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Travel Contest: Fall Drives & Hertz Gold Plus Rewards

Featured Posts, Travel Contest — on September 13, 2012 12:00 pm

Are you getting excited for changing seasons? We want to hear about it! Tell us about the autumn driving trips that inspire you the most.

From pumpkin patches to hay rides, leaf peeping to apple picking, we want to know where you plan to hit the road this fall and what you want to experience along the way.

Do you have a favorite one-tank trip that you take every year?

A mountain or a forest drive to spot the changing leaves?

Register your favorite seasonal drives in the comments (be sure to leave a contact email when you enter). You have two weeks to win. We’ll announce the winner on Thursday, September 26.

Those with the top three answers will win Hertz Gold Plus rewards worth up to a four-day rental of a convertible, luxury car or SUV.

  • Grand Prize: 3,000 Hertz Gold Plus Rewards
  • First Prize: 2,000 Hertz Gold Plus Rewards
  • Second Prize: 1,000 Hertz Gold Plus Rewards

Click here for redemption values and more information on Hertz Gold Rewards visit Hertz.com.

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  • http://twitter.com/stravelgirl southerntravelgirl

    Last year we drover Pacific Highway 1 from Los Angeles to Monterey and then back down to SanDiego. It was the absolute most fabulous, relaxing drive. We saw every imaginable vegtable growing, unbelievable ocean views at Big Sur and fell asleep at night to the waves crashing. Everyone must drive California!

  • cathycat

    Going to the Columbus zoo and cedar point in Ohio and lots of christmas shopping.

  • Anonymous

    I love the drive from San Francisco down the coast to Hearst Castle!

  • robbie

    The drive along Lake Michigan from Frankfort to the Pierce Stocking National Drive with it’s panorama of Lake Michigan-dunescapes-ghost forests and color palate of Autumn is truly a hidden treasure accessible to all. Traverse City close by leads to all kinds of wineries and fabulous eateries.

  • Love Dublin

    We enjoy driving around Ohio to see the leaves changing colors in the fall.

  • http://www.facebook.com/bostonsportslover Mike Gonsalves

    A few years ago, instead of taking the highway, I took Rte 1 from Portland, Maine up to Bar Harbor. Could have spent days exploring the small, vibrant towns along the Maine seacoast like Belfast, Bath, Rockport and Camden. If it weren’t for the fact that Bar Harbor was the final destination, you could have spent days just going to the small towns in between. It was a perfect late September trip.

  • http://www.facebook.com/christy.piwowarczyk Christy Piwowarczyk

    The blue ridge parkway is stunning in the fall! The scenery changes from sweeping vistas to small little villages along the way. Gorgeous…

  • http://twitter.com/sks722 Sherry Porubcansky

    The Kancamagus Highway – 32 miles of spectacular in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

  • http://twitter.com/sks722 Sherry Porubcansky

    Palmer Lake Road about 15 miles west of Land ‘O Lakes, WI, touches the shore of Big Lake, part of the famous Cisco Chain.

  • http://twitter.com/sks722 Sherry Porubcansky

    Palmer Lake Rd.

  • http://twitter.com/BinkyJ45 Joyce K

    The ride from Roanoke, Virginia to Martinsville, Virginia on Rte 220 is a spectacular drive when the foliage is at peak. It is also a fun road to drive, not much traffic with interesting places to stop and visit. The Blue Ridge Parkway intersects with 220 just outside Roanoke, if you are following the Parkway, it is worth your while to take a side trip down 220 south toward Martinsville.

  • http://twitter.com/blakekaplan Blake Kaplan

    I live in coastal Mississippi and I like to take a day trip to New Orleans this time of year. Walking around the French Quarter, with a Hurricane in hand, is about as heavenly as it gets. Blakekap1@aol.com

  • Susan R

    I’m driving from the San Francisco Bay Area to Virginia City, NV to participate in an investigation of paranormal activity at The Washoe Club in VC. I’ve noticed the fall leaves changing in the trees and I’m looking forward to the play of color in The Gold Country of California and in Lake Tahoe.

  • Matt P.

    Love driving through coastal maine

  • eileen

    We returned from an amazing trip…We started in Las Vegas, headed east through beautiful country, part of Arizona and into stunning Utah!! OMG..The area before Zion National Park, then actually Zion, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary is a must, continue east to Bryce canyon, stunning views, then east for a drive!! across Utah. Arches National Park is a must see, who knew, and uranium mines, then Moab sitting right there, beautiful. It looks like the Grand Canyon a little, like the land that time forgot. Quiet, barren, and beautiful. Then of course on to Colorado National Monument, tucked out of the way but a must see. Striking! People were actually biking up to the top/welcome center. To be so close, you must see Aspen, which must be one of the greenest cities, filled with young adults and dogs everywhere! Ride the incline. Then one last thing, head back to Vegas via St. George, lots to do, and finally begin to enjoy Vegas. Just the Venetian shopping alone and the restaurants there were awesome! Ground filet in the meatballs? To die for. The most important tip, all the National Parks give people who are handicapped for life a pass for life, free admission to any National Park for the rest of my life, wow. Peter, Tell your readers.

  • eileen

    My daughter told me to add that the park pass is for the entire vehicle. They got in free, too. Also, the beautiful trees, mountains and rocks. From brown, white, orange, coral, red, striped, etc. She liked Little Hollywoodland in tiny town of Kanab, and there are many places to buy rocks and rock slabs/coasters, etc. Tons of fun shops around all along the way.