When do you think it is ok to plan a road trip?

I'm not planning any trips this summer--and we love to take little ones and just visit somewhere new, even if it's just a couple of hours away.

I'm really thinking of one since overseas is a no-go this year.  I love road trips. 

I'm thinking of maybe Jackson Hole/Yellowstone around August??  But this is "normally" the busiest time of the year. 

I would like this to be about a two week trip but who knows.  I haven't booked anything and when I do, all the hotels will probably be full.  

 

I want to buy an RV and go on road trips SO BAD right now. I don’t know if I’m going to, but I really want to.

Next spring at the earliest if you want to avoid covid19. Make decisions based on info available later. Given how this is being handled maybe much later. IMO

We're not planning anything for this summer, not even day trips at this point. Things are starting to open up over here, and some internal borders will open mid-June, but there are still restrictions on how many people can be in some places, including hotels and camp grounds. I'd just rather play it safe, even though i'd love to visit somewhere.

The most I’m hoping for is that we will be able to visit my family at Christmas.

I wouldn't do a road trip, at least not how I would define that... driving somewhere with multiple destinations along the way, with several hotels involved. 

That said, we are planning a trip to the beach at the beginning of June. Personally I do not want to go but we'll lose our money if we don't go. If we'd had the reservation just one week earlier the reality company would have canceled it and the decision would have been out of our hands. 

My ds, his fiancee, and her daughter are driving up from Georgia to meet us. I trust my ds when he says that they've been totally isolated except for infrequent trips to the grocery store. We've been the same here. When we get there we're staying at a rented house not a hotel. We're going to try to bring as much food with us as we can, and we will NOT go grocery shopping that first afternoon/night (a Saturday)! I do it every year when we go to Bethany and the store is usually a madhouse because all the new renters have arrived for the week. I'm thinking I might get up and go to the store at the crack of dawn the next day, Sunday. 

The part that worries me the most is the drive down there since we'll have to stop for a bathroom break at least once. We'll be armed with Lysol spray and wipes and masks...

After this trip I'm not going anywhere for a very long time. I feel fortunate that my mother is here now (even if she is in assisted living and I'm not allowed in to see her) and not still in Pittsburgh. I can't imagine if she were still there.... 

I have a tentative plan to go to Vermont in September for my niece's wedding. It was originally scheduled for June but had to be postponed. I plan on driving with my Sister in Law, hopefully things are a bit better by then. I'll probably bring my own disinfectant for the hotel room.

DH and I want to go on a getaway this summer. Book an AirBNB, drive there in one day, bring our own food, and stay for a few nights. Somewhere with a great view, and lots of outdoors to roam around in, but far away from everyone else.

In general:
I would not plan a multiple day road trip right now. I would wait until at least summer 2021.
I think it's better err on the side of caution and go with the theory of "it's better to be safe, than sorry".
I also think it will be a long while before "life as we knew it" returns to whatever the new normal will be.
At this time, many things, places, cities, states, etc... are not operating at 100%, so everything and anything may not be readily available.
If am putting forth the necessary funds to go on a road trip or vacation, I want to be able to do whatever I want to do, and not have to work around shutdowns, limits, constraints and partial closures, etc...

Personally speaking:
Because of the mandatory shut down and no income during that time....my savings balance has gone down. 
My immediate priority and for the foreseeable future, I will be in rebuild financially mode. I am still on self imposed spending restriction. Meaning needs only and no or very little wants. For me, travel is a want not a need....so no road trips or vacation.
Thankfully, eventually "this too, shall pass".

I would not plan an overnight trip for at least a year. The exception is a cabin or condo you own.

The more people travel, the more you risk spreading the virus. Montana, for example, has few cases. If they get a ton of tourists, that is likely to change.

We are nowhere near the worst of this.

We probably won't do anything til there is a vaccine or some good news for treatment. I would love to drive to the beach or the Canadians Rockies and have been daydreaming about both.

next year probably for us.

DH is drivuing DD20 3hrs (6 roundtrip) to pick up her belongings from college next week. But that'll be our first out of our town outing since she was picked UP from college for spring break on March 6th (and also the first time she will have left our property since March 10th).

We had a trip (about 12hr of driving) planned for mid-July to visit our son. We've already told him we're probably not coming - his place isn't big enough for all of us so it would involve a hotel plus we had planned to do all the touristy stuff which may or may not be open. He might well drive down here instead though - he can make the trip with less stops than we can and staying here doesn't involve a hotel etc...

Im in NY state. We drove about 4.5hrs away from here then back yesterday to pick up DD from her apartment at college (also in NY). Only one region we drove through has begun to reopen (this past Friday). We made two rest area stops each way. There was almost no one at either of them on the way out and they were slightly busier on the way home (still less than 8 cars each time).

The women's room (and DH said the mens room) had every other stall marked as closed and locked and same with sinks. I only encountered two other people in the rest room the entire trip and we just kept our distance and let the other exit.  Soap dispenser wasn't touch free water and faucets were. I grabbed a paper towel to use on the way out to open the doors. Had antibacterial gel in the car and we applied that to our hands upon return to car.

I only saw two people the entire day of driving, moving DD's stuff, picking up takeout for drive home and in the rest areas that weren't masked when unable to social distance. That was a relief given what we see on the news and internet.

I am grossed out at the rest area on an average day, but this was not as bad as I had imagined, but probably only because it was so quiet everywhere.