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