AA did pretty well with the budget on his trip.
I did the following, twin share for around $3,100 each, 14 days.
AA did pretty well with the budget on histrip.
I did the following, twin share for around $3,100 each, arrived back 14 dayslater so two full weeks away from work.
My daily summary was as follows:
Mel LAX, stayed at LAX Hilton(cheap through Qantas holidays)
UniversalStudios (Hilton again - lots of Qantas staff stay here)
LAX -Mulwaukee, Airtran, bus from Milwaukee to OshKosh, catch opening Chicago
Oshkosh-bought the weekly ticket
Oshkosh
Oshkosh
Oshkosh
Catch bus toMilwaukee, flight to Tucson, LaQuinta hotel right near airport
TitanMissile museum, Mexican border + driving around Tucson, hired car
Pima air andspace museum, boneyard tour, hired car Dodge Avenger (high one-way drop-offfee), drive to Grand Canyon 4 hrs, stay overnight at Xenterra lodges $150 fortwin
Visit theCanyon, drive to Vegas 4 hours, overnight in Vegas at NY NY
Overnight inVegas
Drive to LA4 hours, visit the beaches, Venice, Manhattan etc, fly out midnightArrive inMelbourne some days later :-)
Couldn't have done it all without Tom Tom on the iPhone and didn't use any data outside hotel WIFI.
Last edited by VH-XXX; 17th Mar 2013 at 23:10.