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If you do opt to hit up Arizona and want to do a couple things in Phoenix, I'm down to lend a hand to ISHers who wanna see what the city is about. Tons of night spots to hit up, great food and beautiful latina's all over the place. I even know some chicks who dig the Aussie accent. :cheers:
Swing through Boston. People will hear your accent and try to drink you under the table. More than likely they will lose and you will have fun.
where are you going in NJ?
[QUOTE=plowking]I have heard good things about Tampa, though is it much like Miami? Just a beachy type of town?[/QUOTE]
Tampa is more working class than Miami. Has a good night life, pro football/hockey, shopping, and great dining. No real beaches in Tampa, contrary to what some might think. Gotta go to nearby St. Pete/Clearwater for that.
Personally, I like St. Pete better than Tampa. It's a great, laidback beach community. It's dangerous in certain spots, but every city has those places.
didn't read all the responses, but if
[QUOTE]LA, NY/Jersey, San Francisco, Orlando, Miami, Washington, Houston, Texas and Vegas are all on my list. I'll be visiting Toronto and Vancouver as well. Grand Canyon as well, etc. [/QUOTE]
is your plan, you'll be all over. in 6 to 8 weeks that is A LOT of traveling. I would focus either East Coast, Pacific, south or midwest (Rockies). Unless you want to spend lots of time on a plane or in a car, I'd focus. There is more than enough to see just on the Pacific coast alone. Start in Vancouver, rent a car, go down along the coast. You got national parks, can make detours to San Francisco, maybe Vegas, will go past LA and San Diego.
Also, make sure to get a profile on couchsurfing.com. Amzing and cheap way to spend your nights and meet locals.
[QUOTE=plowking]Thanks, I completely forgot about Montreal, and the original plan was to actually do a road trip down the east coast. The Vancouver visit it simply to see a friend more than anything, but I would have visited anyway. Have heard good things.
You live in Montreal macmac? I think I remember talking to you about coming up there and gambling at one point.
[B]Miami is a must visit, and long stay for me simply because of the Heat.[/B] Want to be able to at least see the big 3 play live. Glad my trip coincides with a decent time for the Heat and not like it was back in 08... :oldlol:
New Orleans sounds nice then from what you and niko say.[B] I'm a tourist so I won't be straying too far from the typical stuff.[/B] I think the Orlando thing is simply for theme parks, since my friends and I are all in our early to mid 20's. :oldlol:
Plus the women in Orlando and Miami are more suited to my taste. :lol
Austin over Houston? Fair enough. I probably won't have time to see all of Texas, as much as I'd want to, so I want to have the best experience possible there. Would like to see the input of other posters too in terms of Dallas, Austin and Houston.[/QUOTE]
:biggums:
i'm done with this thread... worst logic ever. and btw, sticking with 'typical stuff' makes you a dumb tourist.
[QUOTE=StocktonFan]:biggums:
i'm done with this thread... worst logic ever. and btw, sticking with 'typical stuff' makes you a dumb tourist.[/QUOTE]
You're an idiot, in New Orleans if you stray from the "tourist stuff" you're liable to get mugged and beaten up. Not every place in the world is a place you can wander with impunity and be ok.
And he's a Heat fan, a Heat fan should not go to a Heat game?
I couldnt help but notice you left the greatest city in America off your list.
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Give us some details:
- How long is your total trip to America?
- Where are you flying in from?
- When will you be in U.S. exactly? summer months? what is your arrival and departure date?
- What do you like to do? What are the most important places you want to go to?
- Are you looking to sightsee? Or have fun? Or do adventurous activities? Or party? What is most important......
- You like cold weather? warm weather? doesn't matter?
- How do you want to get from place to place? Will you rent a car? Will you be flying from place to place? Train?
- How much money do you have? Will you stay in hotels? motels? campsites? staying with people you know?
- Do you like hustle and bustle of cities? Do you like peace and quiet? Do you like nature/parks?
Saying "I want to come U.S. Tell me what to see." It's way too broad. U.S. is huge country. It will take some planning if you want/need to do things all over the country.....saying "I want to see L.A., NY, Vegas, DisneyWorld, Mount Rushmore...etc." is kinda crazy, because they are all over the place......unless you are coming to U.S. for a long time.
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Since you're coming from Australia, LA makes the most sense to be your first spot. Don't know much about LA. I've only driven through there and worked there for a day and I thought it was pretty shit but I'm sure there are some good touristy things to do.
Honestly dude, I'd rent a car and do something like this.
[B]LA to Las Vegas to Grand Canyon[/B]
And then from there you can go to Moab, UT if you want to do some sweet hiking/exploring. Or Durango, CO for a similar outdoorsy experience.
If you don't care THAT much for outdoors, I'd go from the Grand Canyon and just drive straight to Austin, TX. It'll take a couple days.
