Tips on cheap roadtrip across the Rockies
Currently planning on roadtripping this summer from Denver to Yellowstone/Grand Tetons, then down to Zion, Grand Canyon and then ending up in central Texas. Any tips on budgeting?
Posted Mar 13, 2018, 12:43 AM UTC
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Obviously camping is going to be the cheapest way to spend the night. Motels are between 50-70 a night. You can sometimes find individual rooms on AirBnB that are cheap, but unless you can use the instant booking option thats not very convenient.
Avoid fast food and eating out. I bring a small propane grill or electric griddle to make hot food with. Keep various snacks in your car so you arent tempted to grab fast food.
Look into the National Parks Pass, not sure how much much the pass is now, but it might be cheaper to get that than pay for each park.
How many days are you taking for this?
Not sure on how many days, enough days to hit at least Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, Zion, and the Grand Canyon
Well its a 8.5 hour drive from denver to yellowstone, Rule of thumb would put that closer to 10 hours, so thats a full day of driving at least. 9.5 hours to zion so thats aother day of driving. About 4 hours to Grand Canyon which isnt anything.
So just getting to the places is at least 2 days of drivng. Assuming you'd want two days in each place, you're probably looking at 10-11 days.
What kind a budget are you workig with.
Honestly have no idea on the budget
Spending under $500 would be ideal, I should have at least 2 other people with me so that should help the gas