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18 hours ago
- TTG
Expert says one of these is your client's perfect US road trip
As the US prepares to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Route 66, the great American road trip is very much in the spotlight but with so many options it's essential to plan each client's trip carefully. Brand USA has a wealth of resources with itineraries and lesser-known destinations to help you create unique holidays for your clients. These range from Road Trip itineraries that can be downloaded as an online PDF to share with clients to a collaborative trip planner tool that can help with putting together complex trips. To give you a little extra inspiration, Danny Clifford, a sales consultant at US-specialist tour operator, American Affair who attended last year's MegaFam, highlights road trips that are well suited to different client types. First-time visitors 'A great first road trip is in California travelling from San Francisco down to Santa Monica. The cities are a big draw for first-time visitors – it's what they've seen in the movies. In San Francisco I'd recommend using the hop-on hop-off bus to get around as parking fees are awful, then pick up a car from Downtown and head south to Yosemite and the Pacific Coast. Here the driving is amazing and the scenery is superb – they can stop off in Monterey, Pismo Beach, Morro Bay and Santa Barbara before finishing up in Santa Monica. It's a great route for first timers and not as daunting as picking up a car on the East Coast.'
TTG
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- TTG
Eight top tips to help you sell Route 66 ahead of the highway's 100th anniversary
Abigail Healy Route 66, or 'the Mother Road' is the most iconic American road trip, and for good reason. Starting in Chicago and ending in Santa Monica it passes through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona covering a total of 2,448 miles. Next year sees the 100th anniversary of the highway and, while you can expect plenty of celebrations to mark it, this also provides agents with opportunities to highlight it to clients. As well as popular destinations, the route also passes through a plethora of lesser-known sites, sounds, tastes and experiences, as Travel Counsellor Jodi Kerr discovered on last year's Midwest Memories MegaFam itinerary. Here she shares some of her top tips for booking trips on Route 66. 1. Less is more You don't have to do it all. My MegaFam itinerary was just the first 103 miles of Route 66 and we packed so much in. We started in Chicago and travelled down to St Louis. Typically you fly into either Chicago or Los Angeles. It is miles and miles and would take weeks to do everything, so it's better to focus on shorter chunks. You need to plan it out carefully if there are specific things you want to see. 2. Two wheels or four? Many people want to do the trip by motorbike – my friend and her husband are hoping to do that soon. Campervans are also a popular option. Whichever mode of transport clients opt for, it can also be a great thing to do as a group if they all travel along together. 3. Music to their ears There are sections of the route that are brilliant for music fans – the mid-section of the route especially. Joliet is where The Blues Brothers movie was filmed and they hold festivals there that bring country and Blues fans together – the actual Blues Brothers have turned up previously too.
