Aug 16, 2007
For travelers 18 to 38 years of age, here are further details on the unique TrekAmerica
Couple of weeks ago, I wrote about TrekAmerica (tel. 800/TREK-USA; www.trekamerica.com), the largest operator of so-called "cooperative camping tours" (they supply a 14-passenger van with driver/guide, tents and cooking equipment, you show up with a sleeping bag). I have subsequently spoken with staff of TrekAmerica in Rockaway, New Jersey, and feel the need to supply further details about this fascinating firm, too often overlooked by young and/or active/unpretentious Americans.
TrekAmerica offers trips of one to six weeks, limited to 13 persons and a driver/guide -- scores of departures, in both summer and winter -- in North America for the most part (but occasionally in Central America), to and through every major region and attraction. Its program has proved so popular overseas that the overwhelming bulk of its passengers are today from Great Britain and Australia, joined by the occasional American. Everyone pays between $75 and $85 per day on the TrekAmerica program for persons 18 to 38, and about $125 to $150 per day to the older adventurers who book its "Footloose" program, on which there's a greater use of hotels. Everyone chips in $9 per person per day into a "food kitty" for the ingredients of meals cooperatively cooked. (My earlier statement that per day costs averaged $40 and food kitties $6 was based on a typo in my notes).
One of travel's great adventures is to take to the open road and go exploring our own huge and diverse United States. If you have a yen to do so, but limited time and budget for pulling it off, I urge you to look at Trek America.
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TrekAmerica offers trips of one to six weeks, limited to 13 persons and a driver/guide -- scores of departures, in both summer and winter -- in North America for the most part (but occasionally in Central America), to and through every major region and attraction. Its program has proved so popular overseas that the overwhelming bulk of its passengers are today from Great Britain and Australia, joined by the occasional American. Everyone pays between $75 and $85 per day on the TrekAmerica program for persons 18 to 38, and about $125 to $150 per day to the older adventurers who book its "Footloose" program, on which there's a greater use of hotels. Everyone chips in $9 per person per day into a "food kitty" for the ingredients of meals cooperatively cooked. (My earlier statement that per day costs averaged $40 and food kitties $6 was based on a typo in my notes).
One of travel's great adventures is to take to the open road and go exploring our own huge and diverse United States. If you have a yen to do so, but limited time and budget for pulling it off, I urge you to look at Trek America.
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