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Plan your road trip.

Hit the road!

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Make many stop for important things – like the beach...

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... and ice-cream!

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Study the map and let the planning begin.

Go for a road trip this summer

A road trip is in many ways the perfect vacation – you can stop as often as you like and explore the surroundings in your own pace. But the perfect road trip requires some preparations – plan ahead and dress for success.

Are you going for a road trip this summer? Here are 12 things to think about before leaving.

Make plans

1. Invite your friends over for a combined planning meeting and dinner. Spread maps over the kitchen table and search the web for goodies – make planning a fun part of the journey.

2. Be realistic when planning – you can't see everything. Pick highlights and favourites along the way.

3. Add an extra day for spontaneous ideas or if the unexpected happens.

4. Choose smaller roads too, not only highways and see more along the way.

Check the paperwork

5. Check your car- and health insurance and make sure it covers everything you might need, for everyone in the car.

6. Bring passport, driver's license and other paperwork.

Hit the road

7. Service the car before you leave to make sure it's in the best shape...

8. ... and don't forget to check tyre pressure and oil levels as you go.

9. Take your time and don't overestimate your driving-skills.

10. Bring entertainment like music and books for the kids in the back and pillows and blankets for sleepy fellow travellers.

11. Never leave valuables in the car and lock it up properly whenever leaving it.

12. Make many stops along the way – especially if you have children in the car – smaller roads makes it easier to go for ice-cream or bathroom stops.

Plan your route online

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Ellinor

Ellinor Thunberg, Editor

Published: 2009-04-21


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