Road Trip Hacks: Ideas In A Bucket!

Hello everyone! Because I suck at things related to cars (and planning) it’s good to have someone else to do it for me. After a long time I have guest post here my blog and Jonathan has written interesting article about road trip hacks and things everyone should remember when going for road trip. Enjoy his article and tell your own tips for road trips in the comments!

Road Trip Hacks

It’s a perfect season for planning a road trip with your friends and family. Being the adult in your family, a road trip allows you to go back to your childhood and refresh some memories spent with your siblings so you want the same for your children to make some beautiful and fun memories that they can relate to when they grow up. A road trip can be one of the most fun experience of your life only if you make it worthwhile.

You can make the road trip more joyous and lovable by being organized, efficient and less stressful if you get the hang of some clever road hacks to be used along with your journey. The road trip hacks can serve as the best tool to help you come out of the minor troubles and worries that you face during your journey and make it a memorable experience. This article will enlist some road trip hacks that will help you to enjoy your dream road trip with your friends and family.

  • Long road trips can be boring if you do not prepare for them beforehand. The best and easy way to kill the boredom is by watching your favorite movies or seasons on your tablet. Never watch movies, seasons or use your tablet while driving! If you don’t have navigator tablet or smartphone will be good replacement. However instead of holding the tablet in your hands you can hang it on your windscreen for easy viewing.
  • Investing in a travel size refrigerator will enable you to keep your food and beverages chilled, and you won’t have to waste your money and time into buying them. What else could be better than your favorite home food and chilled drinks that can keep your hunger and cravings for unhealthy food at bay?
  • Finding cheap and clean restrooms can be a daunting task because most of the public restrooms are in a very pathetic condition. You can find clean restrooms by installing different apps for your phone that would notify you when the next budget friendly clean restroom appears on the map. All thanks to the technology that has made things much easier than they were before.
  • There are also apps that help you to find the nearest stations offering fuel at a cheaper cost. This could prove to be a great tool when you are planning your trip on a budget.
  • Don’t forget to bring a multi-port charger as it will keep the batteries of all the travelers charged. Long road trips mean you are going to spend more time with your cell phone or tablet. You may use it for availing google maps service, using the camera to capture memories, listening to your favorite music or watching videos, all of this can drain your battery in the first phase of the journey. So if you are not prepared, you will have to spend rest of the journey without a mobile until you find a restroom/hotel to charge your device.
  • Bring your own blanket and soft pillow along with you. With so many people you can’t have the freedom to adjust the cooling to your comfort level, so if you feel cold, you can use your own blanket and pillow to rest your head on which would otherwise keep hitting the window and give you a headache.
  • Equip your car with an emergency tool kit to deal with any car related problem that you may face during a road trip. Also, it is recommended that you equip your car with the best alarm system to protect it from theft when you leave it in the parking lot or on the road side to discover new places.

 

About the Author:

Jonathan is an IT expert and a researcher. He is obsessed with cars and all the digital accessories. He regularly posts at www.sakerracing.com

14 thoughts on “Road Trip Hacks: Ideas In A Bucket!

  1. Thank you so much for sharing these! I am always on the run and I find roadtrips to be super stressful when they can actually be quite fun if you plans ahead!

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    1. I totally agree with you – road trips are stressful – but as long as you plan ahead that stress won’t matter as much and the experience will be amazing 🙂

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    1. Restrooms are also my fear while traveling but there is always ways to find clean ones. And you can always just shut your eyes and dream that you are in better place 😀 thanks for commenting!

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  2. The only tip I only follow when I drive on my travel is eyes to the road…I’m super paranoid about taking my eyes off especially when there are big trucks on the same road as me…I’m a newbie driver tho…so green on the roads everyone should stay clear of me!! Haha 😄😄

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      1. Haha, looks like I’ll always feel that way then…I don’t get to drive often…I’ll just keep my eyes wide open all the time…hahaha

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    1. Thank you for mentioning and I totally agree with you! I had already fixed this part to the first version of this guest post (I am myself strictly no texting or calling without hands-free type of person) but I must have forgotten to add it to this version. Because of your comment I also added warning to never drive and watch movies at the same time. It’s important thing to remind other people. Thanks once again! 🙂

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