I have a 9-5, M-F job and during camping season we simply go to destination points within a reasonable driving range. Sometimes, (almost always) that means Friday evening, Saturday, and returning home on Sunday. On those week-ends we pick destination points that are within 2 hours of home so we are not on-the-road so much.
Occasionally, we'll take an extra Friday or Monday off work and that will enable us to drive a couple hours farther. And that's pretty much all we can expect.
We have our regular paid days off work, and when we take time off, we plan longer trips, farther drives, and no two are ever the same. We've traveled straight to the destination point and sometimes we take a few days to reach the destination point, making smaller destination points every day of the trip.
Time will dictate how far you can travel. If you really need or want those destination points out of reach of a reasonable drive, they flying is your other option.
However, something to consider: The time it takes to fly could take you actually longer than the time it takes to drive. Why? when you consider the time from when you leave home to the airport, park the car, check in, wait for the flight, board the plain, fly, reach your destination, get your baggage, rent another vehicle, it would would have been less time to just drive it.
But, flying and renting is about your only other option. Otherwise, you just have to accept the fact, some things are out of reach and you'll need to work out a way to do it somehow, or sometime else.
