| With the rising costs of airfares and the increasing time | | | | 4. Do consider a portable DVD player, this makes 5 or |
| it takes to get through security at the airports; more | | | | 6 hour a day seem like 2 hours. It also cuts a lot of the |
| and more families are deciding to travel by car for their | | | | unnecessary stops as the kids are involved in the |
| vacation. Most of us with young children are returning | | | | movie playing. |
| to the days we grew up in where we traveled most | | | | 5. To avoid the difficulty of hauling in a suitcase for |
| places by car with our parents. | | | | every person into a hotel for the 1 night stops. Pack a |
| We started asking other friends for how they make | | | | 3 day bag into which each person contributes 3 days |
| the trip go easier and how they beat the "Are we | | | | worth of clothes. This way you take one suitcase of |
| there yets?", here's ten tips to help your car vacation | | | | clothes in every three days. |
| go a lot easier: | | | | 6. Do pack a lightweight table cloth for outdoor lunch |
| 1. Decide do your kids do better in the early morning or | | | | stops along the way. |
| evening hours for traveling? Which ever it is plan your | | | | 7. Be sure to take the digital camera you'll create |
| travel to match, for this us our kids don't travel well in | | | | lifetime memories |
| the morning they do much better if we leave after | | | | 8. Do get postcards from every major destination |
| 2:00pm and travel into the evening. | | | | along the way |
| 2. Stock your car with favorite pre-bagged snacks for | | | | 9. All kids are different but in general don't drive as far |
| everyone, even parents, a cooler with lots of water | | | | as the adults can go in one day, try to keep car travel |
| and favorite drinks, colored pencils, crayons, a few | | | | to a 6 to 8 hour range of time. |
| coloring books, sticker books, travel games, and a | | | | 10. Don't fill the inside of the car to the brim causing |
| travel journal for older kids | | | | less space for the kids, instead consider a car topper |
| 3. Take along Gameboys & games, personal CD | | | | for safe keeping of your belongings. |
| cassette players (even for little kids), and you can get | | | | Have a great family vacation. |
| books on tape from the library. | | | | |