The Frugal Traveler Goes On A Road Trip

The Frugal Traveler, Matt Gross, is going on a road trip, actually similar to one I did back in college (Spokane to Conneticut), but with more money and in a less crappy car:

The great American road trip is an adventure everyone dreams about: roving the scenic byways of this vast country, stumbling on new vistas and obscure cuisines, making friends in dust-speck towns and glittering metropolises, and joining the pantheon of legendary crisscrossers —Jack Kerouac, John Steinbeck, William Least Heat-Moon, Britney Spears. (What, you haven’t seen “Crossroads”?)

This summer I’m making it happen — on a budget of about $100 a day, including food, lodging, occasional splurges and gas. But unlike Kerouac (who hitchhiked) and Steinbeck and Heat-Moon (who slept in their vehicles), I’m out to prove that driving across America doesn’t have to mean roughing it. The Frugal Traveler is no backpacker; he seeks out affordable comfort, skimps when possible and splurges when he spots a relative bargain. His Mandarina Duck suitcase holds everything but a hair shirt.

BONUS: There was also a recent article by the Frugal Traveler about Dubai, somewhere I plan to go to within the year.

Comments

[Kraig]

I friend of mine has been doing business in Dubai and has been telling me amazing stories of the growth and infrastructure. Too bad you can't go now and then again in a year to see the progress.

[MC]

I think it would have been more impressive to have visited there 10 years ago and then visit now.

But I think I need to take advantage of knowing someone there, becasue it is a crazy place.