Wyoming Transportation Tips by toonsarah Top 5 Page for this destination

Hire a car

Wyoming is a very empty state and public transport links aren’t good, so you really do need a car to get around. If you don’t live within driving distance you’ll need to hire one. We used Alamo who we’ve used several times before – the rates are good though the downside can be that their lot is often a long way from the airport terminal. For this trip we flew into Denver and found all the hire car lots are in a line in the same spot, so Alamo is as good as any other.

Also, make sure you have a map. We used the free one you can get from the state’s Official Travel Website (click on "Order a guide" on their homepage). We found this more than adequate – with so few roads you don’t need such a detailed map as you do elsewhere where the potential to get confused is so much greater!

Mode: AROUND

Type: Car/Motor Home

Flying to Wyoming

While Wyoming has several airports, none of them is a major international hub and most visitors from overseas will probably find, as we did, that it’s easier and cheaper to fly to an airport in a neighbouring state and drive from there. The best options for convenience and choice of flights seemed to be Salt Lake City and Denver, and after shopping around we found that we could get a much better deal flying to the latter (we saved over £100 per person).

Choosing Denver did dictate our itinerary to some extent, meaning that we spent more time in the eastern part of the state than we might otherwise have done, but that turned out to be a good thing as it led us to some of my favourite places and sights: the Big Horn Mountains, Devil’s Tower and the various Oregon Trail sites in the south east.

There are lots of good value hotels within very easy reach of Denver Airport which was another plus as we were arriving in the evening and didn't want to drive far - I've included a link to a useful website below.

Mode: TO

Type: Airplane

Website: http://denver.airporthotelguide.com/index.html