Two Brits travel Boston to Miami by any means necessary! (How NOT to Travel America #1)

I signed up for patreon just for this series. Love it!

A Tremendous adventure, do we have a date for the next episode on paytch?

You really make me want to start adventuring, Tom.

Tom, you easily manage to let us feel there with you. As the really good writers in books well written. It doesn't really matter what happens, it's the emotional part that counts. And that part it's always there in your videos. Keep it up mate. Greetings from northern Italy.

Brilliant Tom. I love the missions you do but for me, there isn't anything quite as feel good and inspiring as the 'how not to travel' episodes.

Love it mate.

Awesome episode, I just hope you get the viewership to match the high level content!! cant wait for the next episode :)

Thoroughly enjoyed this! So much love for you and Greg

So I’m confused. Aren’t episodes supposed to be on Patreon early?

Absolutely amazing episode! It's painful to watch you deal with the crappy infrastructure (or lack thereof) for pedestrians, but it's also quite heartwarming to see you find generous people in unlikely places and just work out your route as you go along. Can't wait to see what things you experience further South! I'm guessing the hospitality continues to increase, and perhaps the hitchhiking gets more possible further South as well.

I honestly started tearing up when I started watching it. Your videos have been a good constant in my life since your first Wales attempt. I just know I'm going to get something extreme(ly) enjoyable to watch. Even the simple GeoGuessr videos are wonderful, and usually gets me in the mood to play a couple rounds. I'm a mail man now, and my route has got close to 10 miles of walking, it sucks but I throw on some music and it ain't to bad. I will often play "Flower Glade Zone" on repeat for hours at a time because it is an awesome and calming piece of music. I've been looking forward to this since your big update, almost a year ago, announcing the HNTTA series. So far, it did not disappoint, and I watched it twice day. Thank you Tom! You help me greatly through stressful times!

This is such an amazing video, so damn excited to see how the rest of the series is going to go. Its sooo wild seeing America with you blokes running around in it. We have our quirks, but we have our hearts, too.

I understand that spontaneity makes the "How not to travel" series great, but I can't help but note that I sent an email on March 12th that said: "I live in Boston and have been a patreon for over a year. I would love to help any way I can! ... I also have a car in case you need a lift to New York. ... My number is ..." Glad you found someone to help you out, but the whole first fifteen minutes of the episode scouring Harvard for people with cars willing to drive you guys out of state was a bit of a yell-at-the-screen moment. Then again, that IS why we love Tom and Greg's mischievous misadventures...

Awesome stuff!!

brilliant episode, made me long to be out on the waves in a beautiful warm place rather than my cold Glasgow flat!! can't wait to see how you lovely idiots managed to end up in court!

Once again, your content is elite, Tom. Truly the best creator I know, so happy to get to experience this adventure through the screen. Yous are both such great guys, it really shows in the way you interact with everyone that crosses your path. Can’t wait for the next episode ⏳

I love the how not to travel series! Europe was a banger and US is looking even better! I don’t know if you are planning on doing another one, but Japan would be a pretty wacky place to consider.

Did you go and see that cantilever bridge in Boston that you had on one of your, I think GeoDetective videos?

When is the next one out?!

Smiling throughout - so happy for you guys when Greg got the engine running again and when you got that free pint. Can’t wait for the next one!

