Road trip hacks with kids! Best travel tips, tricks, and hacks

Here are my best tips, tricks and hacks for road trips with kids!
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[dustykeele]

One of our children was one of those "are we there yet" kids as a pre-schooler. We started breaking long road trips into segments for him...so we wouldn't start out saying, "We're going to California!". We would give him the name of the town 50 miles down the road. As we reached each destination, we would then start another journey to the next town or the next fuel stop, meal break, or whatever. This shifted his mindset to an "attainable goal" instead of an "endless miserable day trapped in the car seat". It worked great until he developed patience and a better concept of time and distance.

[RealOrganized]

I think the best advice is that it's OK for kids to be bored sometimes. If you feel like you need to entertain them every sec of the drive, you will stress yourself out!

[EntreMisPensamientos]

Is amazing how I'm a 17 year old girl, who hasn't even started college, with no kids, living in Venezuela (in the current economical crisis we can't meal plan nor budget in any way) and I still find your videos the best part of my week. Amazing.

[womaninthewave]

Ain’t even mad when you have multiple ads in the middle of your videos... you have 8 kids. Make that money girl!

[ljc]

Dollar Tree is an awesome resource if your staying in a condo because they have sample size laundry detergent as well as dish tabs for the dishwasher, disinfecting wipes, etc.

[lindseyreece]

At least once a year, usually twice, I make a 13 hour journey from Ohio to Disney World. We always drive through the night, switching on and off, so kids can sleep through most of the drive and won't be super bored. It's also the longest stretch of time people go without snacks, so you can bring dinner with you (we always did subs as a kid) and then no one needs real food until breakfast the next day.

[dessibel]

Just want to say your an amazing mom ❤️

[annev]

I always pack my kids an activity bag for the car, just to limit the screen time. They have coloring pages, puzzles, magnetic smartgames, ...their absolute favorite right now is the 'backseat bingo' which I laminated. They play it with an erase marker and when they finish they get a little treat. Keeps them busy for at least an hour 😊 which is pure gold when traveling with kids! 😄

[Fallinginbloom]

I know I'm late but here's my family's hack. Order your groceries online for pick up at a store in the town you're going to. We already had our meals planned out. With that, we planned what ingredients we could reuse and what could make a trip home. Saved car space on the way there and a lot of stress.

[donnarich]

The Day The World Came To Town
by Jim Defede
I’m almost collage aged and I love this book!! It’s about 9/11 but not so much of what happened but the story’s of the 6, 900 people who got off of 36 planes that were stranded in Gander Newfoundland while airspace in the United States was shutdown. It’s so amazing. I just finished listening to it for the 2nd time and I’ve already started listening to it for the 3rd time! Its about how the town of only 10, 000 people came together along with a few surrounding towns and provided anything and everything they could think of that the “plane people” could need while they were there for 3 and some even 6 days!!

[Moving_Forward]

I recommend also packing a night light, nice hand soap, and some ice packs (or remembering to freeze some water bottles as ice packs). It is is pain to turn on a bright light for a night time bathroom trip so a night light is nice. Also great to have a hand soap (and to use one from home that you bought on sale).

[odonnelln]

You should look into reusable snack bags and wet bags. They're a Godsend!!

[KendraGiu]

This past summer my husband and I took our two kids (3 & 6) on a 10 day road trip. We ran masking tape across the inside of the roof of the car and wrote down the big towns/cities we would be going through. Then we moved a photo of our car along the masking tape as we passed the towns. It helped the kids know how far until our next stop and slowed the “are we there little 😅

[heidim.]

This might sound weird but i love seeing McEwan grow along with my little guy as they are only a few weeks apart in age... i started following your channel back in those days when i was up half the night with a newborn! (Now they are both getting so big!)

[emiliacoffman]

Play-Doh is awesome on road trips!!! The kids love to play with it then it usually just dries up and is easy to vacuum out!!

[GoddardFamily]

Great ideas! We're driving a long way with our six young kids tomorrow. And we travel even more budget with kids clothes packed into pillow cases

[arianabananac]

I like pulling out "new" toys (usually toys my son hasn't played with in a long time) or from the dollar store because they get sooo excited about them and keeps them entertained

[Gavinsrents]

Great tips. Love that you just empty the freezer/fridge. Smart. I only have 4 kids but find rolling up entire outfits into a tube and securing with rubber bands works great, especially on long trips when we need to change at a YMCA which is another tip. We have a YMCA membership and that allows you to go to any YMCA around the country. We plan these stops along the way so mom and dad can work out, kids burn energy, and grab a shower here and there.

[kimberlywhite]

I put hand soap in a travel container and put it in my purse, for incase I use a public bathroom and there is no soap.

[sjf]

All of our road trips are our weekend getaways. We've always stayed at motel or hotel. I make sure there is mini fridge and hopefully microwave. But not all had one thing we needed to avoid going out to eat. One thing I pack is coffee pot. We dont drink coffee but it boils water quick. Ramen noodles in bowl to cover to cook as a side for rotisserie chicken at grocery store. Or even instant rice to cover and cook. Hot chocolate or cider for everyone at once. Instant oatmeal at once for everyone. Hard boil few eggs in the coffee pot. Etc. 12 cups of hot water is game changer. I also pack frozen meals and my crock pot. We go out all day, have late dinner by 6pm at our room, and unwind there for rest of evening.