Roadtrippers

Roadtrippers houses a collection of inspiring roadtrippin stories. Get travel tips from other roadtrippers, and find links to their road trip websites and travel blogs. Please contact us if you would like your road trip story and photos profiled.

Surf and Road Trip to Central America Caught on Tape



Names: Derek Smith, Ryan LaConte, Michael Lorenc and David Deren

Respective hometowns: Maui, Hawaii; Stuart, Florida; Flanders, New Jersey; and Stuart, Florida

Road trip destination: Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama

Road trip video: See below  continue reading... »

Not All Who Wander Across North America Are Lost


Names: Marc Kramer and Eliana Ardila
Hometown: Miami, Florida

Road trip destination: Miami, Florida, to Alaska and back again.

Date started: June 4, 2008.
Anticipated end date: Around Feb 4, 2009.

Months on the road and ground covered: A total of 8 months on the road, somewhere around 25,000 miles of driving, 25 U.S. states, 3 Canadian provinces, and a small taste of Mexico.  continue reading... »

"Africa By 2WD Drive" Team First Does The Americas



Names: Hayden Carlyon and Alexandre Matos
Hometowns: Oamaru, New Zealand and Puerto Alegre, Brazil, respectively

Road trip destination: Austin, Texas to Argentina

Date left home: October 21, 2007
Date arrived in Argentina: March 10, 2008

Vehicle: 1995 Honda Accord

Purpose/motivation for the trip: The Adventure; traveling by car allows you to be free and travel like a local; wanting to just hit the road and keep on driving; and drive Alex back to his home town in Brazil.  continue reading... »

Kitesurfing and Roadtripping From San Diego to Chile



Name: Frank Rogowski
Hometown: Oldenburg, Germany

Road trip destination: San Diego, California, USA to Chile and then back to Brazil.

Start of road trip: October 30, 2008
Anticipated end date: Not sure

Vehicle: 2001 Dodge Ram Van 2500
Place of purchase: San Diego, California
Date of purchase: October 30, 2008  continue reading... »

Road Trip to El Salvador: Two Guys, One Video Camera



Names: Spencer Stromberg and Dustin Alexander

Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Road trip destination: Salt Lake City, United States to San Salvador, El Salvador

Date left home: July 22, 2008
Date arrived in San Salvador: August 11, 2008

Spencer and Dustin's road trip video: See below

Vehicle: 1988 Honda Prelude. We bought it, and a spare tire, for $300. We ended up needing the spare tire.  continue reading... »