Planning a 3 week trip (with an RV) on the east coast
Hi all,
My name is Eric and I'm from the Netherlands (Europe) and me and 5 of my friends are planning to spend a 3 weeks vacation in the USA from on and about 21st of May till 9th of June. 4 of us have been in the USA several times so in terms of flights, passports and other official documents we know. That's not what this topic is about. Its about the trip itself and I'm looking at how realistic it is and if I can obtain advice on here.
So our plan is to go from Washington to New Orleans and on to Miami. So we land in Washington (from Amsterdam) and spend around 3 days in Washington. There we want to see the Lincoln memorial, visit the Smithsonian and so on... So no RV required in those days. After we leave Washington we plan to pick up the RV we want to rent.
So first question: What type of RV would you recommend for 6 adults (we are all 25 to 28 years old). Since we are Dutch we are on average taller than the average American. Maybe important to take into account? We all have a normal Dutch drivers license which as far as I know is sufficient in the USA for a RV.
So to continue with the trip; after Washington we want to go to Norfolk Virginia, we want to see, briefly, the museum battleship which is in harbor there. After that we plan to travel over chapil hill/boon (university of north Carolina) and on to Ashville. Some of my friends know people there so that's why. We also plan to see the Smokey mountains national park. After this we want to travel on to Charleston and Savannah (south Carolina and Georgia). We would like to see Charleston for its history and nice scenery of course. So here we'd like to enter the city. As for Savannah, that will mainly be a relaxing stop, beach and such.
After this we want to drive on to New Orleans. We really have no real plans yet for in between though we really don't want to go to Atlanta.
After New Orleans we want to go yo Florida, via tallahasee to Miami. We also want to visit the everglades national park. At Miami we want to return the RV and take a flight home to Amsterdam.
So my other main questions:
- how realistic is this trip with an RV for us?
- if its okay, what kind of RV would you suggest?
- any suggestions for our route? Any don't or do's?
- can you suggest campinggrounds we should plan in our route? And why those and should we reserve and so on?
Any other thing related to RV, costs, campinggrounds, preparations are welcome!!!
Thanks in advance,
Eric
My name is Eric and I'm from the Netherlands (Europe) and me and 5 of my friends are planning to spend a 3 weeks vacation in the USA from on and about 21st of May till 9th of June. 4 of us have been in the USA several times so in terms of flights, passports and other official documents we know. That's not what this topic is about. Its about the trip itself and I'm looking at how realistic it is and if I can obtain advice on here.
So our plan is to go from Washington to New Orleans and on to Miami. So we land in Washington (from Amsterdam) and spend around 3 days in Washington. There we want to see the Lincoln memorial, visit the Smithsonian and so on... So no RV required in those days. After we leave Washington we plan to pick up the RV we want to rent.
So first question: What type of RV would you recommend for 6 adults (we are all 25 to 28 years old). Since we are Dutch we are on average taller than the average American. Maybe important to take into account? We all have a normal Dutch drivers license which as far as I know is sufficient in the USA for a RV.
So to continue with the trip; after Washington we want to go to Norfolk Virginia, we want to see, briefly, the museum battleship which is in harbor there. After that we plan to travel over chapil hill/boon (university of north Carolina) and on to Ashville. Some of my friends know people there so that's why. We also plan to see the Smokey mountains national park. After this we want to travel on to Charleston and Savannah (south Carolina and Georgia). We would like to see Charleston for its history and nice scenery of course. So here we'd like to enter the city. As for Savannah, that will mainly be a relaxing stop, beach and such.
After this we want to drive on to New Orleans. We really have no real plans yet for in between though we really don't want to go to Atlanta.
After New Orleans we want to go yo Florida, via tallahasee to Miami. We also want to visit the everglades national park. At Miami we want to return the RV and take a flight home to Amsterdam.
So my other main questions:
- how realistic is this trip with an RV for us?
- if its okay, what kind of RV would you suggest?
- any suggestions for our route? Any don't or do's?
- can you suggest campinggrounds we should plan in our route? And why those and should we reserve and so on?
Any other thing related to RV, costs, campinggrounds, preparations are welcome!!!
Thanks in advance,
Eric
