dearJulius.com

$type=carousel$count=12$sn=0$cols=4$va=0$source=random$show=home

How to Survive on Your Next Family Road Trip

How to Survive on Your Next Family Road Trip
Ⓒ Provided by Fodor's

By Bareerah Zafar, Fodor's

My family loves long road trips even though we can barely stand living under the same roof together. We’ve ventured from our home in Southern California to Texas, onward to Canada, and through a slew of Midwestern states with our rental car packed with food, blankets, and bad tempers.

Despite us constantly being one stinky fart away from pistols at dawn, our trips are always memorable and, dare I say, fun. I’ve learned eight pro tips over the years that have helped us to survive our family road trips and, well, not murder each other.

Read More: How to Plan a Stress-Free Family Trip

Make a Playlist That Suits Everyone

How to Survive on Your Next Family Road Trip
Ⓒ Provided by Fodor's

It is a universally acknowledged truth that music sets the mood and can make or break road trips. Generally, the driver or the person in the passenger seat gets to pick the tunes, but having the whole group contribute can ensure that everyone has a good time in an otherwise dreary car ride.

Before the trip, designate one or two people to make a playlist. Have everyone in the group send over 10-20 songs or artists they love and know will put them in a good mood. When the journey commences, hit shuffle and enjoy.

BYOS: Bring Your Own Snacks

How to Survive on Your Next Family Road Trip
Ⓒ Provided by Fodor's

There are few things more trauma-inducing on a road trip than someone (or multiple people) having a “hangry” episode because there is nothing suitable for them to snack on, and you are miles away from the nearest restaurant or convenience store.

To ensure this isn’t you, make yourself responsible for your snacks, and tell the rest of your party to do the same. This way, there is no finger-pointing when one person breaks down due to hunger. Everyone has their own preferences and dietary restrictions, and it’s nearly impossible for one or two people to remember them all.

Insider Tip: If you are traveling with small children, divide their snack preferences among the grown-ups.


Read More: 10 Mistakes to Avoid on a Road Trip, According to Experts

If You Can, Rent a Bigger Car

How to Survive on Your Next Family Road Trip
Ⓒ Provided by Fodor's

Renting a bigger car is a costly update, but one that is well worth it for hours of driving. Regardless of the size of your family, a bigger car means more space for luggage and food and more room to stretch out your legs. It also ensures that everyone’s personal bubble is left soundly intact.

Make It About the Journey, Not the Destination

How to Survive on Your Next Family Road Trip
Ⓒ Provided by Fodor's

I understand the excitement of zooming past everything in sight, cutting down breaks, and taking shortcuts just to get to your destination quicker. But, if you’re only focused on arriving at the last stop, you’re going to be antsy and irritable the entire drive, and that’s not going to be fun for anybody.

Don’t be afraid to slow down and focus on the journey. Sit with your family ahead of the trip, map out your route, and look for unique places to stop along the way. Even better, make spontaneous stops when you see something interesting. It adds an air of adventure to your trip and can lead to some of the most unforgettable memories.

Carve Out Some Alone Time

How to Survive on Your Next Family Road Trip
Ⓒ Provided by Fodor's

You will likely reach a point when your family’s —ahem—excitement gets too much for you. Family vacations can be overstimulating, so it’s important that you find some alone time to ground yourself away from all the action. Wake up earlier than everyone else, hit the hotel fitness center, go on a solo walk, or sit by the pool and read a book. It’ll give you much-needed privacy and quiet time and help you recharge before rejoining your group.

Split Up

How to Survive on Your Next Family Road Trip
Ⓒ Provided by Fodor's

Family trips mean experiencing things as a family, but it might be a good idea to split off and do different activities. Not everyone will have the same interests, so splitting up will give each individual the chance to do something they enjoy and skip out on the parts of the trip they don’t care for. It will also help reduce arguments on what to do and what to see.

Read More: 8 Pro Tips for Smart and Cheap Family Travel

Come Up With Some Friendly Competition

How to Survive on Your Next Family Road Trip
Ⓒ Provided by Fodor's

To keep things exciting during and in between activities, come up with games to encourage some friendly competition. See who can save the most amount of money, who can pull up directions the quickest, or who can find the weirdest souvenir. Award prizes like getting to pick the next restaurant or making the loser buy everyone ice cream.

Have a Doomsday Plan

How to Survive on Your Next Family Road Trip
Ⓒ Provided by Fodor's

Some things are bound to go wrong on your trip. Have a plan ready to save your vacation from complete and utter destruction. What are you going to do if someone gets sick or injured? What’s the course of action when your youngest kid has a meltdown? How will you recover when someone has pulled up the wrong directions and stranded the family in an unfamiliar place?