[B]Austin to Houston to New Orleans[/B]
You could even go from the Grand Canyon, AZ to Denver, CO and THEN head to Austin, TX and carry on.
From there, again it gets tricky. Around what time will you be going? Maybe you could head over to Tuscaloosa, Alabama and check out a college football game. Some people will object but it'll be a great experience. Real people having real fun. No fake uppity people like you might see in some NE and popular tourist cities.
If you decide against that, then do this:
[B]Orlando to Miami...Drop off the rental car and fly to NY. Hit up Jersey and Boston and then call it a trip and head back to Australia[/B].
The time you spend in each city depends on you but make sure to map out your drives so you can space out how many days it takes to drive from city to city.
You can do most within a day but the big ones take at least a couple days (driving to Austin, NO to Orlando).
Oh and plowking, you need to show me how to get around the Valley on the weekend. I can see good times to be had. Too much Pig n' Whistle and Eagle street pier lately.
[QUOTE=niko]You're an idiot, in New Orleans if you stray from the "tourist stuff" you're liable to get mugged and beaten up. Not every place in the world is a place you can wander with impunity and be ok.
And he's a Heat fan, a Heat fan should not go to a Heat game?[/QUOTE]
didnt realize you're a bitch, okay cool. I enjoy watching the knicks, but if i visit NYC, i'm not spending my time at a game... definetly not if i am coming from out of country, specially when considering a country 3,000 miles wide has yet to be explored.
[QUOTE=StocktonFan]didnt realize you're a bitch, okay cool. I enjoy watching the knicks, but if i visit NYC, i'm not spending my time at a game... definetly not if i am coming from out of country, specially when considering a country 3,000 miles wide has yet to be explored.[/QUOTE]
Every place you go in the world can't be explored like a local. Not sure if you're naive or just stupid. And telling a person who enjoys watching NBA games, who lives in another country, he cannot go and experience one while there is just stupid. He's a Heat fan in another country who loves the NBA. When i go to England you better be damn sure i'm going to go see a soccer game.
[QUOTE=Balla_Status]Oh and plowking, you need to show me how to get around the Valley on the weekend. I can see good times to be had. Too much Pig n' Whistle and Eagle street pier lately.[/QUOTE]
Sounds good mate.
Haha, I only hit the Pig when a sports event is on during the weekend.
We'll definitely hit up the Valley sometime, I'll PM you soon. Just have to work it around my study time since I have exams coming up soon.
[QUOTE=bagelred]Give us some details:
- How long is your total trip to America?[/QUOTE]
1.5 months.
[QUOTE]- Where are you flying in from? [/QUOTE]
Landing in LA. Maybe you can give me an example itinerary?
[QUOTE]- When will you be in U.S. exactly? summer months? what is your arrival and departure date?[/QUOTE]
Landing over there around the 15th of December.
[QUOTE]- What do you like to do? What are the most important places you want to go to?[/QUOTE]
Obviously into sports. Hate baseball, but even that would be something I want to experience. Like to sight see and learn some history about the country.
[QUOTE]- Are you looking to sightsee? Or have fun? Or do adventurous activities? Or party? What is most important......[/QUOTE]
I'd say partying is a big deal. We're young, in our early 20's. Seeing as much as possible is also a big deal, since the partying can be left for the night.
[QUOTE]- You like cold weather? warm weather? doesn't matter?[/QUOTE]
Doesn't matter to me
[QUOTE]- How do you want to get from place to place? Will you rent a car? Will you be flying from place to place? Train?[/QUOTE]
Not sure on this one. The only thing I know is we're flying from LA to NY.
[QUOTE]- How much money do you have? Will you stay in hotels? motels? campsites? staying with people you know?[/QUOTE]
About 10 grand for 1.5 months. Is this enough to have a decent time? Especially since accommodation will be split between 4 people.
[QUOTE]- Do you like hustle and bustle of cities? Do you like peace and quiet? Do you like nature/parks?[/QUOTE]
I really just want to experience the best of what is, though to be honest I do like the appeal of New York, LA, Miami, Texas, etc. Just getting the feel for what each city is like in different areas.
Hope this helps. Also is 10 grand enough for such a trip?
[QUOTE=Balla_Status]Since you're coming from Australia, LA makes the most sense to be your first spot. Don't know much about LA. I've only driven through there and worked there for a day and I thought it was pretty shit but I'm sure there are some good touristy things to do.
Honestly dude, I'd rent a car and do something like this.
[B]LA to Las Vegas to Grand Canyon[/B]
And then from there you can go to Moab, UT if you want to do some sweet hiking/exploring. Or Durango, CO for a similar outdoorsy experience.
