Route 66 Travel Guide

Two weeks, eight states, about 2,400 miles of broken-up old road, and a thousand lists telling you to see everything. Driving Route 66 for the first time is easy to dream about and surprisingly hard to plan, because the highway disappears under interstates, splits into alignments and sends your navigation app the wrong way. Route 66 Travel Guide is a text-only, first-timer's itinerary from Chicago to Santa Monica that makes the decisions for you. It is not a map book or a list of hundreds of stops: it is a plan with opinions. Every day uses the same simple layout, with the start and finish, an approximate drive time, the classic landmarks in driving order, a suggested overnight town and the detours worth skipping, and every route detail is pointed back to an official source so you can confirm it before you go. Inside, you'll learn: How many days to allow, which months to pick and why westbound is the better first-timer direction How to build a budget with a worksheet, choose a vehicle and book rooms without chasing prices How to follow the old road with a navigation app where it is broken up, and what to do when it runs out A 14-day itinerary through Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California Which stops deserve an hour, which deserve ten minutes and which to skip entirely A one-week version and partial routes for a long weekend or a single stretch of road Packing and planning checklists, desert heat and water rules, and a quick reference you can use in the car If you want one clear route, honest verdicts and no clutter, this is the planner to read before you book a single night.

Imad Muratspahic is an independent author of practical how-to guides, technical handbooks, history and fiction. The books aim to be clear, honest and useful from the first page.