Above all, communicate, communicate, communicate. Road trips are supposed to be fun, so reel in those tempers and take a big breath. Your family is your family and you’ll still have to deal with them when the trip is over, so you might as well resolve issues with civility.

See more at Fodor's

|Featured Content_$type=three$c=3$l=0$m=0$s=hide$rm=0


A Part of Julius LLC
Made with in NYC by Julius Choudhury
Name

Abu Dhabi,3,Adventure,29,Adventure Travel,730,Advice,72,Africa,30,Air Travel,197,Alabama,5,Alaska,29,Albania,2,Alberta,2,America,79,Amsterdam,3,Anguilla,4,Antarctica,9,Antigua,5,Antigua and Barbuda,1,Argentina,18,Arizona,29,Arkansas,4,Armenia,1,Aruba,4,Asia,2,Asia Travel,45,Athens,3,Austin,9,Australia,108,Austria,18,Azerbaijan,1,Bahamas,19,Bangladesh,8,Barbados,3,Beach Travel,77,Belarus,2,Belgium,16,Belize,17,Bermuda,7,Bhutan,9,Blue Lagoon,2,Boatswana,2,Bolivia,6,Bosnia and Herzegovina,2,Boston,3,Botswana,3,Brazil,57,Brunei,1,Budget Travel,107,Bulgaria,3,California,140,Cambodia,6,Canada,97,Caribbean,58,Caribbean & Mexico,6,Chicago,14,Chile,12,China,28,Christmas Travel,21,Clothes,1,Coliseum,1,Colombia,20,Colorado,53,Columbia,3,Connecticut,6,Corporate Travel,1,Costa Rica,20,Country Travel,253,Croatia,29,Cruiser Travel,18,Cuba,16,Cultural Travel,65,Cyprus,3,Czech Republic,7,D.C.,2,Delaware,2,Denmark,21,Destinations,31,Dominican Republic,4,Dubai,17,East Africa,4,Easter Island,1,Eco Travel,23,Ecuador,11,Egypt,13,Emirates,1,England,21,Estonia,2,Eswatini,1,Ethiopia,2,Europe,120,Fall Travel,53,Family Travel,130,Faroe Island,2,Faroe Islands,1,Featured,72,Features,416,Festival Travel,26,Fiji,10,Finland,16,Florida,92,Food,7,France,65,Free Travel,1,French,6,French Polynesia,11,Galapagos,4,Georgia,21,Germany,30,Ghana,3,Great Britain,1,Greece,56,Greenland,2,Grenada,2,Guatemala,3,Halloween Travel,11,Hawaii,74,Hayden Panettiere,1,Hiking Travel,69,Historical Travel,86,Holiday Travel,42,Holland,1,Honeymoon Travel,140,Hong Kong,16,Hotels,77,Hungary,4,Ibiza,1,Iceland,53,Idaho,8,Ideas,11,Illinois,20,India,42,Indiana,5,Indonesia,15,Iran,1,Iraq,1,Ireland,48,Island,64,islands,2,Israel,15,Italy,86,Ivory Coast,1,Jamaica,14,Japan,65,Jordan,7,Kansas,8,Kentucky,2,Kenya,3,Korea,2,Kosovo,1,KSA,2,Kyrgyzstan,1,Las Vegas,5,Latin America,4,Latvia,2,Lithuania,4,London,29,Louisiana,15,Lowa,4,Luxembourg,2,Luxury Travel,35,Madeira,1,Maine,12,Malawi,1,Malaysia,1,Maldives,23,Malta,8,Maryland,9,Massachusetts,18,Mauritius,5,Mexico,99,Miami,18,Michigan,10,Mississippi,2,Missouri,8,Moldova,1,Monaco,3,Mongolia,1,Montana,18,Montenegro,3,Morocco,22,Myanmar,10,Namibia,5,National Parks,1,Nature,4,Nature Travel,130,Nepal,7,Netherlands,22,Nevada,30,Nevis,2,New England,6,New Hampshire,3,New Jersey,4,New Mexico,12,New Year,1,New Year's Day Travel,9,New York,77,New York City,32,New Zealand,58,Newfoundland,1,Nicaragua,2,North America,14,North Carolina,14,North Dakota,1,North Ireland,1,North Macedonia,2,Northern Ireland,1,Norway,24,Occasional Travel,8,Oceania,3,Ohio,6,Oklahoma,1,Oman,6,Oregon,15,Orlando,1,Pakistan,4,Panama,10,Paraguay,1,Paris,27,Pennsylvania,14,Peru,27,Philippines,5,Phoenix,2,Photo Feature,1,Poland,5,Portugal,32,Prague,1,Puerto Rico,16,Qatar,5,Quebec,1,Resort,13,Rhode Island,5,River Travel,2,Road Trips,66,Romania,7,Romantic Getaways,16,Rome,7,Russia,17,Saint Lucia,4,San Francisco,2,San Miguel de