If you don't care THAT much for outdoors, I'd go from the Grand Canyon and just drive straight to Austin, TX. It'll take a couple days.
[B]Austin to Houston to New Orleans[/B]
You could even go from the Grand Canyon, AZ to Denver, CO and THEN head to Austin, TX and carry on.
From there, again it gets tricky. Around what time will you be going? Maybe you could head over to Tuscaloosa, Alabama and check out a college football game. Some people will object but it'll be a great experience. Real people having real fun. No fake uppity people like you might see in some NE and popular tourist cities.
If you decide against that, then do this:
[B]Orlando to Miami...Drop off the rental car and fly to NY. Hit up Jersey and Boston and then call it a trip and head back to Australia[/B].
The time you spend in each city depends on you but make sure to map out your drives so you can space out how many days it takes to drive from city to city.
You can do most within a day but the big ones take at least a couple days (driving to Austin, NO to Orlando).[/QUOTE]
I quite like this type of idea. That's a decent itinerary of what I'm kind of looking to do. Rent a car here and there to get to certain places.
The plan was for Christmas and New Years in New York, but I'm not too fussed if Christmas isn't spent there, so no biggie.
Anyone experience either in New York and can comment for which occasion is it better to be around?
[QUOTE=plowking]Anyone experience either in New York and can comment for which occasion is it better to be around?[/QUOTE]
Christmas time in NYC is an awesome experience. My family used to go almost every year. I'd probably choose there during Christmas over any other state at any other time of the year.
We never stuck around for New Years, but I'm sure that's great as well.
I did the Times Square thing at New Years when i was young and stupid (as opposed to old and stupid). It was insane. Had a good time but I would never go there at New Years again. Christmas, like PHX said is a great time to be there.
[QUOTE=StocktonFan]:biggums:
i'm done with this thread... worst logic ever. and btw, sticking with 'typical stuff' makes you a dumb tourist.[/QUOTE]
You're a complete fukkin moron. The guy wants to go on vacation and you're done with this thread because he doesn't go where you want him to?
I hope you get mugged in the streets and soil yourself.
[QUOTE=plowking]
Hope this helps. Also is 10 grand enough for such a trip?[/QUOTE]
I spent 6 weeks in the US last year, rented a car from Detroit via Chicago, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Denver back to Detroit with 2 friends. Spent the nights at couchsurfers and campsites and spent less than 3 grand including the flight from Europe. Cooking our own meals and dining out was 50/50.
10 grand should be more than enough unless you want to stay in expensive hotels.
I can only recommend couchsurfing again. Most hosts we stayed at were incredibly friendly, showed us around and at times even gave us keys to their home so we could come back late at night. In Denver we stayed with a couple of college students near downtown.
[QUOTE=macmac]You're a complete fukkin moron. The guy wants to go on vacation and you're done with this thread because he doesn't go where you want him to?
I hope you get mugged in the streets and soil yourself.[/QUOTE]
Hope he dies
[QUOTE=plowking]I quite like this type of idea. That's a decent itinerary of what I'm kind of looking to do. Rent a car here and there to get to certain places.
The plan was for Christmas and New Years in New York, but I'm not too fussed if Christmas isn't spent there, so no biggie.
Anyone experience either in New York and can comment for which occasion is it better to be around?[/QUOTE]
Christmas is better than New Years. New Years is more fun with a specific place to go, it's not as easy to just go place to place.
Message if you need a place to buy tickets, or want to know about an area, etc. Don't know clubs (i'm 40) but i know foot and attractions, etc.
I love the Northwest, but for a tourist I wouldn't recommend the trip.
If you're going to the Southwest (Grand Canyon), might as well hit up Vegas, then jump over to LA and take the PCH up the coast to San Fran.
[QUOTE=niko]Christmas is better than New Years. New Years is more fun with a specific place to go, it's not as easy to just go place to place.
Message if you need a place to buy tickets, or want to know about an area, etc. Don't know clubs (i'm 40) but i know foot and attractions, etc.[/QUOTE]
Hmm yeah, will have to talk it over with the rest of my friends.
What's your opinion on 10 grand limit? Too much, too little? This is excluding flights. I'll need to pay for accommodation and all that, which I'm assuming will take up 2000-3000 dollars of that 10, just from the little I've researched.
[QUOTE=macmac]You're a complete fukkin moron. The guy wants to go on vacation and you're done with this thread because he doesn't go where you want him to?
I hope you get mugged in the streets and soil yourself.[/QUOTE]
Seconded. What a ****ing douchebag.
Don't be unsure about New Orleans. It's a great place. I wouldn't really recommend other places not listed, since as someone else stated, you shouldn't spread your trip too thin. I guess it would all depend on what your priorities are, though. How long do you plan on staying in each city? If you want to spread it out and hit a bunch of places, then you could add Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, SD, maybe Baltimore for the Inner Harbor since it's close to DC (about an hour drive), and if really crazy, Hawaii and Alaska...
