Road Trip With Kids Survival Planning Guide

A road trip with kids is a different animal from a road trip alone, and the problem is that the same plan that works for two adults falls apart by the second rest stop when the back seat gets restless. The key is not more entertainment but a schedule and a set of habits built around the reality that children need to stop, eat, and be surprised more often than adults do.The schedule is the first thing to adjust, because a child’s tolerance for a driving day is far shorter, and frequent short stops beat one long stretch every time. Plan a real break every two hours or so, even if it is a quick run at a rest area or a picnic at a playground, and build the daily mileage around those stops rather than fighting them. A shorter day that everyone survives is better than a