How to get around America for less

If you’re travelling to the United States, don’t bother flying — this amazing ticket is all you’ll need to check out most of its bucket list spots.

You can go coast to coast in the US for just $300.

Why spend time and money flying from city to city in the United States when you could sit back, relax and be escorted from coast to coast, ticking off many of America’s most iconic spots along the way — and all for the price of next to nothing?

A $300 Amtrak journey from California to New York will let you do just that — and it’s an epic trek through mountains, along rivers, into great cities, and through the American West.

The super-affordable 5471km trip starts in San Francisco and ends at New York City.

The journey from San Francisco to Chicago. Picture: Amtrak

And the second part of the journey from Chicago to New York City. Picture: Amtrak

It begins with a four-day trip on a California Zephyr train that passes through Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois. (It takes longer if you hop off to explore at stops.)

From Chicago, you can transfer to the Lake Shore Limited train to complete the journey, which continues through Indiana, Ohio, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New York.

The first part of the journey costs just $183 and the Chicago-New York leg costs $117, which combined is just $300.

These are the iconic — and breathtaking — sights you’ll see on your journey as you pass through each unique state, according to travel blogger Derek Low, who did it himself.

The train starts outside San Francisco and runs along the famous Bay

What a way to begin.

It chugs into the famous Sierra Nevada mountain range

The amazing Sierra Nevada.

You’ll call into Reno, Nevada: the Biggest Little City in the World

Hey, Reno!

Experience the American Wild West on the ride from Salt Lake City to Denver

Salt Lake City, Utah.

Next are the Rocky Mountains and the Colorado River

You’ll travel alongside parts of the Colorado River along the way.

This part of the journey ends at Chicago’s historic Union Station

Change trains in Chicago!

Change trains at Chicago and continue through Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania

You’ll ride through Boston, Massachusetts.

And before you know it, you’re rolling into Penn Station in NYC!

Hello, New York City!