My trip was about 2 weeks & it was super scenic! Lots of glaciers and wild animals. It was point to point, so renting a bike was kind of impractical as I'd have had to return it to a starting city several hundred miles away from our final destination. It actually was not as horrible as it sounds! Just kind of expensive. But the entire trip cost under 500 bucks, excluding airfare, because we camped and did not eat out much. So in the scheme of vacations, it was still pretty inexpensive!

My friends actually have touring bikes with couplers (so, they break down into standard sized luggage), but they also elected to ship in cardboard bike boxes rather than break down their bikes. The issue being the point to point trip (in their case, from Jasper to Montana). They were unable to arrange economical shipment and storage of their bike suitcases