Road trips are the best means of escaping the ruckus of riotous routines of life and spending quality time with your dear ones. Travelling with family for a vacation road trip is an excellent idea but needs many inputs to succeed. Here are some tips and tricks to make your family adventure trip a roaring success.
Pre – Planning
It takes lots of planning to make your road trip memorable. You can start by deciding the budget, knowing how many hours your kids can sit in the back seats of the car without getting bored, impatient or irritable, and how many hours you can drive at a stretch before you develop a stiff back or an aching shoulder, what would be the best time of the day to start the journey, points for the safe travel, and so on. If your kids are not used to long runs, take small trips to nearby places before your planned road trip to accustom them to the idea of travelling for long hours.
Budgeting is a very crucial part of travelling which your kid must also learn. Explain to them the benefits of smart spending and saving. Let them know about the complete itinerary and the route.
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Packing smart
This job needs time, energy, planning and lots of common sense. Pack smart so that everything is accessible for routine or out-of-routine situations. Depending upon the age group of your kids, the time of the year, the duration of the trip, and your destination, pack essentials like clothes, woollen, foot ware, other bare essentials, extra diapers, paper napkins, and medicines for routine as well as motion sickness, plastic bags, adequate food and water supply and most importantly, the games and gadgets to keep you kids occupied. Older kids can pack for themselves, but you may have to give them some tips for proper clothes and shoes, emphasizing safe travel.
Encourage kids to pack their own goody bags with activity books, story books, games, and other articles of their choice. This will make them feel self-reliant and a part of the whole travelling programme.
Entertainment on the way
At no point should your family adventure trip be boring or monotonous. See to it that there are enough sources of fun and entertainment for the kids in their backpacks or goody bag during travelling. A basket full of their favourite snacks can create magic when they become difficult or disinterested. Kids are most happy when they feel important. Give them an atlas or a map, or a mobile app to help you navigate through the road. This way, they will be occupied as well as elated. This would be entertainment with a bit of learning.
The X-factor
This is the master key to making a bargain with your kids for a few hours of quiet or to making them do what you want them to do. Keeping your budget in the mind, this can be a surprise packet, a surprise gift for the one who would behave the best, an extra something as an incentive, a promise to let them sit in the front, or select the lunch for all, and so on. Always have this ready, as it will guarantee the most memorable family adventure ever.
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