Planning a long trip across india... Need help

[Deepak Dhaybhai]

Hello everyone,
Its been quite a while that i have been thinking about this and now that i can take my time off from work, i am planning a trip across India covering all the states and union territories by car with my wife.
I know that covering each and every state/union territory is a huge task, but i have time by my side, a complete year to see all of India.
I have started working on an itenerary as well which i may be able to share in some time from now, but my biggest concern is to keep my total budget under control.
I am planning to start my trip from november-2018 from south rajasthan, going through gujarat, maharashtra and the whole peninsular india, reaching the eastern part, covering the seven sisters, north india, central india and finally coming back to my home town of udaipur, rajasthan.
Need a lot of advise on:
1. Route for the whole trip
2. Keeping my budget down
Looking forward for your inputs and travel stories of similar kind from you guys.
Regards,
Deepak

 

[Deepak Dhaybhai]

So no luck so far for me. Although i have penned down a probable itenerary for south-western part. Do let me know what you all think.
I'll be starting from Udaipur.

1. Gujarat
Rann riders-bhuj-vijay vilas palace-hodka-dhordo-kalo dungar-dwarka-somnath-diu-gir-vadodara-saputara

2. Maharashtra
Nashik-pune-mahabaleshwar-kaas plateau-chiplun-ratnagiri-malvan

3. Goa
Querim-arambol-chapora fort- baga-agauda-cumberjua-harvelam waterfall-chorla ghat-doodhsagar-palolem

4. Karnataka
Gokarna-jog falls-hampi-bengluru-mysuru-coorg-ooty

5. Kerala
Wayanad-kochi-munnar-thekaddy-alappuzha-kovalam

Please suggest
1. the must see places in each of these states.
2. Places (other than hotels) to stay at all these destinations

 

[Deepak Dhaybhai]

Still no help here. But i am optimistic.
I have worked on the next leg of my trip, i.e. from south to south-eastern india upto west bengal.
Here it is:

6. Tamil Nadu
Kanyakumari-rameswaram-madurai-kodaikanal-puducherry-chennai

7. Andhra
Tirupati-tirumala-hyderabad-vishakhapatnam-araku valley

8. Orissa & Chhattisgarh
Chitrakoot falls-jagdalpur-mahendragiri-taptapani-gopalpur-chilka lake-puri-konark-pipli-bhubaneshwar-hirakud

9. Jharkhand
Netarhat-ranchi-jamshedpur

10. West Bengal
Kolkata-sundarbans-shantiniketan-siliguri-darjeeling

Guys please let me know if i am picking the right route and do suggest the must see places everywhere, I am not a fan of roaming in cities though.

 

[bpbhat]

I am also an avid traveler like you, and have covered many parts of India in 2 and 4 wheelers. You may go through my t'log of Gujarat in the this link, for a detailed story of traveling.

And in case if you don't have enough time or patience to read the entire story, then you may go through this link to know how to prepare for your long tour.

If you still have any doubts, then either raise the question here Or mail me in the email address that I have mentioned in my t'log.

 

[Deepak Dhaybhai]

I am also an avid traveler like you, and have covered many parts of India in 2 and 4 wheelers. You may go through my t'log of Gujarat in the this link, for a detailed story of traveling.

And in case if you don't have enough time or patience to read the entire story, then you may go through this link to know how to prepare for your long tour.

If you still have any doubts, then either raise the question here Or mail me in the email address that I ha

I am also an avid traveler like you, and have covered many parts of India in 2 and 4 wheelers. You may go through my t'log of Gujarat in the this link, for a detailed story of traveling.

And in case if you don't have enough time or patience to read the entire story, then you may go through this link to know how to prepare for your long tour.

If you still have any doubts, then either raise the question here Or mail me in the email address that I have mentioned in my t'log.

Thank you sir for posting a reply to this thread... I need all the help i can get here.
And hats off to you for sharing your travel diaries. Its actually a kind of encyclopedia on travelling in gujarat for people like us.
I must share with you that after going your whole log, i have added 5-6 destinations to my gujarat itenerary and have learned a whole lot of new things to keep in mind while going on a long trip.
I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your help.
I am going to read your other travelogues as well in order to learn more about other states as well.

 

[Deepak Dhaybhai]

Hey guys, i am a bit stuck here. After west bengal i cant finalise my route map for sikkim and seven sisters. Since i have no idea on tourist destinations in the north east and hence cannot figure out the best route map.
Please help me out on the same.