AAA Maps: Don’t Get Lost

Before leaving for any trip, you have to make sure you know where you ae going. Before you can pull out of your driveway, you have to know where you are going. Whether you going on a cross country road trip, visiting family, or just on a weekend getaway trip the one must have is a map showing you where to go so that you can get to your expected destination with as little hassele as possible. The American Automobile Association, also called ‘Triple A’, produces not only hotel guides for travelers but maps. The driver advocate organization started publishing maps in 1905 to assist American travelers in order to making their traveling expereince more pleasurable. You can become a member bu logging onto AAA’s website, www.aaa.com and completing the online application. Trip Ticks By going to your local AAA office, you can pick up a trip tick, a personally customized map of your journey. This itinerary is detailed in description of your journing point of origin to your final destination along with any additional stops along the way. Additional information, such as rest stops, tourist attractions, restaurants, are also included. Map’n’Go If you perfer planning your trip from the comfort of your own home, Map’n’Go is another alternative. This computer based program was developed by both DeLorme, a mapping software company, and AA

A: By using this program, at home you can produce and customize your own vacation or trip itinerary. So simple to use, you simply enter your beginning and end points using the designated city’s zip code, area code, or city and state name. It then decides for the user which is the best route of choice- usually the shortest

yet most scenic route. The average retail price for the sofware runs about $25 excluding tax. Other Map Alternatives Delorme also produces other mapping alternatives to use on the road. The have a GPS tracking system as well as PDAs to take along with you. If you are uncomfortable with getting your informatrion electoinically, AAA maps can be bought almost anywhere. Book stores are known to carry a wide collection of AAA maps and atlases. Pit stops and conveneint stores are bound to carry maps of their state, local area and region. If you still can not find a place to purchase the map you arelooking for, head on over to any AAA office they are bound to have what you are looking for.