If you're looking for hotel prices, map out your route and then go to tripadvisor.com. Enter the name of the community and sort the results by price from low to high. Continue to check when you're on your way because sometimes there are deals and discounts available. Also, there are some cases where rates in one community are significantly more or less than another one just a short distance away, so consider the town before and after the one where you're planning to stop.

Accommodations in small towns tend to be cheaper than cities and tourist towns. Midweek rates tend to be cheaper than weekend rates, so if you can roll into a bigger city Sunday to Thursday (or Sunday to Wednesday if there's a long weekend coming) you'll do better than if you try to find a cheaper room on a Friday or Saturday night.