<prompt> Human: Fellow Redditors, I need some help. Im planning on ideally moving from the Sacramento, California area to the Greenville, South Carolina area live in a small town outside of both cities.Let me give you some background. Im young, and I work a low paying job that I have been reliable and at for over 2 years. My SO is in the food industry and needs to pull in around 2k a month for his bills.My job is not a concern, I will find something. Regardless, we have an excellent opportunity to be in a place we both love and enjoy to be at, and my mom has always offered us to take care of the house, not pay rent, and pay some of the utilities. Living here is a ton cheaper than in California. We have figured this out, definitely.Heres the issue.We both dont have much saved up at this point. We have a goal of moving next summer- if not in 2 years. We both drive cars that get about 25-30mpg. We would have to get both here. We would only pack our clothes and furnish the house with what we needed... No moving vans, or trailers. How much money would we have to save up to do a minimal, 2,800 mile move each? Are there any costs I am not thinking of? Please help : any advice is appreciated. Thank you!  <response>: Everyone else has put in good advice, so Ill just add that you should consider:-Making time for car repairs before you go. This will depend on what, if anything, is wrong with the cars and if you know someone who can do the job reliably and for cheap. Lets just say 500. -Minimizing snacks, since after a while youre going to want hot food anyway, and having too many salty snacks will make you drink more water and need to go to the bathroom more. Bigger, sit-down meals should make it easier to take a mental break from the road and ease the anxiety. Id say you could safely budget for 6 meals. If we say 20 for two at Dennys, and the occasional 15 for McDonalds, thats more or less 100 there. Work in coffee and any other drink you prefer, and Id call it 150. Bring coupons. -Plan out the breaks. I just recently moved a friend to TX from IL 13 hours of driving, about 800 miles, we overnighted it on the way there, which was awful. Youll also probably want a hotel room or two, unless sleeping with all of your belongings after spending all day and night with them is your thing. Perhaps you can visit some friends on the way? If not, lets say 100 for a hotel room. Youll need to stay at LEAST three nights, if we assume the drive is about 45 hours with bathroom breaks, getting gas, and eating: 12 driving, 10 off, 12 on, 10 off, 12 on, 10 off, 9 on, thats actually 3 days. This will vary greatly if you drive separately, as youll definitely need a lot more breaks. -Start donating extra stuff a few months before you go. If you do it too early, youll probably just end up buying back some things you thought you could do without and then find irritates you more than anticipated. Consider also that you might need a change in wardrobe. Im not sure of the climate differences. -Get familiar with the state laws that youll be traveling through. Theres no reason to get stuck with a ticket for crossing into a state that has a speed limit 10 under what youve been doing for 300 miles, or being surprised that Arkansas cops are sticklers for speed limits just for instance, not citing fact. -Gas: probably about 300 thats just for the one car, though. Use Gasbuddy.com for an estimate. -Also consider investing in some books on tape if thats your thing, or else some neat music that varies and will keep you alert.Total, based on given information, is about 1.2k one car only. But that depends on a number of factors. Hope this helps! 