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[Charlie-boi]

Hello... I'm from the uk and 21. I'm dreaming about travelling around the states! Going over and buying some sort of adapted camper? Has anyone done this type of thing?? Would love some info on things like driving age abroad! How long you ccan stay in the states for and the chances or cheapest prices a camper van could be bought for?? Thanks charlie

[Vanessamaee]

I think its something like someone out of the country can stay in the US for 90 without a Visa, but no longer. and everything else would just depend on where you wanted to go! (:

[tsh3406]

You are good to go on the age thing, and here's a site with a good number of RV'S for sale to give you an idea of the price range. Any specific places you are wanting to see?

http://www.rvpropert...rvs_forsale.htm

T

[Charlie-boi]

Cheers t will take a look at that site now! The route is yet to be planned! Any places you would recommend??

[tsh3406]

Several, but I'm a country boy, so keep that in mind. The Lexington/Louisville area of Kentucky; Hotsprings, Arkansas; western Montana; southwestern New Mexico; just about anywhere in Arizona, California between L.A. and San Diego; anywhere in Colorado, Viginia, North Carolina and one place I haven't been yet that I'm dying to see is the Pacific Northwest (Portland, OR and Seattle, WA areas).... There are tons of beautiful places, I'm just going with the ones I know....

Oh, Memphis, gotta go to Memphis for the blues and bbq....

[Vanessamaee]

Also plan where you want to go and what time of the year it is (: some places get miserable winters! A camper would definatly be no fun then

[Ches]

A few members from the Uk are already considering taking a trip just as you described, maybe once they make it a reality they can fill you in a bit more.

[wheeliebear75]

How good your off-roading skills are will also determine where you can go. I've heard of people in chairs even going to Yellow Stone national park to see a bunch of the natural wonders there. And at some point B/F & I want to try to make a trip to see Yosemite in California & to see "the Northern Lights" in Alaska.

[Txell]

Mmmmm T, I'm sure that they are fantastics places!!!

[HiltonP]

In the late 1990s we toured (in a wheelchair) through California down Highway 1, through southern Utah from Las Vegas to Denver, and from Jackson Hole up through the Tetons to Yellowstone. All three routes were very beautiful and relatively easy to do in a wheelchair with plenty of accessible accommodation when required. We would do them again in a heartbeat, but sadly the Visa requirements, and application redtape, has become so bad in the case of the USA that it is just not worth the effort. There are a lot of other beautiful places in the world to visit and motor around, such as Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and they welcome visitors.

[Andrew Meddings]

i did a month long road trip in july. started in la- up coast to san fransisco- to Yosemite- death vally- vegas- lake havasu- san diego - la
we didnt book any where in advance . we ring around 3pm when we know where we are going to be. we only had only 1 night where it took some time to get a room & ended up staying in a expensive challot in mamoth lakes . yosemite was one of the highlights of our trip it had warm weather in the valley huge waterfalls & thick snow in the mountain tops. i would recomend booking a room there well in advance there as there are only a few rooms available there within the national park. bring your gloves for death valley & grand canion as touching push rims burns your hands. vegas is awsum. a chopper ride over hoover dam & landing for lunch in the grand canion was a real thrill. im planning a future trip from west to east
i was contemplating a rv, a caddy or a convertable but ended renting a toyota . reason being accomadation is available & cheap, convertable couldnt fit luggage & chair, caddies are hard to come by & didnt have enough time to be hanging around workshops. universal studios was a great day so was san diego zoo. the front of the line pass you get is very handy

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tsh3406, on 29 August 2011 - 08:10 PM, said:

Several, but I'm a country boy, so keep that in mind. The Lexington/Louisville area of Kentucky; Hotsprings, Arkansas; western Montana; southwestern New Mexico; just about anywhere in Arizona, California between L.A. and San Diego; anywhere in Colorado, Viginia, North Carolina and one place I haven't been yet that I'm dying to see is the Pacific Northwest (Portland, OR and Seattle, WA areas).... There are tons of beautiful places, I'm just going with the ones I know....

Oh, Memphis, gotta go to Memphis for the blues and bbq....

Lexington! I went to UK, so I love that area. Actually, most of Kentucky is just gorgeous.

[Charlie-boi]

Some great ideas! I'm going to invest in a map and work out where alot of these places are! A convertible in the summer would be awesome traveling in but I think a camper gives that peice of mind for accommodation!! Thanks so far

[highlander38]

hi, I would look into the price of insurance as I had the same idea until I found out that the price of insurance would be very expensive. I have had car insurance in the UK for over 18 years but if I bought a car and wanted to insure it I would have been starting from scratch as they do not take into account your uk car insurance. The way around it could be if you know someone who lives in the usa and has car insurance it may be a lot cheaper if they put you on the insurance policy. I travelled in USA for 2 and a half months I hired a car with disabled hand controls for 45 days which worked out at £1200 fully insured I then bought a tent and lived in a lot of national parks and youth hostels. Depending on your money situation this was the best and cheapest option for me. What I found was the national parks and state parks in America are very good for wheelchair access alot of them have wheelchair friendly cabins. If you have any questions or need more info from me about my trip and the do's and don'ts then feel free to send me a msg