Originally Posted by
staehpj1
When planning both time and money the best thing is to allow a lot more of each than you will need. Then enjoy the trip using as much of both as you need. It is so much nicer to not sweat a schedule or a budget.
I can not "+1" this enough. Save as much as you can afford to save, and plan for more time than you'll need. There will be nothing stopping you from being as frugal as possible, or from shooting for 500 miles per day, if that's what you want to do. But the extra time and extra money will give you options you wouldn't have otherwise, when "the best laid plans" fall apart, which they so often do.