Trips Planned for fun.

Many people enjoy using their spare time watching television, collecting coins, playing chess, and pursuing other worthwhile diversions. One of my hobbies is to read travel books and plan trips. I’ve been doing this since I was about 13 years old. I have decided to put some of these planned trips up on the Internet in case they inspire anyone to actually travel.

Plans that are complete have a short description, a detailed day-by-day description with links to websites, and a fairly accurate cost estimate. Costs are given for families of four as percentages of median year-round full-time incomes for Americans.
Plans that are complete use a black font face
Plans that have partial details completed are in the green font face
Plans that only have a summary or outline are in the grey font face

European Itineraries

10 day (one week) trip to Norway. Cost: 32.5
16 days (two weeks) trip to Southwest England and Cornwall.
17 days (two weeks) trip to English great houses and gardens. Cost: 29
19 days in Europe during the winter (Paris, Strasbourg, Heidelberg, Luxembourg, Brussels, Bruges, Amsterdam) Cost: 38
21 days in Europe (Paris, Munich, Berlin, Vienna, Florence, Rome)
23 days in Europe (Amsterdam, Cologn, Vienna, Rome, Munich, Berlin)
28 days in Europe (Paris, Strasbourg, Lucerne, Grindelwald, Bern, Zermatt, Ludwig's Bavarian Castles, Munich, Salzburg, Venice, Florence, Rome)
28 days in Central Europe (Berlin, Dresden, Prague, Cracow, Zakopane, Brno, Cesky Krumlov, Vienna, Budapest)
28 days in France, Switzerland, and Germany (Paris, Strasbourg, Bern, Gimmelwald, Lausanne, Zermatt, Pontresina, Lugano, Lucerne, Appenzell, Ludwig's Bavarian Castles, Munich)
28 days in Southern Europe and the Balkans (Rome, Florence, Venice, San Marino, Split, Mostar, Dubrovnik, Kotor, Bar, Belgrade, Sofia, Edirne, Istanbul)
28 days in Southeastern Europe (Athens, Agistri Island, Hydra Island, Thessaloniki, Sofia, Rila Monastery, Varna, Plovdiv, Edirne, Istanbul, Konya, Istanbul)
28 days in Scotland and England (Glascow, Selkirk, Castle Douglas, Stranraer, Ayr, Oban, Drumnadrochit, Gairloch, Perth, Glascow, Edinburgh, Haltwhistle, Liverpool, Salisbury, London)
28 days visiting Atlantic Islands and Spain and Portugal (Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, Madrid, Leon, Northern Portugal, Lisbon)
28 days in Ireland, Wales, England, and Scotland (Dublin, Galway, Tralee, Dingle, Cashel, Dublin, Holyhead, Porthmadog, Liverpool, Windermere, Fort William, Glascow)
29 days in Western Europe and Germany (Paris, Strasbourg, Luzembourg, Brussels, Bruges, Amsterdam, Ludwig's Bavarian Castles, Munich, Salzburg, Prague, Dresden, Berlin)
29 days in Southeastern Europe and Turkey around Greece, Bulgaria, and Turkey (Athens, Agistri Island, Hydra Island, Thessaloniki, Skopje, Sofia, Varna, Plovdiv, Edirne, Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Istanbul)
29 days in England and Switzerland (London, Norwich, North Walsham, Lincoln, Liverpool, Geneva, Lausanne, Bern, Mürren, Vaduz, Zermatt, Geneva, Liverpool, Glascow)
30 days in Europe (Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, Belgrade, Kotor, Dubrovnik, Mostar, Sarajevo)
31 days in Europe (Venice, Trieste, Pula, Zadar, Zagreb, Ljubljana, Villach, Bolzano, Verona, Padua)

American Itineraries

5 days around central Illinois and southeastern Iowa while either camping or staying in resorts. Cost: 2.7 to 5.3, depending on food and lodging budget.
3, 4, and 5 day travel plans for going between Springfield, Illinois and Los Angeles, California.
10 day (one week) trip to Utah and Nevada.
12 days to on a vacation involving a drive between central Illinois and Yellowstone National Park. Cost: 7.9
12 days for a Florida vacation in March or April, mainly to see theme parks in Orlando, flying to Florida. Cost: 20.3
13 days in Wisconsin and Northern Illinois (Madison, Milwaukee, Door County, Green Bay, Apostle Islands, Wisconsin Dells, Spring Green, Prairie du Chien, Galena).
14 days in the upper Midwest in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
14 days to on a vacation involving a drive between central Illinois and Rocky Mountain National Park, Grand Teton National Park, and Yellowstone National Park. Cost: 10.3
15 days to on a vacation involving a drive between central Illinois and Rocky Mountain National Park and Yellowstone National Park with a stop in Minnesota on the way home. Cost: 11.9
16 day driving tour from central Illinois out to Eastern Canada, Maine, and back.
17 day driving and camping trip from central Illinois through the deep south. Cost 11.2
18 day driving road trip from central Illinois to Orlando (3 days in Disney and 2 days in Universal parks) taken during winter vacation (Christmas and New Year). Cost 21.6
18 day driving and camping trip from central Illinois up north to Manitoba and then south to the Rocky Mountains. Cost: 6.1
21 day driving tour of Ontario, Canada with 9 of 20 nights spent camping. Cost: 13.9
22 day driving tour from central Illinois out to Eastern Canada and New England

24 days in British Columbia and Alberta
29 days to come from Asia and use a USA Railpass to see the Western United States. Cost: 24.2
38 days to drive from Illinois to the Yukon and Alaska and return. It's not all long days of driving up in the far north.
59 day driving and camping trip to all 48 of the contiguous states with short hikes in each state. Cost: 41.9

Itineraries from other parts of the world

Two weeks to visit Taiwan Cost: 25.4
20 days to visit the Seychelles and Mauritius Cost: 49.8
Three weeks to visit Sikkim Cost: 28.3
Three weeks to visit Taiwan Cost: 28.3
Three weeks to visit Southern India 26.4

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