| This year sees the 50th anniversary of | | | | here, each suited for a different type of |
| American Poet and Author, Jack Kerouac's "On | | | | traveller. If you don't want to worry about |
| the road", a popular book about travelling | | | | breaking down in the Nevada desert or getting |
| across America in the 1950s and getting a | | | | a flat tire in Kansas then you could always |
| fuller experience of the vast continent of | | | | take the Amtrak railway network to go |
| North America. Many people are paying tribute | | | | effortlessly from city to city, stopping off |
| to the author from his home town of Lowell, | | | | where you like to do some sightseeing. |
| Mass through to the end of his journey, San | | | | |
| Francisco. | | | | But to capture the essence of Kerouac's novel |
| | | | you should consider hiring a car to cross the |
| The book itself has such broad appeal that | | | | country, many larger car hire companies allow |
| even today after 50 years it still sells | | | | you to return the car to another branch at |
| 100,000 copies a year. Many fans have decided | | | | your destination. You should check with the |
| now is as good a time as any to take a trip | | | | company first as sometimes there is a |
| to America and shrug off the usual tourist | | | | surcharge involved for this. |
| destinations of Florida and New York | | | | |
| favouring an adventure from coast to coast | | | | Alternatively there are some American |
| just like the man himself. | | | | companies that offer a service to drive |
| | | | people's cars across the country. This |
| The trip would be best done just like the | | | | service is normally offered to companies who |
| book, starting in Massachusetts travelling | | | | need to relocate company cars from one office |
| down south to New York then simply going west | | | | to the other but quite often in cases where |
| until you run out of land at San Francisco | | | | workers are relocated across the country the |
| and the Pacific Ocean. These kinds of | | | | company will move their car for them. This is |
| holidays are proving quite popular with | | | | a very good way of arranging transport as all |
| similar trips being documented in TV shows | | | | that you will have to pay for would be petrol |
| such as Top Gear giving people inspiration to | | | | costs (sometimes they throw in a tank to |
| have an adventure on the road. | | | | start you off!). Once registered with this |
| | | | transporting company you are able to take up |
| Recently flights to destinations on the east | | | | "jobs" which can help you travel across the |
| coast of America have become more accessible | | | | country either directly or a more varied |
| with many airports in the UK such as | | | | path. |
| Liverpool's John Lennon Airport now having | | | | |
| direct links to east coast cities like Boston | | | | The one thing to bear in mind is that due to |
| and New York it is easier and much cheaper | | | | the sheer size of the country and all the |
| than in previous years to make the jump | | | | options is to take your time, plan out what |
| across the pond. | | | | and where you want to visit and to enjoy the |
| | | | trip! People who have traversed the North |
| It is also worth noting that it is sometimes | | | | American continent have often spent months |
| cheaper to consider multi leg flights which | | | | more than anticipated and felt better because |
| can sometimes go to somewhere in Europe such | | | | of it. It truly is an "experience" holiday |
| as Belgium or Amsterdam before travelling on | | | | like no other, often romanticised in Movies, |
| to America. Smaller European airline | | | | TV and obviously Jack Kerouac's book. |
| companies tend to do this; some people | | | | |
| compare them to long haul buses, stopping off | | | | With cheap flights on offer for common |
| at different countries like bus stops! | | | | American destinations it may be worth taking |
| | | | advantage of these and then going off the |
| Once you touch down you then need to organize | | | | beaten track and seeing the rest of this |
| your method of transport for seeing the whole | | | | wondrous country, just like Jack did. |
| of the country, you have multiple options | | | | |