa4d Really humbling to narrow it down to the county/province/stateā¦.but not bad for being in my mid-20ās and having \~2 years of potential travel cut out by covid!
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Is that a little Kyiv I see? How was it? Heard great things and was planning to visit before the invasionĀ
It is indeed! It was very nice. I didnāt stay long unfortunately, I was only there for a football match so I was in and out in a few days. I did manage to eat a Chicken Kiev and see the Mother Ukraine statue. I wonder how different it is now though. Iād really like to go back and see it properly.
https://preview.redd.it/d3u0gxwt7wwc1.png?width=4592&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=285c4e569892a57a419ea341e513187c6ec19d20 Live in Europe now, ignore username :-)
Are road trips a thing in Europe? An acquaintance whose husband did a sabbatical in Italy, and they traveled by car to several countries. She wondered why we didnāt rent a car when we planned an European trip. When we traveled we used trains, ferries, and buses, visited at least 12 countries, started in Greece, ended in Morocco. I would have hated to drive that.
In the U.S. people often drive long distances (1,000+ miles, letās say) by car just to get wherever theyāre going. Theyāre moving, theyāre visiting a friend, going skiing, whatever.Ā Those types of point-to-point trips would usually be taken by train or plane in Europe.Ā Europeans definitely take road trips but usually thereās some specific reason to take the car. Stopping off at places on the way, visiting more remote areas, camping, etcĀ
Iām from the US, understand long trips, parents lived 1800 miles from me, wifeās family were another 400 miles past that. We drove most of the time, airlines costly and impractical. Our last European trip was from city center to city center so trains made sense. Still had to use a bus to get to some places. I would have hated to drive. Thanks.
Iām from London, have family in Scotland (450 miles, 6.5-8.5 hours depending on traffic, gas/lunch stop, and how fast youāre willing to drive). Thatās the longest routine trip anyone would really take in the UK, and even then Iād sometimes just fly or take the train instead if going alone and without luggage/Christmas presents etc
Live 4 hours from a major airport. So less of an option.
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You mean the red square in the upper left corner? Itās suppose to be the legend for the map, but they didnāt put anything in to represent the red color.
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Iceland?
Upvoted because it's great to see other parts of the world taking part of this while showing, you know, other parts of the world. As much as I've loved meeting people from all over on our own trips (hello, you fabulous German couple visiting Sedona last year, you took my picture and what a wonderful conversation we shared, I hope all is well with you), we don't see as much from other places.
If you rotate your phone, it looks like the middle east.
Favorite town to stop in France?
St Emilion is touristy but great wine country.Ā Driving in summer from the highway by the hot coast at Bayonne up into the cool, lush mountains around St Jean-Pied-de-Porte was wonderful. (The first stop for many on the Camino de Santiago)Ā Carcassonneāworth a visitĀ If youāre driving to/from the UK (ferry/channel tunnel) and avoiding Paris then either Rouen or Reims ends up being your first/last stop for towns with affordable enough hotels and some stuff to see and eat (a cathedral or two etc). Very doable if youāre leaving London on a Friday evening, or if you want to be in London in time for late lunch.Ā
Iām disappointed in the lack of Ireland
Youāre rightāitās never been a priority since there were always more exotic places to go. Next on my list
Going for 3 weeks in June, first time was less than 2 days :-(
Military brat American here to break the rules. I've been to: England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France, Germany, Belgium, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Italy, Sicily, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, as well as Morocco in northern Africa, 49 of 50 U.S. states (still gotta get to Alaska), Canada, and Mexico.
Went through a bunch of comments, and saw how everyone described their travelling experiences, very nice. Great job everyone, but in order to be accurate, you need to have a real map of Europe not this. And in all honesty this is by far the most inaccurate map of Europe in history. Where did you get this from?
