Road Trip Locals
Hi! We're Jon & Kel, and we help you plan bucket-list road trips for life’s most fun celebrations!
✨ birthdays | anniversaries | graduations & senior trips | retirements | honeymoons | babymoons | milestones | new beginnings | holiday traditions | & “just because” trips ✨
We help you celebrate these special moments in an unforgettable way, like with a once-in-a-lifetime trip to one of your bucket-list destinations…
📌 Alaska | Yellowstone, Grand Teton, & Glacier National Parks | The Canadian Rockies | PNW | New England | The Mighty 5 | and many more!
Start Exploring
Why Road Trips?
The simple answer is that we wanted to travel, and with our dog in tow, road trips felt like the most accessible way to explore.
But then 2020 came, and the few international trips we did have planned were canceled. It was after a lot of pivots and a spontaneous 6-week road trip through New Mexico that we realized just how much we love being on the road (and how many stunning places are accessible by car).
Now, road trips have become synonymous with long summer nights and a few winter wonderlands, and there’s a sense of freedom and flexibility with roadtripping we really enjoy.
Road trips are great for the soul, but we also believe they’re one of the best ways to see and experience a new area!
Sign up for new blog posts and road trip itineraries sent straight to your inbox.
Explore with us!
Start with our Favorite Trips
Wicked Good: 10-Day New England Road Trip
The Perfect Weekend Itinerary for Lake Placid, NY
Our 2021 Travel Season: 3.5 Month Road Trip in Colorado & Utah
Winter Wonderland: Your Guide to Visiting Yellowstone NP in Winter
5 Amazing Acadia National Park Road Trips
A Foodie Road Trip Near Stowe, Vermont
10 Jaw-Dropping Things to See Near Kanab, Utah
A little about us...
We began working on the road in 2019 just for fun. (And to “catch up” on traveling after skipping vacations for multiple prior years!)
After one year of traveling full-time, we realized two things… (1) We love being on the road, but (2) Traveling full-time while working full-time wasn’t sustainable for us.
So, we decided to split our lives into two seasons: The Travel Season 🚗 and The Basketball Season 🏀(because where better to recuperate from adventuring than one block away from your favorite sports team?!)
Our Travel Seasons quickly turned into giant road trips that took us to some of our DREAM destinations like…
🏔️ 2.5 months following the US and Canadian Rockies
🐻 a 21-Day Great Alaskan Road Trip (to step foot in all 8 national parks!)
🍁 5 months in New England for long summer lake days, then gorgeous fall foliage
🦬 visiting Yellowstone in all 4 seasons in one calendar year
You can see everywhere our Travel Seasons have taken us here. But what you need to know is… After falling in LOVE with these once-in-a-lifetime destinations, we want you to experience their magic, too! 🤩
So, we created Road Trip Locals to make planning for and enjoying these bucket-list trips just a little bit easier!
We know how overwhelming it can be to visit someplace new. Consider us your virtual tour guides 👋🚗 Let’s go!
Recent Blog Posts
Click here to browse the blog. New post every Wednesday!
Sign up below for RTL updates & each new post sent straight to your inbox.
Shop
Looking for something specific?
Search for your destination in the bar or word vault below:
- about
- alaska
- arizona
- canada
- colorado
- dog-friendly
- fall
- gift guides
- hiking
- holidays
- itineraries
- maine
- massachusetts
- montana
- national parks
- new england
- new hampshire
- new mexico
- new york
- north carolina
- ohio
- ontario
- pacific northwest
- rhode island
- road trips
- scenic drives
- spring
- state parks
- summer
- travel seasons
- travelogue
- trip planning
- usa
- utah
- vermont
- wildlife
- winter
- wyoming
- yellowstone
Yellowstone’s Upper Loop is a scenic drive through Yellowstone National Park that connects Mammoth Hot Springs, Norris Geyser Basin, Canyon Village, and Tower-Roosevelt. Here’s everything you need to know about driving Yellowstone’s Upper Loop, including 8 can’t-miss stops along the way!