Cross country flight plan

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Pay attention to what W8 and WBB have posted.
I actually don't think its a big deal if you plan well.
Spend lots of thinking and planning time on the trip.
Always have an "out" re weather and fuel.
GPS is your friend. If the aeroplane has one in the panel, carry a portable as well - else 2x portables. If you want to practice your map reading skills - don't use a GPS unless you become unsure of yourself.
If VFR, which I assume you are, I would leave the planned route with family/friend/flying school - submit a daily flight plan if you can and fly on a daily sartime. Set the alarm on your phone to remid you to cancel the sartime.

As one who has done lots of multi-leg long flights, having done all of the above, I just fly them as one leg after another - for one trip I regularly did up Cape York and back I just thought of it as 13 take-offs and landings and I was back home!

Dr