Start by drawing a circle around your home town on a map. That tells you how far you can go on one tank of gas. Since we live where gas is now $4 per gallon and we get 7 miles per liter, it costs us $40 to drive 280 miles.
We also went to a regional public transit website. We wanted to see how far from our hometown we could travel on the commuter train or regional bus.
In our case, we learned we could get to several very interesting cities or regions on just one tank of gas, express bus or commuter rail ticket.
The bus is a particularly interesting option on America's East Coast. Chinatown buses travel from Boston to Manhattan to Washington, DC and points south for as little as $10. Mainstream carriers have introduced tickets as low as $1 to compete.
Europeans and Americans in certain areas can also take advantage of low promotional airfares on discount carriers. I just booked a flight for my father from London to Rome for $35 including taxes.
So transportation costs need not be a barrier to low-cost summer travel. But what about food and lodging?
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