I did Times Square for New Years when it hit 2000. It wasn't as great as I thought it would be. We didn't know you had to get out to Times Square early or else you'd be fairly far away. Unless you want to spend all day and the night in one little area (they block off the streets), then you might want to do something else for New Years. And, prepare for the crappy Winter weather over here.
[QUOTE=plowking]Hmm yeah, will have to talk it over with the rest of my friends.
What's your opinion on 10 grand limit? Too much, too little? This is excluding flights. I'll need to pay for accommodation and all that, which I'm assuming will take up 2000-3000 dollars of that 10, just from the little I've researched.[/QUOTE]
I think $10k is more than enough. You're young, you're not going to be in your hotel rooms so they don't need to be pricey, and you're in a foreign country, you don't need to eat in expensive restaurants, etc - you just want the local food. BTW, NY has hostels where the rooms aren't insanely pricey. you should look for that. Actual hotels in manhattan are very pricey - avoid. Brooklyn has hotels too in park slope, etc. - basically you'd be a 20 minute subway ride from where you want to go in manhattan in a very safe area.
PLane tickets are a bitch, definitely. I paid $1,200 for my japan tickets this year.
If you are fine with staying at hostels, campsites (when you go to the canyons) and couchsurfers you will not spend more than $25 per night on average.
Even in Chicago you can get a good hostel for cheap money. I stayed at a place in the Wicker Park district (at Milwaukee Ave) for $20 a night. They even offered a parking space for free.
If I was you I would spend my money on good food/drinks rather than a pricey place to stay.
Also, get a credit card if you don't already have one.
[QUOTE=Brunch@Five]If you are fine with staying at hostels, campsites (when you go to the canyons) and couchsurfers you will not spend more than $25 per night on average.
Even in Chicago you can get a good hostel for cheap money. I stayed at a place in the Wicker Park district (at Milwaukee Ave) for $20 a night. They even offered a parking space for free.
If I was you I would spend my money on good food/drinks rather than a pricey place to stay.
Also, get a credit card if you don't already have one.[/QUOTE]
Hostels should be fine, since there will be 4 of us, and I'm assuming that's usually the amount that pairs up in a room. Is it usually shared bathroom facilities there or does each room get its own thing?
Agreed on reserving money in that aspect. We'll be out sightseeing and travelling all day to really need anything too over the top to stay at.
[QUOTE=plowking]Hostels should be fine, since there will be 4 of us, and I'm assuming that's usually the amount that pairs up in a room. Is it usually shared bathroom facilities there or does each room get its own thing?
Agreed on reserving money in that aspect. We'll be out sightseeing and travelling all day to really need anything too over the top to stay at.[/QUOTE]
I stayed in Hostels when I went to the US (except in Vegas, but it was a brand new hotel, so I got my awesome room for like $125 a night), didn't have any issues. Shared bathrooms suck, but it's like 10 minutes of your day, so it's doable. Had my own room at a hostel in New York, but that was at a YMCA on 42nd street. Went a bit more expensive so it was like $60 a night for my own room.
Hit up your ISH bros for free places to stay too.
[COLOR="White"]You might get ass raped, but it's a small price to pay.[/COLOR]
[quote=rufuspaul]Hit up your ISH bros for free places to stay too.
[COLOR=white]You might get ass raped, but it's a small price to pay.[/COLOR][/quote]
So you are offering space then.
Niw, the 10k budget seems like a huge amount to me. I would probably budget at half that.
[QUOTE=LJJ]So you are offering space then.
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:oldlol: Sure. Although Charlotte is a fantastic place to live, it's not really a tourist destination.
[QUOTE=rufuspaul]:oldlol: Sure. Although Charlotte is a fantastic place to live, it's not really a tourist destination.[/QUOTE]
Ya but Bobcats pre season camp is starting soon, who would miss out on that?
[QUOTE=macmac]Ya but Bobcats pre season camp is starting soon, who would miss out on that?[/QUOTE]
:lol Seriously though I was pissed last year because we didn't get to see any of it because the arena was taken over by the Democratic Convention.
[QUOTE=macmac]Ya but Bobcats pre season camp is starting soon, who would miss out on that?[/QUOTE]
I might as well try out while I'm over there.
Hostels should be fine, but I've got 3 other people travelling with me, hence I don't think 40 dollars a night will be much, which seems to be the average price outside of New York.
[QUOTE=plowking]I might as well try out while I'm over there.
Hostels should be fine, but I've got 3 other people travelling with me, hence I don't think 40 dollars a night will be much, which seems to be the average price outside of New York.[/QUOTE]
You're going to be amazed at how cheap everything is in America.