Comments on: Why Choose a Driving Vacation with Kids? The Benefits of Road Trips

By: For the Off-Road: Why Lifted Trucks Are Your Ticket to the Great Outdoors

For the Off-Road: Why Lifted Trucks Are Your Ticket to the Great Outdoors — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 01:23:26 +0000

[…] your trip, especially if you have kids at the back (after all, it’s never too early to introduce your kids to the beauty of the outdoors). Lifted trucks’ raised suspension keeps the vehicle steady as you drive through rocky roads. […]

By: Anik

Anik — Thu, 29 May 2014 19:53:59 +0000

Great post! We love road trips 🙂 We traveled a lot in US without child, then from UK to my home country in Eastern Europe and on holiday with my son from UK to Spain…and it was the best time we ever had together! Lots of time to talk, play games in the car, many stops to explore…can’t wait to plan our next family road trip!

By: kidworldcitizen

kidworldcitizen — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 03:18:54 +0000

In reply to Janneke. Just think of the awesome memories your children will have of their family road trips:)- surely they will pass this on to their own childreN!!

By: Janneke

Janneke — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 00:24:00 +0000

This was a great post and as a mom with 3 boys(16,12,9) we have had many adventures both by plane and road trip. My kids moan and groan about the long drives but they love to journal their trip in little travel journals we make with card-stock and typing paper. I love roadside attractions and I am trying to pass that on. We do 20 hr trips and 3 yrs in a row it has been Tx to FL or WV. 2 of my boys asked if next year’s trip can be North to WY, over the mountains and to camp in nature they asked. So next year the vacation will be about exploring with family and grandparents just might have to meet us there.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sat, 29 Jun 2013 03:18:00 +0000

I love road trips. We are headed out on a two week trip tomorrow. Last year we took a 19 day trip. We have four children, and they can’t wait to road trip again. I completely agree with your article, road trip days are the best days of the whole year!

By: kidworldcitizen

kidworldcitizen — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:10:34 +0000

In reply to mel. Oooh, fun!!! :) I hope you have a wonderful trip- share any extra tips you have!

By: mel

mel — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:11:10 +0000

My husbands family is also in mexico and we love driving too it is31 hours for us. I have found we use many of the same techniques when we go as you do. Cant wait for our next trip.

By: kidworldcitizen

kidworldcitizen — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:26:05 +0000

In reply to barbaloot. Oh, I love that story! Some of our funniest memories are from our road trips! Thanks for mentioning the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum--- we are just reading the series now, and my kids would love to see the museum:).

By: barbaloot

barbaloot — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:28:35 +0000

When I was growing up in America, my family did a cross country road trip – east coast to west. Much of it was NOT fun, but now we have a great laugh about the low points. But my parents also did a massive detour adding days to the trip because it would be my only chance to see the Laura Ingalls Wilder museum. We loved the museum and St. Louis, and it showed that my parents were not out to torture us, really, but did want to create good memories. We also learned about how to cope with being lost, discovering that the food you had was spoiled while hours away from a store, hitting a deer in the middle of the night and various other minor emergencies.

By: Mud Hut Mama

Mud Hut Mama — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:01:54 +0000

I hadn’t thought about how talking in the car, without having to make eye contact, would be less threatening but it makes sense. Definitely something I’d like to encourage while they are young and hope that it continues when they are teenagers. Now it’s more dealing with, “look at me, look at me” and trying to explain why it’s important to keep my eyes on the road!