Are
you planning for a road trip with your family? If yes, then here are a few
tips you need to consider before the trip:
- While a road trip is an unconventional way of holidaying, you need to be careful of certain factors. One of them is car rental. It is advisable to search on the Internet for the reputed rental car companies that offer luxury car rental.
Again,
it might be that you do not want to spend much on renting the car. In such a
scenario, choose a car rental company that allows you to rent exotic and luxury cars at
affordable prices.
- Start planning for the road trip at least 1 week in advance. This will give you ample time to plan all the details and distribute the travel responsibilities among the family members. For instance, you can assign someone to look after the music. He/she can arrange for the music CDs. Similarly, your wife can look after the food. Be it light snacks or heavy lunches, she can prepare and pack all the things for the road travel.
- In the midst of food and music, do not forget to plan for the important things like – medicines. Remember in a long road travel, a first-aid box along with the necessary medicines is essential. You need to prepare the emergency kit in advance so that you do not forget it in the last moment.
Tips: Consider the health needs of each family member while putting in the medicines.
- Long road trip can often bore the young ones. They can become irritated or bored in the travel. The best way to deal with this is by scheduling multiple stops in-between the travel. Just get a travel map and highlight the route of your road trip. Ask your children to decide the tourist spots they would like to see in the route. This will make the children excited throughout the trip. They will look forward to the tourist spots in-between the route.
- Movies and popcorn during the travel will be enjoyable. Take your entire favorite movie DVDs in the trip. Your family can have a fun time watching the movies in the portable DVD player.
- Other than movies, books are also an interesting way to keep the children entertained in the trip. You can bring some of the favorite novels and short stories which your children will simply love to read. You too can enjoy reading in the road travel. According to the travel experts, reading about a place that you are passing through or heading to makes the trip more enjoyable.
- Include some fun activities in the trip. For instance, you can ask the children to draw the landscape features that they can see during the trip. Or maybe you can hold a small quiz contest where you can ask each other about the places you are heading to or that you have already visited. This will show how much each of the family member has actually observed the different tourist spots. It will be a fun-filled time where your entire family will enjoy.
Joselin John is a professional travel consultant. He
regularly writes about travel tips, tourist places, hotel, resorts etc. He
loves exploring heritage & colonial hotels all across the globe.
