{"id":485,"date":"2016-01-07T10:32:55","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T18:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/?p=485"},"modified":"2025-03-20T07:09:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T14:09:25","slug":"making-a-road-trip-dream-a-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/wayfaring\/making-a-road-trip-dream-a-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Making a road trip dream a reality"},"content":{"rendered":"

A California transplant who now hangs her hat in Washington DC, it\u2019s safe to call Megan Lysaght an adventure aficionado. Following a Peace Corps assignment in Goychay, Azerbajian, north of Iran (where she met her wife), she made her way to DC via a cross-country road trip from Ventura, CA four years ago, and spent a year in Turkey in between.<\/span><\/p>\n

With a love for the journey as well as the destination, Megan and her wife are longtime road trip enthusiasts. They\u2019ve done their best to keep their favored form of vacation alive while in DC, with jaunts to Ithaca and Boston when they first moved to the east coast.<\/span><\/p>\n

Road tripping without a rental car<\/b><\/h3>\n

When they gave up their car because of\u00a0the road congestion in DC, they knew road trips would be a little tougher to come by. \u201cWe knew we loved road trips, but the opportunity to do it again didn\u2019t seem feasible unless we rented a car,\u201d Megan explained. Having rented cars previously, she\u00a0found the prospect unappealing to revisit. \u201cWe didn\u2019t love it. The location wasn\u2019t ideal, and I didn\u2019t care for the service; it just wasn\u2019t remarkable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Discovering Turo, she seemed to have found the perfect solution. With Columbus Day approaching and a long-awaited break on the horizon, it was the perfect opportunity to plan a long weekend to celebrate of her wife\u2019s graduation from grad school.<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the course of a couple days, they charted their course to drive from DC to Virginia Beach, including a leisurely drive along the outer banks to take in the sweeping views of endless corn, cotton, and tobacco fields. They settled on a Toyota Corolla and got along instantly with the car owner. \u201cHe dropped the car off for no extra fee and we got along great. Using Turo within your own town is a great way to get to know people and is an interesting way to interact with your community,\u201d Megan says.<\/span><\/p>\n

Planning the perfect getaway<\/b><\/h3>\n

Besides using Turo to get around, they opted to stay in an Airbnb rather than a traditional hotel. \u201cWe really wanted a unique experience. We stayed in a central location in a refurbished barn for a quiet getaway with a very woodsy, outdoorsy feeling. We love road trips and we love the outdoors, so this was the perfect combination of the two.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Though not consciously drawn to the sharing economy in the past, Megan feels that \u201cthe more I think about it, the more it just makes sense.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

They even listened to community-sourced music. \u201cThis car was wired for Bluetooth, so it was super easy to hook up our iPhones,\u201d she recalled. \u201cWe love listening to other people\u2019s playlists on Spotify, so it was perfect!\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Making holiday plans to drive through DC<\/b><\/h3>\n

The pair rented\u00a0a car for the month of December to make the most of the relative quiet and ease of driving in the city during the holiday season.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDC has such great Christmas decorations; with a tree on the White House lawn and a beautiful Christmas display at Union Station, there\u2019s a lot to do and see in DC during the holiday season. It\u2019s perfect to have a car when no one else is around so you can zip around and see everything!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In DC and want to go road tripping through the amber fields of grain?<\/p>\n

Rent Sudheer Kumar’s Corolla<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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