just a tip for not being able to shower, I purchased a black card membership at Planet Fitness for like $23ish/month and was able to shower at every location across the US. And I was able to sleep in a number of gym parking lots that were open 24 hours. Another fun tip is sleeping in hotel parking lots and sneaking in and posing as a guest to grab a free breakfast in the morning (usually around 7:30-8am)
When I was a kid my family always kept a journal on road trips. I have one from 1964. In it I saw gas prices around 30 cents a gallon. A family of 5 could spend the day at Disneyland for just under $25, including parking. A Motel in Jackson Hole Wyoming was $14 for the night. These memories are priceless and I relive them every time I pull out and thumb through a journal.
I live full time in my van and have never had to plug in a coffee pot. I heat water on a butane stove and use a milita pour over coffee cone. Check it out, $3.99 is cheaper than 8 bucks and no urinals included.
@@corydriver7634 I don't remember what I paid for it, but they are on walmart website for about $20. I am sure you can find them on amazon too and I think any sporting good store.
Serenity Craft the point was you paid as much or more than 8 bucks to make coffee. 3.99 for the pour over, plus stove, plus something to boil water in. Granted you don’t need electricity and you can use the stove and pot for other things but still not cheaper. I’ll give you the no urinal part, though this idiot probably could have found another receptacle.
A very sincere video, thank you so much. Am a 45 yo European planning to take an epic trip across the States, starting form this very video, planning to watch this maybe 10 more times. Thank you, great advice there, I like to feel how enthusiastic ur about this. Thanks!
Good info and wisdom on actually experiencing travel vs capturing. I use a kettle that plugs into my car's cigarette lighter, great for meal prep and sponge baths
In Albuquerque that's just saying hello! 🤣 But for real, if you live there you'll get used to the gun fire. Actually as great place to live. I miss it.
Hey friend, You can also heat water with a ‘coil’. You immerse it in a cup of water & plug into wall. Sometimes ACE hardware store has them but you can get them through AMAZON. They also have them that fit in a car power outlet. They are great to have!
Carlsbad Caverns.... Carlsbad New Mexico, not Texas. Texas has enough grate things let New Mexico have ours!😂 but other then that this video got me pumped to start Adventuring and exploring! So excited with these tips!
Yup being from Albuquerque I can honestly say it's not worth coming here, it's nicknamed the land of entrapment for a reason, avoid it at all costs. Not safe and it will ruin your good mood
Ehem. Albuquerque guy here. Really depends on the area dude. I've lived here half my life and have not once seen nor heard of a shoot out at a Walmart. I see RV's parked at Walmarts all the time.
you can pick one up from a dealership or craigslist, insurance is as easy as making a call to progressive or allstate exct! depending on how long you travel for it shouldn't be too bad just know the state you buy your car in may have sales tax (ny is around 9% ) buttoner states don't have sales tax! so you might be better off seeing which state has the lowest state tax or a less populated state that way when you purchase insurance it will be cheeper than if you got insurance in NY I'm not fully aware of any of the policies just something to think about - Mike
I traveled alone for the hole trip on a few occasions people flew out to tag along for a few days but other than that your never truly alone depending on how outgoing you are, I made new friends everywhere i went it was amazing there were only 2 days on my trip i was truly lonely. when i was in the wilderness and i was camping alone in the rain for a few days and the rain just wouldn't let up it was gloomy and melancholy with no sight of people other than that i gotta honestly say i wasn't lonely (:
You need to realize caffeine is an addiction. That's disgusting and I do some low down shit... brewing coffee on the ground next to men urinating, jeez
You said that yellow thing was the most important thing to have but what is it ???? and what do you do with it? details please, don't assume I know anything about cars! Yes, I've always relied on AAA
hahaha sorry!! its an emergency tow cable!! anyone with a jeep or truck or even a car can drag you out of a sticky situation (if you get stuck or bottom out exct) hope that helped (:
I met a guy who hitchhiked around America for 6 months and he loved it! ironically if you hitchhike into national parks its free lol and more often than not people offered him places to stay or food and when that wasn't an option he would just camp!
most days only consisted of driving from camp and in the national parks but traveling from national park to national park averaged somewhere around 100 miles a day ish. 500 day roadtrip 57,000 miles but keep in mind i went cross country a total of 4 times in those 500 days lol because of winter and going north to south exct the most i drove in one day was something like 350 miles in texas bc that state is absolutely massive i hope that helped!
Can you change the title to "How to travel cheap IF YOU HAVE A CAR"? thx. Also, Carlsbad caverns is in new mexico, not texas. Hows it your favorite caves but you dont know where it is lol. Is this fake? Did you actually go to these places? Thumbs down.
dude this is awesome! I finish High School this year so hopefully I get to do this soon! How much did you spend on gas? That is my biggest concern with a trip like this.
its the best thing ive ever done! the entire trip for 500 days was about 12K total ( for gas food clothes exct )my car gets 42 mpg and when i bought my car that was the reason haha
Hey if you have Instagram I'd like to ask you a few questions I'm 19 and I'd like to take a long road trip and be a nomad I just can't find anything on how to start.
