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