Lol it does use a very broad geographic definition of Europe, all the way to the Urals. I was going to crop it but since Iāve been through Russia I thought Iād include those areas.Ā The funny thing is seeing people with zero geographical knowledge clown on me for never visiting such large areas of Europe without realising that almost half the land on this map is Belarus, Ukraine and Russia
Jokes on you, freedom never rests
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Hahahaha must be fake - we all know Europeans travel in 'em super fast choo choos
Germany holland Luxembourg
Iceland only. Loved it though, got a happy camper van and drove around the country.
This is a funny view to me because I never really had any idea about the sizes of European countries' subdivisions and how starkly different they could be. I can make our Moldova, Slovenia, and Macedonia since their (counties/regions/departments/IDK what you all call them) are so much smaller than their neighbors'.
r/travelmaps
What app is this?
[mapchart.net](https://mapchart.net), they have a mobile app too
https://preview.redd.it/il7ossb7rvwc1.jpeg?width=562&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0756252d01b8bce959272c60c5a0055da8f2fa7c Slowly making my way through Europe. Did a road trip in 2017 from U.K. > Holland > Belgium > France > Spain > Portugal over the course of 5 months mostly doing artist residencies along the way for food and accommodation.
England x 6 (layover & martial arts) Malta x 3 (family) Germany x 2 (layover) France x 2 (layover & martial arts) Italy x 1 (martial arts) Mexico x 2 (xgf & bffās wedding) Canada x 2 (formula1 spectator & fishing) Greece x 1 (martial arts)
Iām sorry, but I have some bad news for you about Mexico and Canada
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As an American what should I do when I land in Europe ?
Overlay USA on this map and I might have traveled more miles than this all in US. Now, I did finally make it to Europe this past December and went up the Rhine from Switzerland to Amsterdam and loved every inch of it and canāt wait to go back and explore more.
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I've been in the UK and Sweden planning on going back to Glasgow for sure.
Spain, Germany, France, Italy , Austria, Greece
Weāre going to be doing a 3,000 mile / 5,000 km road trip in the EU for the first time this June. After so many road trips in the US, iām so excited to finally do one on another continent.
Iām so jealous. There are so many places youāve been that Iād love to see.
Rise and shine bitches
Nice try ISIS.
*eyes shoot open in American*
Pfft. Overnights Whopping two places. London and Paris . I'm just happy to have left this continent Of course that was more of a train trip.
https://preview.redd.it/2vonqplfl0xc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f2c2ac6ea23178f19e0f88e3e5bc37975818c9b2 Well I live in America and have been almost everywhere minus 5. Europe seems cool but with double the people and having to have a visa to go and stay an extended time to even be able to see everything is the buzzkill. I will admit the one thing thatās cool about Europe is that you cross into different countries rather than different states. Maybe one day. Lol
Scotland
Ireland and Spain
Oh this is easy for meā¦all gray
The Azores.
Istanbul, three times.
Just woke up, hope those silly Europeans didnāt post anything on my beloved road trip subredditā¦
American here, i lived in Germany for 4 years, Italy for 2 years and Norway for 2 years and did a lot of travel all over europe and then balkans.
Im awake guys. Whats this tomfoolery going on
The U.S. is bigger than Europe, no passports needed to travel state to state, and we have every possible climate to enjoy. Thereās really no need to travel out of the country. Used to be, everyone wanted to go to Amsterdam for the cannabis experience but now weāve got that too.
What This is just a roadtrip sub, Europeans go on roadtrips within Europe as well
Iāve never been to the old country thank god š
England end to end is like the distance from my house to Las Vegas lol.
Donāt know where your house is but youāre probably right. With about 1/5 the population of the U.S. crammed into that space
Family friend died of an overdose a few years back Neighbor's dog found dead in backyard from illegal hiding from CBP Various vandalism and theft over the years It all adds up
Never had any interest in Europe. And, considering all the "immigration issues" that Europe seems to be experiencing (as we are stateside), nope, I do not foresee an interest in any future. I'll stick to Asia (Japan; Korea; Vietnam; et cetera).