The 10 best road trips to do as a relocation driver
Iconic routes that regularly appear as rental relocations — from New Zealand's South Island to the US Pacific Coast Highway.
Some of the world's iconic drives regularly appear on relocation boards. If you're flexible, you can knock them off for pocket change.
1. Auckland to Queenstown, New Zealand
1,700 km of coastline, volcanoes, and alpine passes. One of the most common relocation routes on earth.
2. Sydney to Cairns, Australia
Great Barrier Reef country. Two thousand kilometres of coast, rainforest, and endless beach towns.
3. Los Angeles to San Francisco
The Pacific Coast Highway. Big Sur, Monterey, Santa Barbara — all in one long ribbon of tarmac.
4. Vancouver to Calgary, Canada
Through the Rockies. Icefields Parkway between Banff and Jasper is arguably the most scenic highway in North America.
5. Edinburgh to Inverness, Scotland
Cairngorms, Loch Ness, and the start of the North Coast 500.
6. Perth to Adelaide, Australia
The Nullarbor. Long, flat, and unforgettable — a rite of passage.
7. Christchurch to Auckland via the West Coast
Glaciers, black-sand beaches, and the Interislander ferry in the middle.
8. Denver to Las Vegas
Rocky Mountains dropping into red-rock desert. Utah's national parks are the mid-trip payoff.
9. London to Edinburgh
Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, Northumbria coast — a proper English road trip.
10. Miami to New York
The Atlantic seaboard. Charleston, Savannah, DC — one classic city per day.
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