I am from Australia and plan to head to NY in September! While working in the US on the J1 visa, I hope to travel around on the weekends to other states. I plan to base myself in New York and then travel to other areas from there on the weekends. Not sure how long I would need to leave myself for time to explore, say for instance if I was to go to San Francisco. I am guessing I would need to take a week off to do that?
And if anyone can give advice/recommendations about cheap flights to get to places within US eg. flights from NY to LA, that would be really appreciated!