planning on doing a road trip for 4 weeks in America starting may 2013, so we have around 21 months to save. It's only looking possible as poor dh has a long hard slog away from home next year which we will get a good whack of money from.
Have bought one of those tin banks today that you need to open with a tin opener and got the dc to decorate it with pictures of the American flag etc
The serious saving will start in jan once our debts are paid and Xmas is over with but OMG we have actually started!
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AIBU?
To be completely over the top excited that we have now started saving for our "trip of a lifetime"?
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Mrsgilbertgrape · 15/08/2011 16:45
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mamalovesmojitos ·
15/08/2011 16:47
YANBU amazing!! Delighted for you 
. Fab thing to do. Lovely to read some good news.
worraliberty ·
15/08/2011 16:52
YANBU I'd love to do that! 
But my DCs are school age so it's out of the question, unless we went in August and then the price of everything would rocket 
Mrsgilbertgrape ·
15/08/2011 16:59
My dc are also at school but due to dh's work (as well as many other dads in the school) we get a fair bit of leeway as long as we don't take the mick.
I actually can't wait, that first £7.47 will buy us a couple of hotdogs one day 
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MilaMae ·
15/08/2011 17:57
We're doing the same!!!!!!! US road trip but for 6 weeks hopefully.God knows when we'll have saved enough though. Was aiming for summer 2013!!!!! We'll have to coax each other along on our saving quest.
Sadly not starting saving until next June as want to pay a loan off early first and have a few expenses coming up, although I'm desperate to start saving NOW!!!!!!
Love the tin idea,dtwin (7) is obsessed with New York so we'll be kicking off with a week there.He wants us to drive coast to coast,has plotted it on his map. Was my dream as a child too!!!!
Not sure if we'll actually drive across or train it as after today's shoe shopping experience it's highly possible I may bundle my 3 out somewhere in Iowa.
I bought the Rough Guide and Lonely Planet to start costing things and for an idea of exactly what we'll do,nearly wet myself with excitement reading about New York. The dc are going to be sooooooo excited at the first glimpse of The Statue of Liberty.
Mrsgilbertgrape ·
15/08/2011 18:12
Well we are doing ny next April for our 10 yr anniversary, had not thought about building that into our trip 
but then again it's only dh and I doing new York so will work out cheaper I hope than having to drag the dc around.
We are still throwing around 10 thousand ideas about routes! Liking the historic route 66 idea but a lot of what we want to do it west coast l.a/San fran/las Vegas/yosemite/death valley etc so don't really want to waste time on a journey we are not really wanting to do. Thinking maybe flying to Chicago then flying over to the west coast and driving from there.
BUT I also fancy Hawaii so not sure what to do (yet)
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MumPotNoodle ·
15/08/2011 18:38
You HAVE to read Across America with the boys by Matthew Collins
Maryz ·
15/08/2011 18:43
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Meglet ·
15/08/2011 18:54
YANBU.
I went to Death Valley 10yrs ago. I bloody loved it as it was so hot, 124 degrees in the shade in July . Me and my sister drove from Vegas to DV, a sort of squabbling, English version of Thelma & Louise.
Vegas was just mental but the Grand Canyon is amazing.
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Themasterandmargaritas ·
15/08/2011 19:06
MrsGilbert we are just back from 3 weeks in an RV LA/San Diego/Route 66/Vegas/Grand Canyon/Salt Lake City/Yellowstone/and a fabulous end in Wyoming at a rodeo, flying out from Denver. It was awesome. . Enjoy your planning.
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