Traveling the US

[bkahuna]

Going by bus you're going to get to see a lot of the country.

I'm not sure where you are coming from, but the travel in the US is a bit different from Europe because we are not as organized from a mass transit perspective.

If you are coming for 30 days I'm not sure the $456 on the pass is as attractive as flying cheaply through a discount airline to various cities. That being said, you will still need to rent cars or hire taxi's in most american cities. notable exceptions being New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and MAYBE Los Angeles.

A solid bet for an inexpensive hotel would be Motel 6, or Holiday Inn Express.

A travel site that can help with the booking for air or hotel - orbitz.com or expedia.com. You can also use sites like hotwire.com and priceline.com if you want to find a nice hotel at an inexpensive rate. My cousin booked a Hilton in Tulsa, OK for $49 a night last weekend via priceline.


As far as what to see in the US for 30 days here is an idea:
Chicago
They have a neat architecture tour that is by boat on the river

St Louis
St Louis Arch
Budweiser Brewery

Branson, MO
Country music vacation destination

Las Vegas, NV
Gambling and entertainment

San Francisco, CA
Food, Wine
Alcatraz

Los Angeles, CA
Hollywood
Mann's Chinese Theater
Universal Studios
Disneyworld

Dallas & Fort Worth, TX
6th floor museum (JFK incident)
Fort Worth Stockyards
Dallas Arboretum / Zoo
Fort Worth Zoo

San Antonio, TX
The Alamo / Riverwalk

Austin, TX
Local live music, lots of mom & pop shops/food

Denver, CO
Skiing in winter

Albuquerque, NM
Hot air baloon festival in October
Sandia Tram

New York, NY
So much here, buy a guidebook

Seattle, WA
Music Museum (EMP)


Not really sure what you like to do, professional sports, museums, theater, opera, music, outdoors etc? A good site for concerts is pollstar.com