America for a month, ideas please

Nephew

I'm thinking of spending 3, maybe 4 weeks in America this summer. The plan would be to move on every 3-5 days. New York is a definite but after that I am at a loss, so I am looking for suggestions on other states, cities or towns to consider. Obviously a certain amount of travelling is required but I'd hate to waste days on end travelling.

Other than renting a car what's the best or most reasonably priced way of travelling between states, by train, plane or by bus?

What the most affordable type of accommodation?

I know this question is dependent on a lot of variables, but how much would you need for a month of travelling around America, without being too extravagant, e3000?

Some other information. We're 22, we like beer and women.


Thanks

GuanYin

Trains in the US are expensive. It's usually cheaper to fly, so forget about them. If you're under 25 forget about car rentals too. In some states, they won't even rent to under 25, others they have a huge extra charge.

Oddly, bus is the cheapest way to go between close cities.

Use expedia and compare against the cheap carriers like JetBlue and Frontier for flights.

As for what to do and where to go, it really depends on what you want.

If you want drink and sex, then you're better off sticking to the big cities and the costal ones at that. New York, Boston, Cape Cod, Philly, Chicago are all close enough and varied enoug to do in a month, maybe with a trip down to New Orleans (although it had changed alot on my last visit). That will be expensive though, those cities are the more expensive in the US.

A southern trip would be cheap enough and probably as much fun (although culturally it would be incredibly different), if you are starting in NY, you could go to Miami, New Orleans, Austin and then do California before exiting via San Fran or LA. You could probably take a trip across the border to Mexico on that route.

If you want something more spectacular than drinking, you could also aim for the rockies, head up to vancouver via montana and then back down to California. Spectacular views (and the women are said to be most attractive around those regions, they are certainly the physically fittest anyway).

Nephew

Thanks, psi. You've been very helpful.