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02-10.-2005, 01:22 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
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Re: Credit card across the USA
Hi Nun,
I do extensive credit card touring every year somewhere in Europe. This year it was the Loire Valley (the old standby) and Geneva to Avignon. My advice is carry little, there are always stores. In the US accomodations are usually easy to find although towns are farther apart. As a last resort in very small towns check with the local police or churches. You willnot only find a warm bed but meet someinteresting people. Check out the site below for some ideas. www.TodMoore.net |
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05-10.-2005, 05:32 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Ramsgate, England
Posts: 31
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Re: Credit card across the USA
Has anyone used hostels on such a trip? I did a credit card tour from Vancouver to San Francisco last year, and a few people mentioned hostels to me. But I never used them, partly because I snore really badly and didn't want to wake up everybody else in the dorm. So i used hotels and motels and spent a fair bit of cash.
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07-10.-2005, 06:31 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
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Re: Credit card across the USA
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Hostels are pretty much non existant once you get off the coasts. I see that your writing from the UK so I'm not sure how much you know of the size of the US. I'm from the YK but I've lived in the US a long time and cycling in the two places is very different. Most places in the UK there's somewhere within a few miles ride to get stuff. In the US there are 100's of miles with absolutely nothing. In planning a trip across the northern US I wanted to do it staying in motels every night and to do it you have to put in quite a few centuries. Even for experienced riders it can be a challenge. I think its imperative that you carry enough stuff and supplies to camp out and survive for a couple of days comfortably. Also cell phone coverage can be spotty in the West. Having said all this I don't think its necessary to get a bike with trekking tyres and put 100ls on it. I'll do it with 30lbs on the back in a saddlebag and 2 small panniers and 700cx32 tyres. PS here's an W-E tour that stays in hotels each night, there are some long days http://www.abbike.com/amNorthIt.shtml |
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