Your adventure at the ATM reminded me of an adventure of mine. It was early January in 2005 and I, living in Copenhagen at the time, decided to visit a friend of mine in Skövde in Sweeden. I set out early in the morning to my local train station to try and buy a ticket for the trip. There I was told that they only could sell me a ticket to Malmö, but I should have no problem getting away from there. Once in Malmö I visited the ticket office and stated my destination, got a print out of the route with exchanges and so forth. However, when it came time to pay the ticketmy Icelandic CC got declined! So I went outside to try it at the kiosk machines and all ATMs in sight, but without luck. At the time, my mobile was with a low budget Danish operator that didn't allow roaming, but I needed somehow to get in contact with my bank to find out what the problem was. My solution was to dial my friend "collect" from a payphone (since I had absolutely $0 on me in cash) and have him call my wife up to have her contact the bank's emergency hotline. I'd then wait half an hour and call back to hear what was up. Finally I got the news back that there was some sort of a problem with the computer systems back home, but it should be sorted within the hour, and I should just keep on trying. Another worry was that I had only just over an hour until the last train left the station. At least I should be able to get a ticket back, so I wouldn't need to spend the night sleeping on a bench. So I kept on trying my card in the ATM, and finally about 10 minutes before the train left, I was stood there with cash in my hand. Problem however, was that the ticket office had closed by then and I still needed a ticket. Not having any better idea, I decided to just run and jump on and hope that a ticket could be bought onboard the train. I made it just as they were about to close the doors and got on, and managed to get a ticket. For the fist half hour or so, the train made good time. However, it then suddenly slowed to a crawl before finally stopping. The conductor came on the blower and babbled something unintelligible in Swedish. Finally I managed to flag down a member off staff who explained the problem to me. Unbeknownst to me, the night before a violent storm had hit the area. A storm notable enough to have it's own wikipedia entry ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Gudrun ). This storm had felled a lot of threes, quite a few of them were now laying on the track. This was a problem, since I needed to make a connection at a place called Nässjö to a train to Skövde. As it turned out, we were at least a couple of hours late getting there. Luckily, unlike with some other forms of travel, the rail operator guaranteed to deliver it's passengers to their destination, so they forked over for a taxi to take me and three others the last ~140km of our journey.

Greg wanting to hug the coastline then running aground was absolute comedy gold. Great start to the series guys.

what a start to this journey. I mean you bought a f***ing boat! :D

Mate, been waiting for this!!! It's nearly midnight where I am but fuck it, I'm watching this right now! Thanks as always for your awesome work and hope you're feeling better.

An hour of brilliant content and you've only just made it to the Hamptons? Sign me up!

I was sat here watching the video and about halfway through (when you actually got the boat on the water) I realized I was beaming like an idiot to my computer monitor. Great video, so excited for part 2. Can you just release it right now? And also the rest of the parts?

So do I geo-detective all the places you went in Boston or...?

I felt your pain when you talked about getting a boating certificate. I had to do that for the midwest area (I'm in Illinois) a few years ago. IT IS SO LONG. But now I can drive my boat, a jetski, and even a sailboat. It's also funny that the original cost of the motor was $1000 because we like to say B.O.A.T. stands for "Break out another thousand"

Amazing video. Me and my friends rented a boat in Croatia and drifted for an hour for the same reason; not knowing you have to prime the engine.

LETS GO!! I was so looking forward to this. And as always God Tier entertainment. Cant wait to watch the next episode

Amazing start to the series!! Feeling a little worried about the state of the boat, not gonna lie.

Great stuff, Guys! As a proud New Yorker I’m sorry you had to go to Boston but glad you made it out alright and found friendlier folk once you reached our shores.

Thanks Tom, your videos have been some of the highlights of a tough year, and this one as good as any of your previous. So excited to see the rest of this adventure

Fan bloody F’ing tastic TOM !!! Greg looked a bit sheepish on the boat

letsgoooo!!

So it begins! Can't beat your content Tom, thanks for being you

Cant wait to watch that mate!!

Drop everything and watch!

Oh my god yes! Unfortunately cannot watch it tonight, but so ready for it tomorrow. I know it will be extremely good!

How are you feeling now?

Let’s go! Excited for this

LET'S GO, GET IN TOM!!!!!!

This is where the fun begins

Let's gooooo!

lfg

GET IN!!!! Definitely gonna be worth the wait, super excited to check this out.

So excited for this series

Ive been looking forward to this so much 😊

Yes Tom, you beautiful bastard

YESSSSSS

Finally!! Can't wait

FinalllllyyyyyYyy🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