Ep. 3184 - Q&A: “How can a coast-to-coast road trip pay for itself?”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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A coast-to-coast road trip sounds expensive—unless you turn the highway into a revenue stream. Today we map out five travel-friendly hustles that can cover gas, motels, and maybe even a little profit.

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0:46.6	Lemonada.
0:51.3	Have you ever been on a coast-to-coast cross-country road trip?
0:59.5	Have you ever gone out west or I guess gone out east?
1:03.3	Coast-to-coast road trip is fun.
1:05.5	It's adventurous.
1:06.4	It can also be expensive.
1:08.5	Unless, of course, you turn the highway into a revenue stream. That's what we're
1:12.7	going to talk about today, an idea from a caller. We're going to map out five travel-friendly side hustles
1:17.8	that can cover your gas, your hotels, your food, maybe even a little profit along the way.
1:23.3	This route from a listener is going to go from Rhode Island to Los Angeles, 3,000 miles.
1:28.2	And she wants to know, how can I get some road-specific income?
1:31.3	How can I capitalize on the fact that I'm passing through dozens of cities and small towns?
1:35.8	Well, as I said, let me give you a couple of ideas.
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