{"id":114,"date":"2020-01-12T17:09:53","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T17:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=114"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:48:08","slug":"well-if-you-ever-plan-to-motor-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=114","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWell if you ever plan to motor west\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> &#8220;Just take my way that&#8217;s the highway that&#8217;s the best&#8221; Rolling Stones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/painted-route-66-1-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Route 66  \nCopyright Linnaea Mallette\" class=\"wp-image-116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/painted-route-66-1-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/painted-route-66-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/painted-route-66-1-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/painted-route-66-1-1568x1041.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/painted-route-66-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Route 66<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Planning a driving holiday this year, then there could be no better choice than driving down Route 66 from Chicago to Los Angeles linking hundreds of rural communities along the way.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The original route was declassified many years ago but with careful planning its possible to drive along most of it.&nbsp; There are some excellent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/s?k=historic+route+66&amp;crid=21PWOWRFVKUKG&amp;sprefix=route+66+histor%2Caps%2C160&amp;ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_15&amp;_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=yanktanks-21&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;linkId=0431e059ee7dc5dc06e5de0cf925e67b&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Historic Route 66 Maps and Guides<\/a> available to help you plan your journey or of course you could contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelcounsellors.co.uk\/maggie.bush\">Maggie<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most people drive the Route 66 East to West, so all the rental cars end up in the West.&nbsp; You can save up to 30% on the cost of your car rental by travelling from West to East plus you get the benefit of a shorter flight back to the UK. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Just take my way that&#8217;s the highway that&#8217;s the best&#8221; Rolling Stones. Planning a driving holiday this year, then there could be no better choice than driving down Route 66 from Chicago to Los Angeles linking hundreds of rural communities along the way. The original route was declassified many years ago but with careful planning &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=114\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;\u201cWell if you ever plan to motor west\u201d&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,98,100,78],"tags":[102,101,103,104,97],"class_list":["post-114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chicago","category-fly-drive","category-los-angeles","category-usa","tag-chicago","tag-fly-drive","tag-los-angeles","tag-route-66","tag-usa","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1648,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions\/1648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}