After the winter, Florida has a surplus of rental cars and you can get some great bargains for one way rentals dropped off out of the state. You pair it with a one way flight on a low cost carrier like Allegient to get you either to Florida or back to Florida depending on where you start from. I'm getting a convertible for $136 for a week since the rate is the same as the subcompact, A flight for $113 each for DH and I, 3 nights staying with friends, 4 nights in various hotel rooms bid on with Hotwire.com (total hotel cost $381), and while we plan to eat local in destinations, I used my Discover Card cashback bonus to get restaurant gift cards for lunch on driving days at a discount to face value. $743 out of pocket, $85 in Discover Bonus for restaurant cards, plus free breakfast in the hotels, leaves just dinners out when we aren't dining with friends plus cost of gas and incidentals. We should see a nice bit of Southern America for about 1K. National Parks, not Theme Parks!