Allende,1,Scotland,18,Seasonal,54,Seasonal Travel,62,Serbia,2,Seychelles,1,Sightseeing Tours,2,Singapore,21,Ski Resorts,11,Slovenia,8,Solo Travel,30,Solomon Islands,1,Somoa,1,Soth Africa,1,South Africa,22,South America,7,South Carolina,13,South Dakota,8,South Florida,2,South Korea,7,South Pacific,3,Space Travel,15,Spain,52,Special,21,Special Features,295,Spring Travel,24,Sri Lanka,9,Student Travel,1,Summer Travel,78,Summer Vacation,9,Sweden,21,Swiss Alps,1,Switzerland,32,Sydney,2,Tahiti,5,Taiwan,7,Tanzania,5,Tasmania,1,Tennessee,11,Texas,63,Thailand,43,Thanksgiving Travel,8,Things to Do,167,Tibet,2,Tips,116,Train Travel,29,Transportation,21,Travel,187,Travel Advice,66,Travel Apps,1,Travel Guide,39,Travel Safety,1,Travel Stories,28,Travel Technology,1,Travel Tips,293,Trip Ideas,1,Tunisia,3,Turkish,1,Turkiye,22,Turks and Caicos,1,Tuscany,1,UAE,12,Uganda,1,UK,49,Ukrine,1,Urban Travel,56,Uruguary,3,US Virgin Islands,3,USA,684,Utah,21,Uzbekistan,2,Vacation Travel,318,Valentine's Day Travel,1,Vehicle Travel,2,Venezuela,1,Vermont,6,Victoria Falls,1,Vietnam,10,Village Travel,1,Virginia,12,Virtual Travel,6,Wales,5,Washington,18,Washington DC,22,Weddings Travel,5,West Indies,2,Wildlife Travel,13,Winter Travel,71,Wisconsin,9,Worldwide,158,Wyoming,13,xxx,1,Yemen,1,Zadar,2,Zambia,5,Zimbabwe,6,
ltr
item
Travel Tips and Ideas | Travel Hacks, Destinations and Adventures: How to Survive on Your Next Family Road Trip
How to Survive on Your Next Family Road Trip
Do you want your children to get along well and maintain everyone's happiness and comfort on the family road trip? Read these travel suggestions.
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb3K5mQ9ljyvjEupYpmxsDH_izhXUvOhfo27sJLVVTQI6bk7mdGQmgEqxKCX_qxyu_YSqi8CeeGcYm6slHu5nhSOP-NFN5GRwtbCJ1WUjhv_f3yaau7d72Y9tvzIB0VZvcJhJgKwAbSoLPB808kw39A2uigVnADpR3a_AhmJc0qmbuKd1-Y5cZES_c/s16000/surviving-a-road-trip-with-.jpg
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb3K5mQ9ljyvjEupYpmxsDH_izhXUvOhfo27sJLVVTQI6bk7mdGQmgEqxKCX_qxyu_YSqi8CeeGcYm6slHu5nhSOP-NFN5GRwtbCJ1WUjhv_f3yaau7d72Y9tvzIB0VZvcJhJgKwAbSoLPB808kw39A2uigVnADpR3a_AhmJc0qmbuKd1-Y5cZES_c/s72-c/surviving-a-road-trip-with-.jpg
Travel Tips and Ideas | Travel Hacks, Destinations and Adventures
https://travel.dearjulius.com/2022/09/survive-on-your-next-family-road-trip.html
https://travel.dearjulius.com/
https://travel.dearjulius.com/
https://travel.dearjulius.com/2022/09/survive-on-your-next-family-road-trip.html
true
5866858605520326948
UTF-8
Loaded All Posts Not found any posts VIEW ALL Read More Reply Cancel reply Delete By Home PAGES POSTS View All RECOMMENDED FOR YOU LABEL ARCHIVE SEARCH ALL POSTS Not found any post match with your request Back Home Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat January February March April May June July August September October November December Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec just now 1 minute ago $$1$$ minutes ago 1 hour ago $$1$$ hours ago Yesterday $$1$$ days ago $$1$$ weeks ago more than 5 weeks ago Followers Follow THIS PREMIUM CONTENT IS LOCKED STEP 1: Share to a social network STEP 2: Click the link on your social network Copy All Code Select All Code All codes were copied to your clipboard Can not copy the codes / texts, please press [CTRL]+[C] (or CMD+C with Mac) to copy Table of Content