Road Tripping in the USA!

peter · 23 Oct 2013 at 21:15

Road trip mk3

Booked flights to la next summer price too good to miss out on.
Planning on la, las vagas Zion monument valley Yosemite San Francisco . 3 weeks to do it in, last one we did the Tetons Yellowstone ( 9 days camping ) then glacier np .take a tent Fox, we were woken up by a bear one morning!
Have to decide on what car next.

[TW]Fox · 23 Oct 2013 at 21:43

peter said:
then glacier np .take a tent Fox, we were woken up by a bear one morning!

I've been, went last month

Had to stop for bears in the road, though.

peter · 23 Oct 2013 at 21:52

view from tent 6 in the morning. Agree glacier was fantastic shame we only had 3 days there.

tlrBeta · 13 Nov 2013 at 18:45

Fox - would you mind recommending a company you flew with from LV to the Canyon, was it a day trip?

I have gone back quite a few pages on this thread but seems impossible to find.

Cheers

[TW]Fox · 13 Nov 2013 at 18:46

It was Vision Air - and yes it was a day trip. Left Las Vegas North Airport at 11am, back on the strip at 3pm.

Bumping this thread reminds me I've still not written up my Pacific Northwest trip yet

tlrBeta · 13 Nov 2013 at 18:59

Thanks for that, just in early stages of my trip planning for June & July 2014.

Right now looking at the following:

LV > Canyon > Yosemite > San Fran (maybe 4th July here) > working our way down highway 1 > Santa Barbara > LA > San Diego > LA (for flight to Hawaii) > Maui & Honolulu

OR of course...I could do it the other way but just depends on where we want to be for 4th July..it's a hard one!

Any recommendations on hotels in Hawaii are very highly appreciated. Could someone also please confirm what bracket a Mustang is considered in? I see everything apart from a Mustang it seems.

Thanks for the contributions to this thread guys, good reading

tlrBeta · 13 Nov 2013 at 19:48

Dollar via USRentacar seems to have a few listed, anyone got any experience going through them?

[TW]Fox · 13 Nov 2013 at 20:33

Mustang is in the Standard Convertible class.

Indie · 14 Nov 2013 at 08:45

Would love a go in a Mustang...

In fact I'd just love to own one, alas, far too expensive!

[TW]Fox · 14 Nov 2013 at 09:44

Don't hype them up too much, they are just reasonably fun rental cars. I wouldn't rent one again.

Indie · 14 Nov 2013 at 10:00

[TW]Fox;25304178 said:
Don't hype them up too much, they are just reasonably fun rental cars. I wouldn't rent one again.

You mentioned in the OP that you did a review on it? have a link, could be interested in having a look and see the things that put you off etc...

thepeteh · 19 Nov 2013 at 21:37

Looking at going to Florida in Feb. From some quick research it seems I won't be able to get a Mustang aged 24. Can anyone advise different? Hertz have a young drivers charge per day available on pretty much everything but a mustang it seems.

Really want a mustang, sad face

Can anyone advise another interesting car I could rent aged 24?

[TW]Fox · 19 Nov 2013 at 21:37

You can, use the Young Drivers Package with Alamo on uscarhire.com instead.

tlrBeta · 2 Dec 2013 at 08:40

Hi All,

Is there any way round the 1 way hire fees for Mustangs in California? For example, I want a Mustang for the PCH...San Fran down to LA (roughly 5 days as I'll keep the car for LA)

Also, I am thinking about skipping San Diego for an extra few days on Mauii, what are peoples opinions on San Diego?

Cheers

rossk26 · 2 Dec 2013 at 08:59

Anyone heard of or used Norwegian Airlines? They are starting long haul flights to the US, and prices for next September are <£500 from Gatwick to LAX

peter · 2 Dec 2013 at 09:08

We have

Booked london, LAX in August £440 each the day the route was opened, I think it is now over £750 but still the cheapest for the school holidays. You have to book luggage £20 each way per person. All new dreamliner aircraft on that route.

[TW]Fox · 2 Dec 2013 at 09:10

rossk26 said:
Anyone heard of or used Norwegian Airlines? They are starting long haul flights to the US, and prices for next September are <£500 from Gatwick to LAX

It's a totally new service offering totally separate from the main airline. Will use new 787.

[TW]Fox · 2 Dec 2013 at 09:12

tlrBeta said:
Hi All,

Is there any way round the 1 way hire fees for Mustangs in California? For example, I want a Mustang for the PCH...San Fran down to LA (roughly 5 days as I'll keep the car for LA)

Also, I am thinking about skipping San Diego for an extra few days on Mauii, what are peoples opinions on San Diego?

Cheers

There should be no one way fees between locations in California.

It might be different with those rubbish 'guaranteed Mustang' deals as they are designed to rip off British tourists but with the standard classes none of the decent rental firms will charge for one way within California.

tlrBeta · 2 Dec 2013 at 13:07

[TW]Fox;25413437 said:
There should be no one way fees between locations in California.

It might be different with those rubbish 'guaranteed Mustang' deals as they are designed to rip off British tourists but with the standard classes none of the decent rental firms will charge for one way within California.

That was with big firms using uscarhire and yes it was for a Mustang :/

http://www.uscarhire.com/quoteresults.aspx?q=4HgDu1VbLsM=#STARAL

That said on carhire3000 on the standard convertible (not sure what that really is...hopefully not this Sebring you speak of) the fee is not included:

Link here

[TW]Fox · 2 Dec 2013 at 22:59

Says 'Free one way fees' on all of those except the top one, which I suspect is just a mistake. I don't know of a major rental firm which charges one-way on standard vehicles within California.

If you rent a standard convertible from Alamo, Hertz etc you'd need to be unlucky to not have the choice of a Mustang.